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The Board of History and Philosophy of Science give notice that the prescribed sources for the essay component of the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II, in History and Philosophy of Science, 2000-01, are as follows:
| 1. | Sigmund Freud, A fragment of the analysis of a case of hysteria (1905) |
| 2. | X-ray Image of Mrs Roentgen's Hand (1895) |
| 3. | David Hume, 'Of Miracles' in Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) |
| 4. | Richard Bostocke The Difference Between the Ancient Physic and the Modern Physic (1586) |
| 5. | Plato's Criticism of Protagorean Relativism (Plato, Theaetetus, 151d - 184a) |
| 6. | Alan Turing, 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence', Mind, 59 (1950), 43-60 |
| 7. | Alessandro Volta, 'On Electricity', Philosophical Magazine, 7 (1800), 289-311 |
| 8. | Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World |
| 9. | Epicurus's Letter to Pythocles |
Candidates are required to write two essays, each on a source chosen from the list of prescribed sources, and each of not more than 3,000 words in length (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography), prepared on the basis of attending Primary Sources seminars, which will run in the Michaelmas Term 2000.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 12 July 2000
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