Learning Goal: I’m working on a philosophy report and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
I need help creating a philosophical paper for a topic. I have two options for the prompts, I simply don’t know how to get started or where to begin. Two parts. in whatever order works best. the essay itself and a pitch for the essay. the pitch can be a snippet of what the essay is about and what it arguing about. Will be reviewing it and sending notes if any back so it can be edited.
Assignment Details:
Assignment: You are asked to (1) pick a topic from the list of questions below, (2) write a philosophical essay in which you critically evaluate argument(s) related to the topic, and (3) develop your own argument or counterargument coming to some conclusion in answer to the question you are considering.
As you raise objections to a philosophical argument, consider possible responses from the authors you are criticising.
Cognitive tasks: Your job is to contextualise, analyse, explain, and evaluate the arguments of the authors whose views you are examining. This is an application of the same skills you have developed in sections and in completing your nutshell assignment!
Word length: Your essay must be no more than 2000 words (excluding bibliography but including any in-text references and footnotes). The word limit is a hard limit (no 10% leeway). Include word count in your submission.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Students are expected to consult multiple sources and incorporate them effectively into the essay either as raising problems or as suggesting possible solutions. Good essays will often consult at least 5 credible and significant sources. Do not list sources in your bibliography that you do not use in the discussion of your essay.
- Essays must defend a thesisthey must defend a conclusion and offer a reasonable justification in support of the conclusion.
- Essays should consider both textual and conceptual arguments.
- Essays must exhibit a high standard of referencing and use it consistently (e.g., APA). They must include page numbersfor any attributions of ideas and/or quotes.
- All student work must comply with academic misconduct and integrity policies.
- See Philosophy Criteria Rubric for more information about the grading criteria and standards.
TOPICS:
- Anselm claims that although God has given Satan everything he has, still Satan is responsible for his abandonment of justice and his inability to regain it. Analyze, explain, and evaluate his argument. Include an account of 1) why it is important that Satan have two ‘wills’, 2) whether he retains both after his Fall, 3) why he cannot of his own will regain justice, and 4) why the angels who did not fall need not now fear that they will fall.
- Descartes claims that it is impossible that we exist and not be thinking. Analyze, explain and evaluate his argument for this conclusion. Examine the relationship between Descartes cogito argument and Augustines view of the self and the self-affirming nature of first-personal thinking. Are these essentially the same argument or are there significance differences? Defend your answer by analysing and comparing the structure and purpose of their respective arguments.
