How to write a philosophy paper.
Sample Paper Topic
This is just an example used in this class
Length: 4 double-spaced pages. Papers Must be Typed
The aim is to read closely the assigned text.
You should not do outside reading.
The lectures and Friday discussion give you all the information necessary for this assignment.
Do not quote from any book, neither the assigned book nor secondary sources.
Explain everything in your own words.
Answer only the questions asked.
According to Descartes, even if we don't know that the external world,
the world outside our minds, exists, still we know the contexts of our own minds.
Explain briefly his argument for this claim.
Then take up this further point.
Explain how Descartes' skeptical analysis leads to this starting point,
indicating the steps of his analysis in the first Meditation.