I would like you to rewrite an essay (attached with this) so it isn’t the same but you can use the same ideas from it, writing it in a different way and adding some more words. Here is the prompt that was given to me by the professor to better assist you:
Writing Assignment 3: Philosophical Argument
Due: May 10, end of day
Assignment: In response to one of the prompts below develop an argumentative thesis and compose an argument to support your thesis, defending your thesis against at least one counterargument.
Requirements:
1500–2000 words
At the top of the page paste the prompt you have selected
An introduction to the problem being addressed
A clearly stated, argumentative, and plausible thesis
A well-reasoned and organized argument in support of the thesis
Consider at least one strong counterargument
Cite all references by page number using MLA, APA or Chicago format
Chicago citations of all class texts are at the bottom of this sheet
Prompts:
***if you would like to write on a prompt other than one offered here, or a modified version of one offered, get confirmation from the instructor on the exact wording of your prompt at least 5 days before the assignment is due
Compare Plato’s account of dialectic as the method of remembering and Descartes’ method of radical doubt. What, precisely, are the differences between these methods for arriving at knowledge and the corresponding visions of what knowledge is like? Using these two as examples, how does the idea of what knowledge is like affect the way we approach it?
Citations for course texts (given in Chicago style):
Descartes, Rene. First and Second Meditations. Edited by Jonathan Bennett, 2017.
Garfield, Jay. “Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā: Chapter 24: Examination of the Four Noble Truths.” In Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings, by Jay Garfield and William Edelglass. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals. Edited by Jonathan Bennett, 2015.
Lugones, María. “Playfulness, ‘World’-Traveling, and Loving Perception.” In Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
Mackie, J. L. “The Subjectivity of Values.” In Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong. Penguin, 1991.
Mill, John Stuart. Utilitarianism. Edited by Jonathan Bennett, 2015.
Mills, Charles. “‘But What Are You Really?’ The Metaphysics of Race.” In Blackness Visible: Essays on Philosophy and Race. Cornell University Press, 2015.
Plato. Phaedrus. Translated by Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff. Hackett, 1995.
Attached is the essay to rewrite!
Thank you very much!
