Each presentation will be done on a passage you read from the textbook in which a philosopher outlines some view. You will select a passage from the following list of different readings. Choose only one – if you choose Russell, for instance, do a presentation on only one of Russell’s passages. Each presentation must have an accompanying PowerPoint. The minimum length of the PowerPoint will be determined by which of two options you choose: presentation with oral component or presentation without oral component. You will turn the PowerPoint into a dropbox on D2L by Monday, April 8 by 10 p.m., as well as the accompanying video if you choose the oral option.
1. . Bertrand Russell ‘The Argument from Analogy’ (pp. 217 – 220)
Presentation without oral component: PowerPoint must have a minimum of six slides (not including a title slide if you decide to have one). At least four slides will be devoted to explaining what you perceive the main points of the passage to be. At least two slides will be devoted to explaining a problem you think there is in the philosopher’s view as presented in the passage you read.
Grading: The content portion (main points and problem) will be graded on reading comprehension. It should be obvious that you have read the entire passage and the main points you gleaned from the passage should be easily detectable from portions of the passage you can point to. The point of the presentation is to learn how to comprehend and interpret a text, so do not do any outside research. Interpret the text as best you can and explain the main points you took away from the passage. The problem you think the view has does not have to be precisely defined – find what you think could be wrong with the view and explain it as best you can.
