Abstract. (1-2 pages or 300-600 words.) This should note the idea and the issue concerning it that will be the topic of your essay, and it should sketch the arguments on each side that you plan to consider. Your aim should be to give the class enough information about your plans for them to have a sense of what you will be doing and be able to share their own views on the topic you’ve been thinking about.

Discussions. You should come with at least one question in mind about each abstract. In particular, think of questions that will help the author see where you’d like to hear more. For example, ask what he had in mind in something he wrote: what he meant or what his reasons were for saying it. (Other sorts of questions on the author’s topic are also appropriate.)

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Although I’ll be willing to accept your abstrct on paper, I’d prefer that you send a copy by e-mail (either as an attachment or in the body of a message). My address is helmang@wabash.edu.