Pick a short passage in some of the reading this week, and consider a possible objection to it. Of course, you will need to say something about the passage in order to set up the objection, but the focus this time is not on the content of a passage but instead on what might be said in opposition to a claim it makes.

The objection could be your own, but it need not be. It should be something that you are bring to the passage, but this might be based on something elsewhere in your reading (even in the same work). Thus, while I’d encourage you to consider an objection you can imagine—whether or not you agree with it—and I suspect this is the easiest way of approaching the assignment, the only requirement is that you match the passage with an objection that does not already appear as part of the same passage.

Like last time, I’ll give you feedback on these, but I won’t grade them: you will get full credit simply for making a serious effort. And, again, I’ll be happy to accept your assignment on paper, but I encourage you to submit it electronically via e-mail. A short assignment like this could itself be the content of an e-mail message, but I’m also happy to get e-mail attachments.