Write an essay (of roughly 3-4 pp. or 900-1200 words) focused on material from one of the readings that we have discussed. The point of this paper is the same as the first: to give you a chance to explore further an issue of interest to you and to provide a basis for me to evaluate both your understanding of the material you’ve read and the depth of your thinking about a philosophical issue. And the elements I ask you to include are a slight extension of what I asked for in that paper:

As in the first paper, the passage mentioned in the first element could be a single short passage or of a few related brief passages. Each of the next two elements could also take the form of an exposition of something in your reading but might be something you to add to what you have read.

As with the first paper, you can use the reading guides as an indication of the topics appearing in particular texts but don’t feel limited to the topics noted there. In choosing a topic, be careful not to make it too broad; this is still a short paper and it will be easier to achieve the depth of thought and clarity of writing I will be looking for if you do not attempt to cover too much ground.

Other aspects of the guidance offered in the first paper assignment will apply also to this one, so be sure to look at it again. (And, if you no longer have a paper copy, you can find it on line here.)

While I’d be happy to accept this paper in hard copy, it is more convenient for me to receive work electronically; and, since I haven’t set up the course Canvas site for assignments, that means using e-mail (either sending the paper as an attachment or making it the body of a message)—my address is helmang@wabash.edu.:

helmang@wabash.edu