Description
- Pick two authors from two different units in class (Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic Philosophy, Plotinus and Medieval Philosophy) and compare and contrast their ideas.
- Contain a well-articulated thesis statement that explains what the paper is about and takes a clear stand on the issues under discussion,
- Provide a clear articulation of the authors or issue you have chosen,
- Clearly respond to the demands of the prompt,
- Conclude with your own analysis of the issue and your own views on the issues that have been discussed,
- Properly cite (using MLA) all sources used in the paper.
- double-spaced and written in 10-12 point legible font
- focus on Logic,metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology for whichever author you chose
- To earn an A, your responses provide evidence of the ‘B’ standards below, plus that you have really thought about the concepts covered in the reading and lectures:
- You use very original examples to illustrate the concepts of the reading.
- You apply very specific events or discussions from the reading to some new situation.
- Your writing is excellent and/or your style is very interesting
- You apply ideas from the reading to correspondent ideas presented in the classroom.
- You use examples from the lectures to illustrate the concepts in the reading.
- You answer correctly all basic questions about the main ideas and characters.
- You show recognition of all main ideas or characters’ names and their respective associations.
- You correctly identify all concepts introduced or reviewed in the reading.
- You correctly identify and apply all terms from the reading and lectures.
- Your writing is relatively free from spelling and grammatical errors.
- You use examples from the reading or lectures to illustrate your answers.
- You answer correctly some but not all basic questions about the main ideas.
- You show some recognition of main ideas or characters’ names.
- You correctly identify some but not all concepts introduced or reviewed in the reading and lectures.
- You correctly identify and apply some but not all terms introduced or reviewed in the reading and lectures.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Introduction
A. Topic/focus of the essay
B. Thesis Statement
Body
First paragraph description
A. Summary of first piece of supporting evidence/information
B. Summary of second piece of supporting evidence/information
Second paragraph description
A. Summary of first piece of supporting evidence/information
B. Summary of second piece of supporting evidence/information
Third paragraph description
A. Summary of first piece of supporting evidence/information
B. Summary of second piece of supporting evidence/information
Conclusion
A. Restatement of thesis
B. Concluding remarks
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9thMay 2019
Introduction
The knowledge theory that is also referred to as epistemology is associated with the study
of scope, nature and restriction of what establishes the idea of knowledge, how it is being
obtained and the process involve in its analysis. The essential challenge that has not been
peacefully resolved in the theory of knowledge is its definition. Different philosophers have
defined knowledge in different ways with some of them defining it according to factual beliefs
which some of the philosophers have strongly opposed claiming that the factual or the true
beliefs has nothing to do with knowledge. Indeed, the term of knowledge vary on its definition
from one individual to another based on the element of the individual’s understanding and
perception hence there is no specific definition of the word knowledge. The two philosophers
Plato and Aristotle in Greece disparagingly studied matters related to science and ethics.
Aristo...
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