Essay for World Cultures

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The focus is on brief but important primary source material written by major authors. Read the selection as identified below. Write a three to four (3-4) paragraph essay (250 words minimum) which analyzes the “surprise ending” of the reading selection.

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  • Reading selection from Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV). Descartes begins with a proof of one basic conclusion and ends with a proof of something much grander. Remember to focus on the surprise and point of realization, not the details of the philosophical argument. Read Part IV of the Discourse on the Method located at http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/descartes1637.pdf (then scroll down to Part 4, pp. 14-18). This is only four or five (4 or 5) pages of the larger work

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
  • Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
  • Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
  • Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
  • Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

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Essay for World Cultures
Discourse on the Method by Descartes, Descartes explain how we are supposed to tackle
different problems that we encounter in the manner of how we acquired knowledge and also
attribute the truth to it. The problem that many people encounter according to Descartes is
opposing a subject with a perceived object. Descartes in the article claims that he has found an
effective method which guides his reasoning and that a particular approach has helped him to
come with various significant discoveries in his scientific research (Descartes 15). In the article,
Descartes ta...


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