{"id":23220,"date":"2023-07-06T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/what-is-william-cliffords-primary-argument-to-show-that-we-are-not-entitled-to-hold-beliefs-under-certain-conditions-explain-what-the-relevant-fallacies-are-as-you-consider-what-clifford-would-say-a\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:57:19","slug":"what-is-william-cliffords-primary-argument-to-show-that-we-are-not-entitled-to-hold-beliefs-under-certain-conditions-explain-what-the-relevant-fallacies-are-as-you-consider-what-clifford-would-say-a","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/what-is-william-cliffords-primary-argument-to-show-that-we-are-not-entitled-to-hold-beliefs-under-certain-conditions-explain-what-the-relevant-fallacies-are-as-you-consider-what-clifford-would-say-a\/","title":{"rendered":"What is William Clifford&#8217;s primary argument to show that we are not entitled to hold beliefs under certain conditions? Explain what the relevant fallacies are as you consider what Clifford would say about them."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">This is the whole prompt (and grading rubric below):&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: unset; color: var(--color-1); font-family: var(--ion-font-family, inherit); text-align: initial;\">What is William Clifford&#8217;s primary argument to show that we are not entitled to hold beliefs under certain conditions? What if I live alone in the wilderness and I form a belief via one of the fallacious arguments that we studied in Module 2? Would Clifford still hold that I am not entitled to my belief? Justify your judgment. Explain what the relevant fallacies are as you consider what Clifford would say about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: unset; color: var(--color-1); font-family: var(--ion-font-family, inherit); text-align: initial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Cite all the texts you employ. This is at 4 to 5 page paper, though<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">you may certainly write more. In offering your own judgment and<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">defense, use course concepts. (Course concepts found in &#8220;Reading 2&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: unset; color: var(--color-1); font-family: var(--ion-font-family, inherit); text-align: initial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: unset; color: var(--color-1); font-family: var(--ion-font-family, inherit); text-align: initial;\">Grading rubric:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">1. Does this paper identify have a clear thesis? (5%)<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">2. Does this paper contain only relevant information? Are the<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">citations completed properly? (5%) 3. Does the paper attribute the<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">correct view to the philosophers in question? (10%) 4. Is\/are the<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">philosopher\u2019s view presented with the appropriate level of detail?<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">(For example, does the author explain concepts and arguments in a<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">tight manner, or are the arguments and concepts merely sketched?)<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">(25%) 5. Does the author present a clear argument in his\/her<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">discussion? (15%) 6. 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(20%)<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">Intangibles: Is the paper on the assigned topic? Is it the author\u2019s<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; font-size: unset;\">own work?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: unset; color: var(--color-1); font-family: var(--ion-font-family, inherit); text-align: initial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the whole prompt (and grading rubric below):&nbsp;What is William Clifford&#8217;s primary argument to show that we are not entitled to hold beliefs under certain conditions? What if I live alone in the wilderness and I form a belief via one of the fallacious arguments that we studied in Module 2? 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