{"id":23738,"date":"2023-07-11T16:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-goal-of-this-paper-is-to-critically-assess-a-particular-philosophers-argument-for-a-particular-conclusion\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:21:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:21:13","slug":"the-goal-of-this-paper-is-to-critically-assess-a-particular-philosophers-argument-for-a-particular-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-goal-of-this-paper-is-to-critically-assess-a-particular-philosophers-argument-for-a-particular-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"The goal of this paper is to critically assess a particular philosopher\u2019s argument for a particular conclusion."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The goal of this paper is to critically assess a particular philosopher\u2019s argument for a particular<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">conclusion. You will pick one article that we have read in this class, summarize the essential<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">points of the author\u2019s argument, and agree or disagree with the author\u2019s argument.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write a paper like this is to give you the chance to think about whether a<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">particular argument for a particular conclusion in our class succeeds or fails. This is not the same<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">as arguing for a definitive answer on that question. For example, if you show that Rowe\u2019s<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">argument for the existence of God fails, there may be other arguments for God\u2019s existence that<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">still succeed. So, the goal of the assignment is not to settle the issues. The goal is for all of us to<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">think carefully and critically about one author\u2019s argument for a particular conclusion.<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your paper will have two main sections: (1) a summary of the author\u2019s argument for their<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">conclusion and (2) your defense of this argument or your rejection of this argument. Your paper<\/span><br style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -918px; margin-bottom: -918px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">should also have a very short introduction and a conclusion.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of this paper is to critically assess a particular philosopher\u2019s argument for a particularconclusion. You will pick one article that we have read in this class, summarize the essentialpoints of the author\u2019s argument, and agree or disagree with the author\u2019s argument. 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