Document Format:
· 3 page minimum – 5 page maximum
· File Type: word doc or pdf
· Must be typed, 12pt font, 1 inch margins, double-spaced
General and Structural Instructions:
Students are to provide a more detailed argument for a specific answer to one of the weekly discussion questions (Weeks 2 – 12).
I) Introductory Paragraph (3 to 7 sentences)
Student’s answer to one of the weekly discussion questions and a brief summary of the reasons that will be offered in support of that answer. For example, “I will argue that Descartes’ ‘dream argument’ is not convincing. Briefly stated, the ‘dream argument’ is not convincing because reason i), reason ii), reason iii), etc.”
II) Body paragraphs (2 to 4 pages)
Discussion of reason i) and any examples that help to clarify, support, etc., reason i).
Discussion of reason ii) and any examples that help to clarify, support, etc., reason ii).
Discussion of reason iii) and any examples that help to clarify, support, etc., reason iii).
Etc.
III) Concluding Paragraph (3 to 7 sentences)
A past-tense restatement of the Introductory paragraph. For example, “I have argued that Descartes’ ‘dream argument’ is not convincing. We have seen that it was not convincing because reason i), reason ii), reason iii), etc.”