FIRST YEAR SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY: RELATIVISM
PHIL 196, Sec. 004: TTh 4pm-5:30pm in G160 Angell Hall
The University of Michigan
Fall 2004
Instructor: James Woodbridge
email address: jwood@umich.edu
Course Webpage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jwood/umich/Phil196.htm
Office Hours: T 2pm-3pm, W 12:30pm-2pm, and by appointment
Office: 2203 Angell Hall
Office Phone: 764-6882
Dept. Phone: 764-6285
RESPONSE ESSAY 2
Write a 2-page paper reacting to the material presented in Sections 166a-168c (pp. 33-36) of Plato's Theaetetus, paying particular attention to Sections 166d-167d.
Although this is a "Response Essay", I don't want to read about how you feel about the reading. Rather, aim to do the following sorts of things:
- Explain what is going on in this particular part of the dialogue.
- In your own words, characterize as clearly as you can the issue being raised, and the challenge being posed.
- Analyze the point--Why is this issue important to the larger discussion? How is it a challenge? What response to the challenge is developed, and how is it supposed to work as a response?
- Evaluate the response--Do you think it works? Explain why or why not.
- Identify further questions that can be raised about the issue under consideration, in light of your assessment of what is said in these Sections.
Be sure to look at my Paper Requirements and Policies.
Keep your paper within the 2-page limit!
Your paper is due in my mailbox on Monday, September 20 by 3pm.