FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY: RELATIVISM
PHIL 150W, Sec. 01: TTh 9:30am-10:50am in Blair 142
PHIL 150W, Sec. 02: TTh 11am-12:20pm in Blair 142
The College of William and Mary
Spring 2003
Instructor: James Woodbridge
email address: jawoo2@wm.edu
Course Webpage: http://fsweb.wm.edu/jawoo2/wm/150w.htm
Office Hours: T 3:30pm-5pm, W 10:30am-12pm, and by appointment
Office: 126 Blair Hall
Office Phone: 221-2713
Dept. Phone: 221-2735
RESPONSE ESSAY 1
Write a 2-page paper reacting to the material presented in Chapter 3, Sections 1-10 (pp. 35-46) of Relativism and Reality, by Robert Kirk.
In writing your paper, don't tell how you feel about the reading. Rather, aim to do the following sorts of things:
- Focus on a specific point or issue the author discusses (i.e., don't try to cover the whole selection).
- In your own words, characterize as clearly as you can the issue you are considering (e.g., a particular position the author argues for, or a particular criticism he presents of some view).
- Analyze the point--what is at stake? What alternative views on the matter are available? What reasons does the author offer for holding the view he does? Evaluate those reasons.
Do you think they are persuasive?
- Identify further questions that can be raised about the issue under consideration in light of what the author says about it.
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, January 27th by 3pm.