- Reconstruct an argument from an eligible philosophical work on a topic relating to our early discussions of the meaning of life or moral responsibility. Explain, in your own words, what the author is trying to convince us of, what reasons they are offering in support of their conclusion, and why they think those reasons are convincing.
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Here are some places you can look for research:
www.plato.stanford.edu (Links to an external site.) look here first. The articles are often written at a higher-than-introductory level, but they always have good bibliographic info / suggestions for further reading.
http://philpapers.org/ (Links to an external site.) their ‘browse’ functionality is especially good – very extensive breakdown of topics and subtopics
Jim Pryor (a professor at NYU) put together some introductory guidelines for reading and writing philosophy. They are very good.
http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/reading.html (Links to an external site.)
http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/writing.html (Links to an external site.)
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