When writing this paper, you must choose one side and attack the other side oppinion. Don’t write a paper about history of their debate.
The prompt of the paper is provide below and the source can either be the file i upload or the file outside on the internet, both should be cited in MLA.
Paper 2 Epistemology: Hume vs. Descartes
Your assignment: In 2-3 pages (double spaced, 11 pt font, regular margins) take a side on whether Hume or Descartes has a superior epistemological theory and why.
Hume and Descartes have what can be characterized as opposing theories and they disagree on many specific points. Your paper should focus on the following point:
Sense impressions: for Hume sense impressions provide us with the foundation for any and all knowledge about the world, but Descartes thinks that the senses can easily be doubted and so we need something further to justify that our senses are reliable.
Focusing on the above point, show how the philosopher’s unsatisfactory treatment of it reveals their position as flawed.
Example thesis: Hume’s position is that all knowledge is based on sense impressions, but as Descartes shows the senses can be unreliable and therefore Hume is mistaken to build his theory of knowledge on the senses.
All references to the text should be cited according to MLA formatting. Please use this resource for instructions Purdue MLA
Please confine yourself to citing the original text and the Internet Encyclopedia Articles provided on D2L.
Things a satisfactory paper must have:
1. You must cite the original text and one of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy articles.
2. You must use the text to support your ideas.
3. You must have a thesis.
4. You must address all of the parts of the format below.
Format:
Introduction:
-State the conflict: Rationalism vs. Empiricism
-State your thesis/position: which philosopher is right and which is wrong.
-Give a roadmap of how your paper will proceed: mention which of the above 3 points you will focus on.
State the position you intend to attack:
-Give a summary of the position that you disagree with
-The summary should include an explanation of how one of the three points above is supposed to support their overall position.
Your critique/argument:
-Show how the above point is problematic
-State how it undermines their overall position
Conclusion:
-Restate your thesis and how you came to arrive at it.
