1. Your paper is due by 5:00pm on Sunday, April 3rd. I will NOT accept late papers.
2. Submit your paper through the assignment window (here!) for Short Paper. Do not email them to me. I will not accept them.
3. Your paper should be around 2-4 pages (approximately 750 words). It should be no shorter than 500 words, excluding title page and end notes, if any.
4. Look carefully at the topic and write on that topic alone. Do not waste words on material which does not have a direct bearing on your paper topic.
5. Make sure that your paper has a thesis statement, preferably in the first paragraph.
6. Make sure that your paper includes a word count. Be sure this count excludes words from the title page and end notes. Papers without a word count will be penalized half a letter grade.
7.If any part of your paper is plagiarized, you will receive a zero (0) for the assignment without any possibility for improving the grade. Additionally, your paper will be forwarded to the office of the ombudsperson for possible adjudication on the charge of academic dishonesty.
Topics for Paper #2:
Below are possible paper topics. Pick just one as the subject of your paper and write a short philosophical essay on it (see the philosophical writing guide in Unit One for helpful writing tips.) Your essay should be argumentative, and your conclusion should be announced somewhere near the beginning of your paper.
3. What is “Meno’s paradox” (Meno 80d-e)? What is Socrates’ response to it? What is his response supposed to prove? Does it succeed in proving its conclusion? Answer each of the questions carefully.
