General Instructions: I present below a list of three problems for your first position paper. You must select any one of them and offer a solution to the problem. Note that the paper has three main parts – an explanation of the problem, the solution, and a skeptic rebuttal. Assuming approx. 300 words for each part, the total thing should be around 900-1000 words long. As for the writing style, you must seriously engage with the material that we have covered in class from Chap 1-4 as well as the Rashomon case. You are of course free to offer your own examples and analyses. Citations etc. can be in any style that you please – APA, MLA whatever.
Explain the Rashomon story and what it establishes. Can the Rashomon effect be dissolved by appealing to some kind of a causal reliability account (e.g., forensic evidence etc.)? See pp. 64-65 on what causal reliability is. Will that satisfy the skeptic? Or might the Rashomon effect still persist?
