PHILOSOPHY – POSITION PAPER

please follow the brief:

(1) what is real, (2) what is true, (3) what we can know, and (4) whether you have or are a mind and body and a self (I’m putting these last two into one topic).

This paper offers you the opportunity to practice articulating your thoughts in a more integrated and orderly way. How do you do that? Take it step by step. Create an outline and then gradually fill it in. First, organize your thoughts. Note down your ideas about the topics and try to see how they could fit together so that your ideas flow logically from one point to the next. Then, write down your main ideas as simply and clearly as possible. Next, look at each of your main ideas and ask yourself why you think that. As simply and clearly as possible, write down your reasons for believing each idea. Next, think of examples and experiences that support your ideas. Write about them as simply and clearly as possible. The next step is to think about possible objections or alternatives. If someone disagreed with you, what might they say? Pick one or two objections or alternatives that seem relatively convincing to you, and think about how you might respond. Why do you think your ideas are better than alternatives? Finally, check over what you have written and take note of important terms that you have used. Is it clear what you mean by them? If anything seems potentially unclear, clarify it. Your overall goal is to be clear, concise, coherent, and convincing. Pay special attention to how your ideas fit together. Do they seem to cohere, or do they seem to contradict? If someone who does not share your perspective might think your ideas contradict, how can you explain either that they don’t contradict or that it doesn’t matter that they contradict? Note also that a good introduction and a good conclusion go a long way toward leaving the reader with the sense that you know what you are talking about.

Please do not forget to refer at all the subjects. You should have connections between them, but every subject should be in a separate paragraph
For ex.
paragraph about what is true….blabla bla… but in the last question you should say something about real and than the next paragraph should be about what is real.

he following guidelines for writing philosophy: (1) organize your thoughts before you write; (2) write simply; (3) be clear; (4) make your ideas sound attractive and appealing; (5) use examples; (6) support your ideas with reasons; (7) consider objections and alternatives; (8) define your terms; and (9) use the history of philosophy to support your ideas.)

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