Task:
Your assignment is to choose one of the following topics or any other topic that we discuss in Phil 1:
1) Mechanisms of ignorance
2) Socrates, Plato, and the Allegory of the Cave
3) Truth and Gettier
4) Person-hood
5) Representation: Art or Science
6) Feminism
7) Egoism
After you choose you are to create your own unique argument about how to apply this topic to any of the contexts that we have faced within the past year. Your paper can apply ANY of these topics APPLIED to one particular context (limit it only to one). For instance, over the past year, I have been attempting to apply a concept ‘place perspectives’ to the COVID-19 context.
A. Present Proper Background on Your Topic:
The necessary components are: A) that you introduce the importance and B) relevant background knowledge on the topic. It is also that you C) engage your audience with your episode.
A bit more detail on (A)-(C): What is the topic about? Who cares about the topic? Why is it important? What makes it interesting? What details have people put forth?
