Philo Final

Note: If you would like to do something else for your written final, I'm open to your suggestions, just let me know what you're thinking ASAP.

For those of you that would like a little more structure, we're going to go with the same format we used for your paper on the "Renaissance and Enlightenment" Philosophers:

Independent Project
1. NO GROUP WORK

2. MLA Essay Format
* Double-spaced - NO TITLE PAGE - 12pt Times New Roman
Heading in upper left-hand corner

3. 9th and 10th Graders
* 3 pages double spaced with a works cited page

4. 11th and 12th Graders
* 5 pages double spaced with a works cited page

5. Tues + Weds + Thurs / Interview with Ryan on Wednesday
* Research + Writing

6. Friday 5/20
* Research + Writing

7. Monday 5/23
* Rough Draft Due

The Questions…

1. What’s your philosopher’s basic philosophical thesis?
2. What’s the historical context of your philosopher?
3. What’s the legacy of your philosopher?
4. What’s the contemporary significance of your philosopher?
5. How does the work of your philosopher specifically apply to both your own life and RLA as a school?

More requirements.....

9th and 10th Graders
*2 secondary source quotes
*2 primary source quotes (Interview with Ryan Counts)

11th and 12th Graders
*3 secondary source quotes
*4 primary source quotes (Interview with Ryan Counts)

Choices:

Any philosopher we've covered up to this point, or the following 20th century thinkers:

John Rawls
Richard Wollheim
Paul Feyerabend
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Noam Chomsky
Jurgen Habermas
Richard Rorty
Edward Said
Peter Singer