Assignment: Personal Research and Reflection Project Step 4
Part of being a scholar is seeking out, understanding, and comparing the views of other scholars. Your job for thefourth step of your personal research project is to find a journal article or book chapter about your topic written by another philosopher that you think will help you develop your own view.
Academic publishing is distinguished from the wider publishing industry by its purpose (the transmission of knowledge), emphasis on argumentation and evidence, use of peer-review, it's intended audience, and somewhat weaker profit motive. (The academic publishing world is not without its problems of course. There is too much pressure to publish in general).
Find a journal article or a book chapter about your dilemma from one of the publisherson the next page and summarize it. Your summary should do the following:
First
Identify and explain the thesis of the paper and attribute it to the author. The thesis is the claim that the author is attempting to persuade her audience is true, and which serves as the organizing principle of the entire paper. What is it, and what does it mean? There is probably just one thesis, but sometimes there are a couple, related thesis.
(About 1 paragraph)
Then
Summarize any background information the author provides that you think is important for understanding or appreciating the significance of the thesis. If the author does not provide any such background information, what background knowledge do you have that makes the thesis interesting to you and worth reading about?
(About 1-3 paragraphs)
Then
Identify and explain the author's argument. What are the most important concepts/vocabulary words a reader would need to know to understand the paper and what do they mean? What are the reasons/evidence the author is providing in support of their thesis, and how do they support the thesis?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.