Philosophy 1301 Introduction to Philosophy
El Centro College
Term Paper
Length: Five pages. That means 4½ to 5½ typed, single-sided, double-spaced pages, with one inch margins, in a font equivalent in size to 12 point
Times New Roman. Title page, end notes, and bibliography, if any, do not factor into the page count. No binders or folders; stapled.
The Honors paper is negotiable, but normally ten pages (9 ½ to 10 ½ pages).
Due Dates:
Proposal 9:00am, June 20, 2016.
Draft 9:00am, June 27, 2016.
Completed Term Paper: 9:00am, July 5, 2016.
Grade 20% of course total.
Whats the Point? To find out if youre getting the philosophical way of thinking.
Topics: Discuss an issue by debating a philosopher.
Normal people: Pick one of the thinkers in Sophies World. Explain several of of his views. Say whether you agree or disagree with him, and why. Express and defend your own view on those same topics.
Honors: what you and I jointly agree upon.
Sources: There is no certain number of sources required. This depends on your topic. The normal-person paper must cite Sophies World.
A paper will typically have at least three to six citations, in order to get the thinkers various views out. Usually it will be helpful to cite an encyclopaedia or dictionary (tertiary source) for background on the thinker, a journal article or book for perspective (secondary source), and the philosophers own work (primary source).
As for online sources, only those accessible through the El Centro College library websites philosophy page are acceptablefor instance, Wikipedia is not a-n acceptable source. All sources must be credited; failure to do so is plagiarism.
Style Guide Use the Chicago (I prefer Chicago Humanities to Chicago author date)
style of formatting and citations. The shorter form of this is called
Turabian.
Plagiarism: acting as if something is your idea when it is someone elses is not tolerated, regardless of intent. Paginate, and put your last name in the header.
For further details, see my paper writing guide in ecampus.
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