| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES | 
|---|---|
| Seminar Presentation | 30% | 
| Term Paper | 70% | 
The final grade will be determined using the following weights:
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES | 
|---|---|
| Seminar Presentation | 30% | 
| Term Paper | 70% | 
At least one seminar presentation is required during the term. The paper should be 20-30 minutes in presentation time. An outline or handout must be prepared for distribution to all participants at the seminar in which it will be presented. Discussion will follow. A written version of the paper should be handed in no later than one week after your presentation. Please see assignments for possible topics.
One 20-25 page term paper is also required. Graduate students in philosophy may receive distribution credit in the "history of philosophy" if their term paper is on the work of a historical figure or text (prior to 1879).
| SES # | TOPICS | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Introductory Class | 
| 2 | Plato | 
| 3 | Descartes | 
| 4 | Locke/Leibniz | 
| 5 | Hume and the Positivists | 
| 6 | Kant | 
| 7 | Quine's Critique | 
| 8 | New Rationalisms |