Overview
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING TWO QUESTIONS SEPARATELY. EACH QUESTION SHOULD BE ABOUT 3-5 PAGES IN LENGTH:
1) WRITE AN ESSAY DETAILING BOTH THE SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE ARGUMENTS FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN THE ESSAYS BY ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN AND JANE ADDAMS.
4) WHAT IS "PRAGMATISM"? HOW DOES A PRAGMATIST ASSESS WHETHER A PHILOSOPHICAL PROPOSITION IS TRUE OR FALSE? ON WHAT BASIS DID THE PRAGMATIST PHILOSOPHERS SUCH AS, WILLIAM JAMES, W.E.B. DUBOIS OR JOHN DEWEY CLAIM THAT THE PRAGMATIC METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRUTH WAS A NEW AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO PHILOSOPHY
INSTRUCTIONS:
EXAMS ARE TO BE DOUBLE-SPACED AND TYPED. PLEASE USE 12 POINT TYPE. TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT. YOU MUST RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS SEPARATELY. YOU MUST RESTATE THE QUESTION YOU ARE ANSWERING AT THE TOP OF EACH ESSAY. EACH ESSAY MUST HAVE A CONTROLLING THESIS THAT MUST BE PRINTED IN BOLD LETTERS IN THE BODY OF YOUR TEXT. CITATIONS CAN BE DONE PARENTHETICALLY EX: ( JAMES, THE WILL TO BELIEVE) IF THERE IS A PAGE NUMBER PLEASE INCLUDE IT. YOU CAN ALSO CITE LECTURES IN THIS WAY: (COREY, LECTURE.) 2 POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR EACH FAILURE TO RESTATE THE QUESTION OR INCLUDE A CONTROLLING THESIS. HAVING A THESIS THAT IS NOT IN BOLD IS THE SAME THING AS NOT HAVING A THESI
YOU DO NOT NEED A BIBLIOGRAPHY UNLESS YOU USE OUTSIDE SOURCES. IT IS BEST TO DEPEND ON LECTURES AND THE READINGS POSTED. YOU MUST USE ALL OF THE SOURCES PROVIDED.
Provided below are the lectures and readings needed to complete the essay. It is best to refer only to the readings/lectures provided. Please do not refer to the same author when answering the questions: THEY ARE SEPARATE QUESTIONS. Question 1 should focus on the works of ONLY Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Jane Addams. (all provided below) Question 2 should focus only on the works of William James, W.E.B. Dubois, John Dewey Claim. (all provided below)
Works of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5315/Links to an external site.
Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: https://open.oregonstate.education/sociologicaltheory/chapter/gilman-on-women-and-economics-1898/Links to an external site.