Overview
Please submit your paper
Reminder:
The Paper should follow the Proposal presented to Dr. Soden.
Style of paper
- Here is the Chicago Example Paper (Handout and link)
Paper
- 12 point font, Times New Roman
- Needs footnotes and bibliography: Chicago Format The OWL style guide
- The Example Paper has plenty of example footnotes and Bibliography entries for the kinds of sources you are using.
- 3 or more outside academic sources
- Here are some really helpful websites with academic essays on Philosophy topics. The end of the articles usually has further books and articles per each topic as well. They are both Peer-reviewed and scholarly.
- The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://iep.utm.edu
- The academic Journal storage library: https://www.jstor.org/
- Login using our institutional login (aka - your library sign in once you choose LSC as your institution).
- The final version of the essay should be 4-6 pages.
Any topic brought up in the book and/or class is open. If there is not a philosophical topic covered that you would like to have considered - list that as your proposal. Also, include any sources you would like to use.
The Final Paper should be in Chicago style and will be due during Finals Week.
Chicago Criteria below ------------------------------
Research Paper #2
- Here is the Chicago Example Paper (Handout and link)
Paper
- 12 point font, Times New Roman
- Double Spaced
- Needs footnotes and bibliography: Chicago Format The OWL style guide
- The Example Paper has plenty of example footnotes and Bibliography entries for the kinds of sources you are using.
- 3 or more outside academic sources
- Here are some really helpful websites with academic essays on Philosophy topics. The end of the articles usually has further books and articles per each topic as well. They are both Peer-reviewed and scholarly.
- The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://iep.utm.edu/
- The academic Journal storage library: https://www.jstor.org/
- Login using our institutional login (aka - your library sign in once you choose LSC as your institution).
Feel free to pick any topic
In my research paper, I intend to delve into the contributions of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, as presented in "The Great Conversation” by Norman Melchert and David R. Morrow. The paper will commence with an exploration of Aristotle's early life, tracing his origins in Macedonia, his formative years in Athens under the mentorship of Plato, and his subsequent ventures, including tutoring Alexander the Great. Moreover, I will compare Aristotle to his teacher, Plato, highlighting their differing backgrounds, philosophical perspectives, and approaches to knowledge. Emphasizing Aristotle's more grounded view of the material world, I will explore how he perceives philosophy as an understanding of concrete particulars, in contrast to Plato's otherworldly yearnings for the realm of Forms.
In addition, the research will extend to Aristotle's views on the soul, his emphasis on empirical observation and language as avenues to knowledge, and his nuanced approach to ethics, contrasting it with Plato's more idealistic stance. I will also examine the intellectual styles of the two philosophers, portraying Plato as a hedgehog with a singular passion and Aristotle as a fox with diverse intellectual pursuits. By examining the foundations in "The Great Conversation, "I aim to present a nuanced understanding of Aristotle's philosophical contributions within the broader historical and intellectual context.