Philosophy 2202

Philosophy 2202G (002) – Early Modern Philosophy

Prospectus

Due: March 11

Beginning with the sources you have identified on your reading list, look for two or three sources, totaling no more than 30 pages, that make sense to you and that are all talking about the same thing. The sources need not be exactly the ones you have identified on the reading list you submitted earlier, but could be others your further research has led you to discover. Keep looking at footnotes and bibliographies in the papers you have already identified. Those are your best clues to other works dealing with the same topic that might be useful. Don't read anything from start to finish just yet. Just look at introductory and concluding paragraphs and the first sentence of every paragraph in between to get a sense of what the paper is about and how easy it will be to understand. Your job for your term paper will be to review the 2-3 sources you have selected, give a good exposition of the views of the authors, and add your own reflections. This works best if the sources you have identified are talking about exactly the same thing, but taking opposed or interestingly different approaches to that topic. You also need to be sure you can read the sources with understanding and say something about them. The deadline for finding sources is March 11. On or before that day, give me a prospectus, listing the sources you plan to write about and giving a one paragraph description of what you anticipate your paper will be about.

While in the usual case some of the works on the reading list you submitted earlier will also be in the prospectus, this is not necessary. Should you be unable to find useful sources on your chosen topic, you can still look for a different topic or even change to a different philosopher.

Please submit the assignment by e-mail to lfalkens@uwo.ca

Please do not submit hard copy.