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The paper has a clear and well-argued thesis. The student has a nuanced position that is well supported by the text and is carefully argued for. The paper is well-organized (introduction, body/argument, conclusion) and grammatically clear.

Final Paper (25% of final grade)

The final paper is due Friday, June 12^th at Noon on D2L. Papers must be 4-7 pages in length, double-spaced (Times New Roman font, standard 1-inch margins). Papers should follow the Chicago Manual of Style format. Papers must include a thesis statement which must be either bolded or underlined. Papers should be on one of the following prompts (or on a prompt of the student’s choosing, provided that the student has had the topic approved by the instructor no later than 1 week prior to the due date of the paper):

• What does nihilism mean? Have we lost meaning in modernity? What are the ways in which science seems to provide us meaning in late-modernity? How does science seem to fall short in providing us with meaning? Does science as a whole constitute one authority that we might be able to appeal to in our search for meaning? What does Nietzsche’s madman parable in The Gay Science teach us about nihilism?
• What are Plato’s forms? What does it mean that virtue is a form for Plato? Explain Plato’s allegory of the cave from The Republic. What kinds of questions can Plato’s theory of the forms provide answers to? How does Socrates’ theory of recollection provided in the Meno relate to Plato’s cave and to the theory of the forms?
• What are the differences between normal science and revolutionary science for Kuhn? What is a scientific paradigm and how does a paradigm shift happen? Provide examples from the history of science.
• In The New Organon, Bacon describes four illusions or idols. What are the ways in which these illusions might operate in contemporary science? Illustrate each of the four idols by describing a scientist having succumb to them. How does operating within one or more of these illusions prevent scientists from interpreting nature?
• Many of the texts that we have read together throughout this quarter provides insights that we can potentially apply to our current situation, namely, the COVID-19 pandemic. Choose one text or theme that we have covered and answer the following question: how can we use that philosophical theme or argument to think through various aspects of the crisis now facing us?

Any sources used for the final paper must be quoted and cited appropriately. Students who plagiarize part or all of their final paper will receive a zero on the assignment and will fail the class.

Students may submit a draft to the instructor no later than 1 week prior to the due date. The following is a brief grading rubric: