“taught by nature,” by Descartes. Descartes’ arguments

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Format

All papers must be typed (computer-printed) in 12-point font and double-spaced with one-inch margins. In the top left corner of the first page give your name (not mine!), the title of your paper (Paper Guidelines above), the course number, section, and term (Fall, Spring, or Summer and year), and the word count as shown on this page. (There is no need for a separate title page.) The title does not need to be elaborate or creative, just something short that gives an idea what the paper is about. Every subsequent page should give your last name and the page number; the standard place for this information is the top, right-hand corner. Short essays must be between 250 and 300 words in length. Long essays must be between 500 and 600 words in length. The instructor will not automatically penalize essays which exceed the maximum word count.

Nevertheless, the instructor may penalize such an essay if the excess is frivolous or otherwise not immediately relevant to the topic.

Quotations and Citations

No essay in this class is a research paper, so you are not required to consult any source other than the texts we are reading in class. A quotation from a published source, for example, from Plato’s Republic, may be given according to the form: “I say that justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger” (Plato 15). This quotation appears on page 15 of Book I in the Hackett edition. The essential requirement is that you are clear about the source of the quotation and that you locate the quotation within a page of text in the source from which you are quoting. I recommend using the MLA style manual, but I will not penalize student essays for formatting mistakes unless they produce errors or serious ambiguities in your paper or diminish its clarity. If you include a quotation from class lecture, you may cite it as, “blah, blah, blah” (lecture). If you include a quotation from the class notes that are published on the class TRACS site, you may cite it as, “stuff, stuff, stuff” (class notes). (You do not need to include either of these sources in the bibliography, which is discussed below.)

You are not required to include quotations in your essays. If you do include quotations, you should use them very sparingly. Papers in this class are extremely short, so include quotations only when they are important for supporting your interpretation of the author or for illustrating your point. Keep them as short as possible and to the point. I want to know whether you understand the material, not that you can transcribe books. If you are tempted to include a long quotation, paraphrase and summarize instead, but paraphrase accurately.