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Essay Assignment: Topic and Instructions

NB: Before starting your essay, you should read this entire document as

well as the information in the ‘Essay Assignments: Grading Criteria and

Helpful Information’ folder found in Unit 5.

Philosophy Bites Podcast

Here is a blurb about the podcast from Wikipedia: “Philosophy Bites is a podcast

series featuring philosophers being interviewed for 15–20 minutes on a specific

topic. The series, which has been running since 2007, is hosted by Nigel

Warburton, freelance lecturer, and David Edmonds…The podcast has been one

of the top 20 most downloaded series in the United States and has over 34

million downloads.”

For the essay assignment, you should do the following:

• Choose one of the podcast episodes that is on a topic of interest to you

from the list below (all the way at the bottom of these instructions); you

may want to listen to a few before deciding on one.

• Write an essay that summarizes the podcast episode (your summary

should only be one paragraph that gets at the main ideas of the episode).

In addition to discussing the podcast, your essay must include reference

to/discussion of at least one reading from our text that relates to the

topic of the podcast episode, as well as at least one reference

to/discussion of an article/entry (also related to the podcast episode) in

either The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy or The Stanford

Encyclopedia of Philosophy, through quotation and/or paraphrase.

• Your objective for this essay is to inform your reader about whatever

concept/topic/philosopher/problem is discussed in the podcast; the

essay should be informative, not persuasive.

Regardless of the podcast episode you choose, your essay must include the

following:

• A heading done according to MLA

• An original title

• An introductory paragraph that contains your thesis (see this VERY

helpful advice on how to write your intro/begin your essay, and if you are

unsure of how to write a thesis, read this advice on developing a thesis)

• A summary of the podcast episode you chose. If you are unsure of how to

write a summary, read this helpful advice on how to write a summary.

• Body paragraphs that develop and support your thesis (here is some

excellent advice on how to structure body paragraphs)

• A minimum of 3 full pages (your works cited page doesn’t count as a

page)

• A conclusion (see this VERY helpful advice on how to conclude your

essay)

• A MLA works cited page that includes all sources referenced in your

essay.

Your essay should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12 point font; your

paper should be written in Standard English and done in MLA format. To submit

your paper, click on ‘Essay Assignment’ in the Unit 5 folder. You should attach

a file that can be opened with Microsoft Word (doc or docx); do not submit a

pdf or type in the submission box.

Any instance of plagiarism will be punished by a minimum of an F on the

assignment and a report to the dean of the philosophy department. Further

punishment could include failure in the course, suspension, or expulsion.

Episodes of Philosophy Bites

139 What is Philosophy?

009 Edward Craig on What Is Philosophy?

027 Alain de Botton on Philosophy Within and Outside the Academy

143 Martha Nussbaum on the Value of the Humanities

107 John Armstrong on What Can You Do With Philosophy?

002 Mary Warnock on Philosophy and Public Life

218 Simon Glendinning on Philosophy's Two Cultures (Analytic and Continental)

170 Brian Leiter on the Analytic/Continental Distinction

072 M.M. McCabe on Socratic Method

001 Simon Blackburn on Plato's Cave

019 Mary Warnock on Sartre's Existentialism

093 Sebastian Gardner on Jean-Paul Sartre on Bad Faith

210 Colin McGinn on Descartes on Innate Knowledge

075 Adrian Moore on Kant's Metaphysics

082 Christopher Shields on Personal Identity

021 Tim Crane on Mind and Body

255 Keith Frankish on the Hard Problem and the Illusion of Qualia

254 Ted Honderich on What it is to be Conscious

044 Thomas Pink on Free Will

P03 Neil Levy on Free Will, and Its Connection to Moral Responsibility

144 Paul Russell on Fate

197 Daniel Dennett on Free Will Worth Wanting

003 Stephen Law on The Problem of Evil

103 Marilyn McCord Adams on Evil

067 Peter Adamson on Plotinus on Evil

162 Frank Jackson on What Mary Knew

254 Ted Honderich on What it is to be Conscious

203 Tim Bayne on the Unity of Consciousness

123 Ned Block on Consciousness

128 Pat Churchland on Eliminative Materialism

074 Barry C. Smith on Neuroscience