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PHI 361: Third Paper Topics
Fall 2001

Third Paper, due Friday, December 7th

Write a short exigetical paper (minimum 1.5 pages, no maximum length) on one of the folloing topics.
  1. Explain in your own words, and as clearly as you can, what E. Sosa is saying in in section 7.c of "The Raft and the Pyramid." You will need to do some research on the meaning of the philosophical term "supervenience." Feel free to use any resource at your disposal (e.g., reference books in the library; philosophical dictionaries or encyclopedias on the web).
  2. Explain in your own words, and as clearly as you can, what E. Sosa's response is to strand a. of the coherentist critique of Foundationalism presented in section 4 of "The Raft and The Pyramid."

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