Assignment1: IssueAnalysisYoumustanalyseaselectedportion ofone(1) thefollowingreadingsdrawnfromweeks3,4or5ofthe unit: •...

Assignment1:IssueAnalysis Youmustanalyseaselectedportion ofone(1) thefollowingreadingsdrawnfromweeks3,4or5ofthe unit: • Berkeley’sPrinciplesofHumanKnowledge,PartI,Paragrahs1-21 • Descartes’Meditations,specificallytheSecondMeditationandSixthMeditation • Epicurus,LettertoHerodotus • Freud’sFutureofanIllusion,SectionsIIItoV • Hume’s‘OfSuperstitionandEnthusiasm’ • Kierkegaard’s‘PreliminaryExpectoration’fromFearandTrembling • Pascal’sPensées,Number233 • Plato’sPhaedo,69e-78a(orpages16-28intheOxfordEdition) Youmustproducean800wordscholarlyanalysisofthephilosophicalissuescontainedinyourselected portionofthereading,withsomereferencetothetextasawhole. Thegoalofthistaskistodemonstrate yourfamiliaritywithyour selectedportionoftextspecifically,aswellas thoughtfulnessabouttheissues addressedbythisportioninrelationtotheoverallwork. Yourresponseshould: 1.Outlinetheissuesbeingdealtwithbytheauthorinthereadingasawhole.Youshould


Assignment 1: Issue Analysis You must analyse a selected portion of one (1) the following readings drawn from weeks 3, 4 or 5 of the unit: • Berkeley’s Principles of Human Knowledge, Part I, Paragrahs 1-21 • Descartes’ Meditations, specifically the Second Meditation and Sixth Meditation • Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus • Freud’s Future of an Illusion, Sections III to V • Hume’s ‘Of Superstition and Enthusiasm’ • Kierkegaard’s ‘Preliminary Expectoration’ from Fear and Trembling • Pascal’s Pensées, Number 233 • Plato’s Phaedo, 69e-78a (or pages 16-28 in the Oxford Edition) You must produce an 800 word scholarly analysis of the philosophical issues contained in your selected portion of the reading, with some reference to the text as a whole. The goal of this task is to demonstrate your familiarity with your selected portion of text specifically, as well as thoughtfulness about the issues addressed by this portion in relation to the overall work. Your response should: 1. Outline the issues being dealt with by the author in the reading as a whole. You should state why these issues are important. Importantly, you must also state which selected portion of the reading your response will then focus on. 2. Analyse closely the argument being made in the selected portion of the reading. Page 6 of 17 Version: Semester 2, 2022 3. Offer a scholarly response to the selected portion of the reading. You must indicate whether and to what extent you agree with the author, giving reasons for your position.