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Capstone Project Part 3 PHIL 110 Part 3 of the Capstone Project Part 3 of the Capstone Project For Part 3, begin drafting your Capstone Project and give feedback to your classmates. By now, you should have plenty of resources, have identified pros and cons for different arguments related to your topic, and have reviewed (and hopefully support) one or more real-world solutions to your topic’s problem. And, you probably have a strong opinion about the issue. Draft your Capstone Project in which you argue for a chosen position related to your topic. As you draft your project, answer the following questions using this 7-step critical thinking process: 1. What are you asking your reader to believe or accept? In other words, what is your main claim? 2. What evidence is available to support this claim? (This could be bullet points or a set of short paragraphs that serve as reasons or premises for the main claim, which is the argument’s conclusion.) 3. Can this evidence be interpreted differently? Identify any evidence that can support an alternative viewpoint. 4. How would you rate the evidence based on its veracity (truthfulness) and its relevance to your main claim? (In other words, evaluate the evidence and its logical connectedness to the conclusion.) 5. After evaluating the evidence, can you think if any possible objections (rebuttals) that might be raised against your argument? Can you find any holes in your argument or identify any possible fallacies? 6. What additional evidence would help you evaluate the argument? 7. Is your conclusion inferred deductively or inductively? In other words, is it conclusively guaranteed or only probably warranted? Explain why, using the definitions of deduction and induction supplied by our text. Post a draft of your project in your topic group’s Discussion Forum, then read and respond to two students within your group with comments. Use the prompts for ‘peer feedback’ below as your guide in providing substantial commentary on your fellow students’ work. Instructions for Peer Feedback Provide feedback on your classmates’ project drafts. Use the following structure: • Begin with a positive statement on your classmate’s work. Point out what you think they did right. • Do you feel their response relies on factual evidence, or on opinion or intuition? If the latter, cite examples of where it relies on opinion and intuition and give suggestions as to how they can write more objectively. • Add 1-2 feedback statements that you believe will help your classmate improve their work. You can use any of the following sentence starters: o The most important thing I think you can do to improve is this ... because … o This one sentence was not specific enough because… o This one idea that you have not fully illustrated with a specific example is... o I think you could have written more about ... because … o I wasn't sure what you meant when you ... because … o I don't think you needed to include ... because … PHIL 110 Part 3 of the Capstone Project o I think you could have used transitional words in the following places … o One type of grammar and/or punctuation error I noticed in your writing was … Optional: Example of a well-argued position If you’d like to see (in practice) what a good argument actually looks like, listen to some selections from former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture (it’s about 1:24:37 long, but you can just watch parts of it). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md_l4u-1vRQ As you watch Obama’s speech, think about these questions: How would you reconstruct his argument? What do you think is his main point, or his “conclusion”? What are some of the techniques he uses to support his points? Do you recognize any critical thinking tools that we’ve studied in this course so far that he employs? Do you think his argument is effective, and if so, why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md_l4u-1vRQ Part 3 of the Capstone Project Instructions for Peer Feedback Optional: Example of a well-argued position PHIL 110: Capstone Project Part 3 Rubric PHIL 110 Capstone Project Rubrics 1 Grading Rubric for Capstone Project Part 3 Criterion Percentage Follows the seven-step critical thinking process in full detail. 10% Proposes an argument that offers a solution related to the topic, including a main claim (conclusion) and supporting evidential statements (premises). 26% Evaluates the argument in terms of (1) its evidential support, (2) the logical connectness (relevance) of the evidence to the conclusion, and (3) the argument’s validity (if it is presented as a deduction) or the argument’s cogency (if it is presented as an induction) 26% Discusses possible objections (rebuttals) to the argument, including any potential fallacies that the argument might commit. 14% In responding to other students, comments begin with a positive statement. 6% In responding to other students, comments provide constructive feedback. 8% Clear, error free writing, appropriate citations. 5% Posted on time. 5% Grading Rubric for Capstone Project Part 3