- If you think that “fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows” (Montaigne), then (i) spell out
the strongest argument for your view, (ii) spell out the strongest objection that your opponents
can make to your argument, and (iii) reply to your opponent’s objection. - If you think that all knowledge except the knowledge of our own existence as thinking beings is
doubtful (Descartes), then (i) spell out the strongest argument for your view, (ii) spell out the
strongest objection that your opponents can make to your argument, and (iii) reply to your
opponent’s objection. - A)Rationalism: If you think that the use of reason, rather than experience, leads to knowledge of
the objects in the world, then (i) spell out the strongest argument for your view, (ii) spell out the
strongest objection that your opponents can make to your argument, and (iii) reply to your
opponent’s objection.
B) Empiricism: If you think that think that knowledge comes from our experience of objects in
the world, rather than our reason, then (i) spell out the strongest argument for your view, (ii) spell
out the strongest objection that your opponents can make to your argument, and (iii) reply to your
opponent’s objection.
C) Transcendental Idealism: If you believe that both reason and experience are necessary to
understand the world, then (i) spell out the strongest argument for your view, (ii) spell out the
strongest objection that your opponents can make to your argument, and (iii) reply to your
opponent’s objection. - If you believe that happiness requires both a sound, tranquil frame of mind and certain external
goods (Shaftesbury), then (i) spell out the strongest argument for your view, (ii) spell out the
strongest objection that your opponents can make to your argument, and (iii) reply to your
opponent’s objection.