Reflective Analysis on Xunzi.
General Requirements for Written Assignments: Include a full, accurate citation of the works referenced (formatted in accord with a recognized style manual, such as Chicago, Harvard, MLA, or APA). You will see that each assignment has a specified word count. This is the maximum number of words (excluding the bibliography) that can appear in a student’s written submission. Submissions that exceed the word count will not be accepted as such and must be resubmitted. Please indicate the total word count somewhere in the submitted version. Work that does not include the total word count will not be accepted as such and must be resubmitted, with penalties for late assignments applying. Reflective Analyses (RAs): (no more than 1200 words total length) on each of the four philosophers whom we will be studying. Students will receive a list of prompts at some point in the weeks preceding the due date for the abstract. Students must either select from one of the prompts or develop a topic of their own subsequent to conversation with me outside of class. The prompts provided will be very general – their purpose is to call attention to general philosophical topics rather than to dictate the content of a student’s work. Students will offer an interpretation of what a particular figure has to say about the chosen topic and then articulate one objection to the view that has been presented. This assignment is split into two parts (1st part is done and attached, order is only for part 2): 1. RA Abstract – done and attached with instructor comments to use for part 2 Develop the prompt that you would like to eventually write about by summarizing what you think a given philosopher thinks about that topic. Describe the parts of the text that you plan to examine. 500 words maximum word count. Due in each case several weeks before the final version (see the Course Schedule). 2. 2. RA Respond to the prompt by developing an interpretation of a philosopher’s views on the topic over several paragraphs. Next, provide one objection to the stated view in a standalone paragraph. Finally, include a brief standalone conclusion summarizing your main idea. Do this all in a brief essay of no more than 1200 words. Main source has to be- Xunzi, Xunzi: The Complete Text, Eric Hutton (trans) (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016) Use 1-2 extra sources