Your second report to the class will involve a
selection from Thomas Aquinas' Summa IV-VI and will be due when cover
that material in class. After studying closely your assigned selection,
you will want to do the following:
- An outline or summary of the selection;
- A list of the key terms
- A list of most important statements and
propositions
- An assessment of his proof. You should ask
yourself the following questions:
- Is
the claim relevant? effective?
- What evidence
actually supports the claim?
- Is this evidence sufficient? credible?
accurate?
5. As assessment
of the success of his logic:
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Is
the author uninformed or misinformed about the facts of the
matter? What has been left
out, or is anything simply wrong?
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Is
the argument unconvincing?
If so, what contradictions are present? Where does it break
down? Is it deductively misguided? Is it inductively forced?
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Is the
argument incomplete in its analysis?
If so, what important steps are left out?
What causes, cases, or symptoms does the argument ignore? What
else would be needed to actually make the claim that the author makes?
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Are the
claims based on authority unjustified?
If so, why? Is the
author mistaken about either the validity or nature of the authority
in question?
You may also find that you need to look at
secondary background sources. If you do, please remember to site them
both in the body of the handout and in a Works Cited list.
The selections include:
Question 48 _____________________
Question 49 _____________________
Question 103 _____________________
Questions 75-76 _____________________
Question 79 _____________________
Questions 83, 85 _____________________
The total presentation should take no more than
ten minutes, so you'll want to practice ahead of time and plan to be
both concise in your findings and assured in your organization. I will
evaluate you according to the following:
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