Pick Your Topic- Philosophy

Select a theme that involves your research into an issue in the history of philosophy and your own perspective regarding that issue. This could involve ancient issues regarding Aristotle and Plato, Daoism and Confucianism, or aboriginal Earth wisdom and patriarchy; issues regarding the relationship of science and religion; or any movement in the history of philosophy in relation to another as they are described in the book. You can write about issues in contemporary culture involving films, music, or literature; ecopsychology, ecofeminism, and/or Wicca; or various views of the self and reality as it relates to issues from the book or discussions. This is a chance for you to study and expound on your own philosophical interests and perspective. Be creative! (Deep thought)

This professor is very specific:
Essays should be in MLA format, with the following exceptions: titles are centered and put in bold font; your name, class, and meeting time go directly under the title and are also centered; and you do not write your last name next to the page numbers (there should be no page number on first page). Start your text on underneath your title—i.e., no title page. This is how you would send your essay to a philosophy journal, which is your target audience. Hence, your paper should discuss a philosophy or related concepts only as they relate your theme (you do not have to explain obvious information with which your readers would already be familiar). They are creative scholarly position papers, not encyclopedic research essays that simply regurgitate information. The papers must be typed, double-spaced with 12-point font and one-inch margins, and stapled in the top left-hand corner. You have to have a minimum of three sources (the book can be one of them) that are cited in your Works Cited page. On the bottom right-hand corner of the Works Cited page write “Word count: and put the number of words in your paper.” Please make sure you have plenty of sentence structure and paragraph diversity. Edit and re-edit… eloquence carries meaning; so do verbs. Do a “find” check and make sure you are not using too many “is” or “was” in your paper. Pick a theme you like and have fun with it!