What Is Epistemology

Either side is OK. Make sure to stick with the outline below. Choose one from these Positions FOR Objectivity:  Descartes’ Scientific Method / Empiricism Marx’s Historical Materialism / Ideology Critique Vs. Choose one from these Positions AGAINST Objectivity:  Nietzsche’s Existential Perspectivism (Subjectivity) Abram’s Phenomenology (Intersubjectivity) Hence, these are the possible debate options: (select one) ?Science vs Perspectivism ?Science vs Phenomenology ?Historical Materialism vs Perspectivism ?Historical Materialism vs Phenomenology  PROMPT: Write an 800-900 word essay in which you argue FOR or AGAINST the conclusion that objectivity is the best way to know the truth about reality. Use one well-developed example to make your case. Use (only) texts assigned or discussed in this class to make your argument.  USE THIS PARAGRAPH OUTLINE: 1.Introduction: (a) Briefly distinguish three ways of getting at the truth about reality: “objectivity,” “subjectivity,” and “intersubjectivity.” (b) State your thesis clearly, indicating the position you will take for or against objectivity and the opposition you will take up in response to your argument. And (c) Preview: Promise to demonstrate the strength of [your position] over [your opposition’s position] by comparing and contrasting their views on [the truth about example X].  2.Argument for your position: Explain how your position reveals truth in general. Develop (in depth) an example that supports your thesis: This is the truth about X.  3.Consider your opposition: Explain how the opposition’s position reveals the truth in general. Using the same example provide a contrasting (in depth) depiction of the truth about X. 4.Analysis: Compare & Contrast: (a) Explain the truth revealed by your position that is not revealed by the opposition’s position; (b) consider the truth revealed by your opposition’s position that is not revealed by your position. 5.Conclude with a comparative judgment & implications: (a) State the comparative advantage your position has over the other: and (b) speculate about the good consequences that will follow from it.  Need brief refresher on how to write an argumentative essay: OWL Writing Lab