{"id":18437,"date":"2024-03-30T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/rene-descartes-describes-his-method-in-part-2-how-does-it-work-use-an-example-to-show-that-his-rules-would-produce-knowledge\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:40:34","slug":"rene-descartes-describes-his-method-in-part-2-how-does-it-work-use-an-example-to-show-that-his-rules-would-produce-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/rene-descartes-describes-his-method-in-part-2-how-does-it-work-use-an-example-to-show-that-his-rules-would-produce-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rene Descartes describes his method, in Part 2. How does it work? Use an example to show that his rules would produce knowledge."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your paper should analyze, explain, and evaluate the reading. It is a good idea to start your paper by considering what you have learned from the book you are writing about. This will allow you to conceive a proper thesis for your paper. The following is from the grading rubric for our papers. It explains one of the &#8216;A&#8217; criteria, and will show what a proper thesis needs to be:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;The paper has a clear thesis, and the reader can recognize it by the end of the opening paragraph. &#8220;The thesis is arguable in two ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\uf0b7<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The thesis is a yes-or-no statement, succinctly expressed.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\uf0b7<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The thesis is not entirely obvious and hard to disbelieve, nor contradictory and very hard to<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">believe, but is the sort of thing that reasonable people disagree about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;The thesis is an opinion of the author; reasonable interpretation can show that it is something the book considers important and argues about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;The thesis is a matter of general importance. Even someone with no special interest in the book could see that it is a matter worth writing a short paper about.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A good, workable thesis will be the key to a successful paper. It will keep you focused on the details of the book you are writing about. It will organize your argument. It will give you a clear conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here are the basic instructions for the paper:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\uf0b7 &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It should explain the relevant parts of the book, so that your reader can see why you think that your thesis was something the author believed, and explained in his book.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\uf0b7 &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It should show the author&#8217;s development of the question, in order to reach the thesis as a conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\uf0b7 &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It should include your evaluation of the thesis. Why is it important? Does the author&#8217;s answer seem correct?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your paper should analyze, explain, and evaluate the reading. It is a good idea to start your paper by considering what you have learned from the book you are writing about. This will allow you to conceive a proper thesis for your paper. The following is from the grading rubric for our papers. 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