I will be attaching the prompt below but basically you have to how 1 of the 3 questions and read the readings that go along with with and write an essay on it.

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1. on the 3 questions for you to choose one from:

The final essay with unweighted 10 credit points (to be graded
in the 2nd group) is the platform where you get to exercise your
logical acumen and thinking abilities at the end of the course.
That is the ultimate purpose for the study of “informal” logic,
where there has to be a common substantive philosophical inquiry.
As might have been suggested along the way, given what we have
treated ourselves with Edutainment, it is concerned with the extent
to which a logical thinking can be applied to one of the most
vexing questions of human existence.

The object of subject matter in logic is “argument” defined as a
body of thoughts to be expressed in a structure, where the
conclusion is a function of the premises with the inference in the
middle. Our formal exercises with proof is a rigorous procedure to
ascertain only validity as a part of soundness; now you shall get a
chance to be thinking about argumentation with the whole ideal
properties by writing an essay on a substantive question that you
get to choose within an area.

Thus this final essay requirement can be met by submitting a
“substantive term paper” on one of the 3 questions posed below. The
Question 1 below is directly related to the theme of the
Edutainment; but there are also for two more questions as
alternatives; all in all, you have 3 questions to choose from.

Reading materials (5 pieces, from A to E) are attached to this
email; they are selected for readability and manageability; but you
don’t have to confine yourself to them, as you may look into any
other materials deemed as relevant.

Here are the three questions:

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Question 1:

Is the so-call “Problem of Evil” strong enough to
dismantle the theistic view of the world? Is any of
“theodicies” convincing enough to uphold it?

Reading A…St. Thomas, Summa Theologica, Q.2,
esp., 3rd Article, Obj. 1 (p.5) & Reply (p.7)

Reading B…Zagzebski, “The Problem of Evil”

For those who might be more interested in rather “positive”
arguments for the Existence of God, as opposed to the above
defensive apologetic argument, here are two other alternatives:

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Question 2:

Is the Cosmological Argument “sound”?
If so, how? If not, why not?

Reading A…St. Thomas, Summa Theologica, (the same one)
esp., “5 Ways” (pp. 5-6)

Reading C…Moreland, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument”

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Question 3:

Is the Teleological Argument “sound”? Is it augmented
by modern sciences, especially “Anthropic” principle?

Reading D…Paley, “Natural Theology”

Reading E…Schlesinger, “Corroboration from Contemporary
Astrophysics…”

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2. on the “Reconstruction” as the “essential” requirement:

The final paper could be either (1) your own conclusive thought or
(2) your own critical examination of others’ arguments, or even a
mixture of both. Whether you’re inclined to be theistic or
atheistic, (or even in the middle, i.e., agnostic) is not my
interest as a professor teaching you logic. The key is to be as
logically clear as one can be, and as argumentative as one can be.
The “essential” requirement for that aspect of the essay is to do
“Reconstruction” whereby you specify the following two
indispensable components of an argument which your essay should be:

1. the conclusion of your essay
2. the premises which you employ to support the conclusion

In other words, “Reconstruction” refers to a precise restatement of
an argument, where the conclusion and the premises are clearly
articulated. The idea is to lay out its “inferential” structure as
clearly as possible. Indeed, that is what we have been studying
throughout the semester. (There is no need to be formally rigorous
to use letters for sentences as we have done in proof; rather
actual sentences for the conclusion and the premises will do.)

*the essay should have the cover page with the following
contents (besides your name):

– “Abstract”:

NB: this is one-paragraph description of what the essay
is concerned with by you as the author of the essay

– “Reconstruction”:

NB: of course, it refers to what is explained above

3. the essay should have Bibliography at the end of the essay

4. the length of the main text of essay should be at least 7 pages,
“exclusive” of the above 1st-page cover and Bibliography. Of
course, it could be longer, as one may wish.

NB: double-spaced with normal 12 points font size

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