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Guidelines:Historical Figure (view source)
Revision as of 20:29, 27 October 2016
, 20:29, 27 October 2016→Main Contributions to the Philosophy of Scientific Change
The main goal of this section is to get a fully unadulterated presentation of your philosopher’s fundamental contributions to the discourse on scientific change. Refrain from instigating a dialogue between your chosen philosopher and another thinker with contrary views. Also avoid going into detail about how your philosopher’s ideas were later built upon by other thinkers. There will be room to make mention of these things in the next section (see below).
The first step in your work will be to conduct research on the figure in question. A good place to start is often the 'Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'. You should identify your author’s major relevant works, and secondary sources concerning them. Turn to your instructors for advise about this. Read enough to give you a good understanding of your figure and the nature of their contribution. Remember that it is very important to cite references for all of the factual statements which you make in your paper. Whenever necessary you should specify page numbers, so that your claim can easily be located and checked.
== Criticisms & New Directions ==
