Freedom Philosophy

Introduction – Show your comprehension and connection

• Identify the concepts and ideas related to your question title.
  • What terms will be required to define?
  • What ways of knowing will be important to address?
  • What areas of knowledge are relevant?
• Identify several of the key knowledge issues.
• Make it clear either in the introduction or early in your essay why it is important for you as the knower to preliminarily resolve the issue.

Approaches: describe, identify, list, define.

Examples and Analysis – Analyze and Evaluate

• You examples should be described to the point where your reading can understand the situation or idea but used to help present perspectives and counter-perspectives related to your knowledge issues.
• Examples can also show some of the implications of the ideas you discuss.
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• Examples can also help you show your personal connection to the topic but examples needn’t be personal anecdotes.
• Make sure all references to history, works of art, scientific theories, literature are cited clearly.

Approach: divide, explain, contrast, connect, prioritize, focus, illustrate, point out, reframe, support, discriminate.

Conclusion – Synthesize, Evaluate and Apply

Offer a solution. Do not present it as proven fact but present it as a workable approach that will help you as a knower manage the knowledge issue until you encounter an even more useful solution.

It is not important for you to resolve all of the controversies you mentioned but you can tie back into an example to show the implications of your solution.

Remember to address what someone who disagrees with you might raise in opposition.

Remember to tie back into the knowledge issues you raised and the question title. This is your chance to make sure there are no loose ends.

Approach: combine, summarize, judge, conclude, apply.

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