Extrа credit quiz questiоns will аsk yоu tо breаk down each essay into the component pieces that need to be answered. In quizzes, you are NOT required to actually answer any of the essay to earn the extra credit. Worth up to 2 points. Describe how genetics has contributed to evolutionary theory. Your answer can include information such as molecular clocks, phylogeny and cladograms, mutations, selection pressures, etc. There are multiple ways to answer this question.
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Diаlоgue Essаy: 60 pts tоtаl (50 fоr the essay, and 10 for the mindmap turned in prior to this exam) This essay must be written as a dialogue -like you are writing the script of a play where these philosophers are talking directly to each other. Failure to follow this format will automatically knock 15 points off the 50 points for the written portion of the essay -which means even if you explain everything brilliantly, you cannot gain more than 35 out of the 50 points). Be sure to answer all these in your own words, and in depth (go into a lot of detail). Use your own examples to illustrate their views. These cannot be fully answered in a few short paragraphs. The minimum is 800 words, not including the extra credit portion (but to explain everything in enough detail, you will likely need to go over that). Do NOT use AI that tries to change your words, paraphrase, or add new words in any way. Use of such tools is considered academic dishonesty and you will receive a zero on this whole exam. Answer ALL parts (of this multipart dialogue essay), in dialogue format (You may abbreviate the names if you want i.e. Locke can be L, Descartes, D etc.): Dialogue Part I. Descartes and Locke meet for a cup of coffee at a café. On their table (as part of the festive fall decorations) is a real pumpkin. The two of them strike up a conversation (with the pumpkin as a springboard). Have each of them fully discuss the following BUT in your own words: a. Have them discuss how they perceive the pumpkin in front of them. Then each should explain to the other how they can gain knowledge of that pumpkin. Bring in their views on substance. (You must have Descartes illustrate with his wax example - but use the pumpkin instead of wax). This conversation needs to cover: Locke's Primary and Secondary Qualities and his "causal theory of perception" (based on Newtonian science), Descartes' "systematic doubt" -ALL the steps along the way, and his cogito. Have each respond to what the other says. Do not just have them talking past each other. They need to fully address what the other person has said. Dialogue Part 2. Berkeley has been eavesdropping. Now he joins in the conversation from above. Continuing in dialogue format: b. What would Berkeley say to Locke about perceiving the pumpkin in front of them, (and what we can claim to know about it). Explain his esse est percipi idea. As part of this, bring in what he says about the cherries, but using the pumpkin instead. c. What would Berkeley say about the existence of the pumpkin if it were alone in a dark, windowless room and there was no God? d. If there is a God, how does that change things and why? e. Have Berkeley criticize Locke's philosophy using the "Veil of Perception" criticism (making sure to explain what this criticism says), AND also have him explain how he fixes the problem with his esse est percipi view. Include ONE of his arguments on the inseparability of Primary and Secondary Qualities (from the lecture). f. How might Locke respond to Berkeley? EXTRA CREDIT (up to 6 points added): Have David Hume join the conversation to explain his "Fork" method for how he dealt with the Principle of Universal Causation, and what he replaced it with. (You must have him explain what his “Fork” is in detail and with examples.) Then have Hume explain how dispelling the concept of Universal Causation (PUC) might affect any of the other three philosophers' views. Explain with your own examples. Have at least one of the other three respond to Hume.