Authored by Steven J. Todd, University of Connecticut.

These exercises will examine three philosophical works to determine if they meet the six goals for a good paper, as well as offer insight into how you can incorporate these ideas into your own papers.

• Writing Exercise One: Excerpt from “Evil and Omnipotence”
  • Debriefing J.L. Mackie

• Writing Exercise Two: Excerpt from “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion”
  • Debriefing David Hume

• Writing Exercise Three : Excerpt from “What Mary Didn’t Know”
  • Debriefing Frank Jackson