How and what types of knowledge can we acquire and verify? – Rationalism – Descartes

Overview
You will write a 1,200-word thesis-defense paper as outlined in Philosophy in the Here and Now, Appendix B. Below is a list of theses you may select to defend.

Sourcing
You may use the following source only:

Philosophy in the Here and Now
Resources you find through Avalon (Links to an external site.) through the library (for help, contact Library staff (Links to an external site.), I won’t be able to help you with technical issues)
Sources I give you in the Modules
Sources that I give you that you ask me for – through the end of Module 6, if you send me a DM on Slack (Links to an external site.) asking for resources for a thesis you’ve decided to defend, I’ll look through the sources I have in my office and send you a scan of readings you might find helpful. I will not send you materials after Module 6 is over.
Use of any other source will result in a deduction in your grade.

Formatting and other Requirements
Bolded thesis statement
Minimum of 1,200 words in the paper body (excludes the title and works cited page)
Use of full-text footnoted Chicago-style citations (Links to an external site.) (not in-text citations)
12-point Times New Roman Font
Page Numbers
Works Cited Page
Must submit a PDF, RTF, Doc, or DOCX file. No Gdoc or papers files.