If you are having any problems understanding anything, ask or email Professor Block or Eric Heatherington. Audi, The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. There will be a final examination, the questions of which will be very similar to questions on the weekly writing assignments. The writing assignments will normally require statements of positions taken by one of the authors that you've read. These statements should be couched in your own words, explaining how you see what the author has said.
Joint work is encouraged .
Arguing about your views with others is the best way to find out where your position leads. If your paper is a product of joint work, all of the participants should turn in their own versions, with the communal ideas stated in each paper in the writer's own words . When you do work together on an assignment, this must be stated on each paper. All participants in joint work get full credit.