PHILOSOPHY OF SPORT

FINAL PAPER DIRECTIONS 

FALL 2022

1. Name & Date--in upper left of first page 

2. PARAGRAPH #1--The purpose of this paper is….This is important to do because…In this paper I will…tell me what you are going to do! 

3. PARAGRAPH #2--Define your terms and explain what the problem or topic you are covering—this is where you start doing what you told me you were going to do in PARAGRAPH #1. 

4. PARAGRAPH #3--Lay out your argument: 

P1--All M is P.  

P2--ALL S is M. 

 C--So, All S is P. 

OR 

P3--IF  P-->Q

P4--P (or ~Q)

C--So, Q (or ~P) 

5. PARAGRAPH #4--Explain why P1 is true. Explain why P2 is true. 

REMEMBER--you may give another argument for each premises--as support for it--and for hypothetical claims like P3--be sure to give two more hypothetical claims--like this: 

P5--If M-->Q 

P6--If P-->M 

C--So, If P-->Q 

Assess the argument's validity--and say what kind of argument it is. 

6. PARAGRAPH #5--Counter-examples/Objections--or what might someone say against your argument or any of its premises. 

7. PARAGRAPH #6--Respond to the objections--Someone might say….But I would respond with… 

8. PARAGRAPH #7--Conclude your paper by…In this paper I…(Repeat what you said back in PARAGRAPH #1)