Final essay

Metaphysics PHIL 531
Lecturer: Sandy Berkovski

Bilkent University
Fall 2024

Instructions

• Choose your own topic that will have to be approved in the process of submission of the first draft (see below).
• Your essay should have no more than 4000 words.
• The essay should be based on the sources covered in our course and on at least two secondary published sources (books or articles) of your choice.
• All quotations should follow the format of the journal Mind.
• General essay writing guidelines: here.
• By 17 November (or earlier) you should prepare the first draft of the essay containing: Title, abstract of up to 700 words, and a bibliography list. Send it in an email attachment to sandy.berkovski+meta@gmail.com
• Note: Late submissions of the first drafts will not be accepted. Having the first draft approved is a necessary requirement for the submission of the essay. The drafts themselves will not be graded.
• If your first draft is not approved, you will have to re-write it by 24 November.
• Essay sheets must be sent in an email attachment to the same address by 21:59 on 6 January 2025. (Please include your first draft in the text of your submission.)
• Your sheets must be saved in PDF.
• Each hour of the delay in the submission of the essay will entail a reduction of five points from the essay grade.