Sample Structure: This is how the paper should be set up 1. Introduction: What

Sample Structure: This is how the paper should be set up 1. Introduction: What is your topic and why is it important?
a. The reader should be able to identify your thesis statement (i.e. what you plan to
argue for) from the first paragraph of your paper.
2. Literature review: What are some other things people have written on this topic that can
help us form a view? What is the ‘lay of the landscape’?
a. What are the arguments “on either side”?
b. What are the central points of disagreement between authors who have written on
this topic?
3. Positive argument: What is your own view and what are its advantages?
a. Is one of the authors you discuss correct, or are none of them correct? Note that it
is not sufficient just to say that one of the authors you survey is correct; you must
also contribute some original argument or defense of their view.
b. What original thought and suggestions can you contribute to this discussion?
c. Why should the reader agree with you?
4. Objection and response: What is (at least) one potential criticism or weakness of your
view? How might you respond?
a. Does your view have unpopular implications?
b. What might someone who holds another reasonable view criticize about your
view?
5. Conclusion: In the end, what is the result of your argument?
a. This portion should be very brief.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-science/ – this link should be used as a source as well as the popper and pugliucci files that i attached I also attached a brief outline i created for what the paper should look like