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Does the essay answer the question asked?
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Does the essay take a position and defend it?
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Does the essay demonstrate a knowledge of the problem’s treatment in the history of thought? (Questions frequently include the instruction: "make reference to specific philosophers one has read and studied")
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Does the essay demonstrate analytical skills and speculative syntheses that reflect the abilities of an undergraduate philosophy major?
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Is the information factually accurate?
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Does the essay show an awareness of positions counter to that of the author?
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Is the essay well-constructed and are the ideas clearly
presented?
