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Question: What do you think about my idea on writing this paper on philosophy!?
i need to write a final 8 page paper for my philosophy class and it's going to be on free will!. I'm sure you guys know that plato used to write his papers using a dialogue form!. I was thinking about doing the same on my paper!. It wouldnt be the typical paper but i feel like it would be a fun and original way to write this
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If your professor will accept it then you should go ahead and do it!. It does sound like a good idea, I certainly have never heard any of my fellow philosophy students write a paper in that format, though I should warn you that if you are a college student this sounds a little highschoolish!. If you are a highschool student though you should go ahead granted that your professor allows you to do it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Plato started doing that cause he was transcribing real dialogues, and continued because he started that way!. Not that it hasn't been done in a class before but using a dialogue as a paper shows the teacher that you don't have 8 pages to say about free will ;)!.
Unless you trick the interlocutor into proving that he doesn't know anything about free will when he thought he did =)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Could work!. To make sure your teacher gets the reference, have the dialogue between two people named "Plato" and "Socrates"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you should ask your instructor this questionWww@QuestionHome@Com