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In essay form, utilizing at least three of the resources listed below, and in 500-700 words, please upload a document responding to all of the following:
(1) What properties are common to all living things? How many? Give an example or definition of each property.
(2) Identify, state, and explain at least three different definitions of life based upon the approved sources.
(3) What sort of definitions are these? Real or nominal? Logical, causal, descriiptive, or mixed?
(4) Which definition do you think is the more accurate? Why?
(5) What is life?
Use these below Sources to answer the questions above:
Dupre, Metaphysics of Biology, ch. 12: “Life”
*Tibor Ganti, Principles of Life, ch. 1
Jonas, Phenomenon of Life, 4th Essay
*Paul Nurse, “What is Life?”
PLEASE ONLY USE THESE SOURCES!!!!
PLEASE USE QUOTES FROM THESE SOURCES TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
WHEN USING QUOTES PLEASE INCLUDE IN TEXT CITATIONS IN THIS FORMAT: (Author, Short title, page #).
(I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED 2 SETS OF LECTURE SLIDES JUST FOR BACKGROUND INFO SUCH AS TYPES OF DEFINITIONS AND LECTURE MATERIAL ABOUT LIFE THAT YOU CAN REFER TO IF NEEDED)
The uploaded document should include your name, be single-spaced, with 1 in. margins all around, and executed in a standard 12 pt. font such as Times New Roman, Arial, Garamond, etc. You should provide parenthetical citations wherever applicable and use your sources as foundations for your answers. If you are relying on a modern source to address one of the questions, then you should place the author’s last name, short title, and page number within parentheses. If you are relying on an ancient or medieval source reading, then place the author’s name, short title, and book, chapter, section, and/or line number within parentheses.
Remember, your essay should be your own and based primarily upon the course material and/or the designated resources for the assignment. Absolutely no other sources are permitted. This is not a research paper. Do not copy and paste from outside web sources or consult any unauthorized material (whether print or digital). If you would like to utilize a source you are unsure about, please seek permission from the professor. Use of unauthorized source material will result in a “0” on the assignment. Use of LLMs, Generative AI, chatbots, or prompt-generators of any kind is absolutely prohibited. This includes but is not limited to ChatGPT, QuillBot, and AI enhanced applications such as Grammarly. The consequences for plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty are outlined in the syllabus.
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