Famous Thinkers in History

Select and read the articles about two famous thinkers in the Week Four Electronic Reserve Readings. Find additional articles in the University Library or on the Internet.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper. Include the following:

· Information about the thinkers’ contributions to society

· Each thinkers’ personal/ social/ political environments and how you think these factors contributed to their creativity

·The problems or issues that their ideas sought to solve

· A description of the solutions, and how their ideas were implemented

· The creative process of each thinker and a comparison of the two creative processes

· A critique of their ideas and what could they have done differently

Include at least four references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit both a signed copy of the Certificate of Originality and your finalized assignment as a Microsoft® Word attachment to the Assignments link.

PHL 458 Creative Minds and Critical Thinking

Week 4

Famous Thinkers

Readings:

• “Gates, Bill (born William Henry Gates)” (2004). The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary.
• “Gates, Bill” (2008). World Encyclopedia.
• “Kripke, Saul Aaron” (2008). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.
• “Kripke, Saul” (2005). The Oxford Companion to Philosophy.
• “Parfit, Derek” (2008). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.
• “Rorty, Richard McKay” (2008). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.
• Kripke semantics. (2008). The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.

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