Reaction Paper on John Pollock: “A Brain in the Vat”

John Pollock: “A Brain in the Vat” Rubric for Reaction PapersPerfect summary: paper defines major concepts, explains the argument in student’s own words with own examples, makes no mistakes, and includes all the relevant pieces of the argumentPerfect analysis: paper offers a perspective on the argument, the perspective goes beyond just what the author says, the perspective reflects an awareness of the argument (i.e., it doesn’t rest on a misunderstanding of the view, and it’s not a perspective that is easily rebutted by something in the author’s article)Mediocre summary: paper explains the gist of the argument correctly, but doesn’t put it in the student’s own words, uses excessive quotes, doesn’t use student’s own exampleMediocre analysis: paper offers a perspective on the argument, but it doesn’t go muchbeyond what the author says, or it rests on a misunderstanding of the author’s argument, orit is easily rebutted by something in the author’s articlePoor summary: paper doesn’t correctly explain the argument, major mistakes made in argument presentation, doesn’t correctly identify the conclusionPoor analysis: paper just offers a one sentence statement about the argumentAwful summary: paper doesn’t explain the argument correctly at allAwful analysis: paper doesn’t offer an analysis at al