Senior Thesis I (Year-Long)

The philosophy department senior thesis (498-499) is a year-long project in which students undertake a substantial project of philosophical research under the supervision of a Princeton faculty member. Skills to be developed over the course of the senior thesis project include: how to manage time on a year-long project, how to locate tractable specific questions within a larger philosophical subject area, how to summarize effectively the current state of debate on an issue, how to situate a specific philosophical question in a larger context, and how to better write in a way that exhibits virtues including clarity, accuracy, and thoroughness.