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Discussion Question 1: Compare and Contrast In the Rules for the Direction of the Mind, Descartes lays out specific rules for training and orientating the mind toward firm and true judgements. Based upon the three rules (the only ones you were assigned to read), explain the ways in which the rules have put into question your own process of thinking and extended your self-knowledge. Apply the Rules systematically to assess your personal life.

Discussion Question 2: Analysis In the Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir discusses the status of women. She indicates that biological facts are one key to understanding women's place in society, but these facts are not decisive. De Beauvoir argues that women have been content being the ‘second sex'. In the paper, utilize de Beauvoir's philosophical framework, set out and examine the ways in which the traditional conceptions of a "woman" have led to discriminatory and prejudiced attitudes toward women (do not shy away from the ways de Beauvoir claims that women choose not to assert themselves).