In nine pages (that is, in no fewer than nine pages, and no more than nine and a half pages), using what we’ve learned from the They Say, I Say text:

1) explain how the topic of the existence or non-existence of unconscious thoughts or behaviors is relevant to one of the previously assigned, philosophical readings (from Descartes meditations); http://www.christopherlay.com/DescartesMeditations…

2) explain Brentano’s argument against the existence of unconscious mental phenomena; http://www.christopherlay.com/BrentanoPESExcerptsf…

3) explain how Stein’s argument about the existence of decisions from one’s past can possibly serve as explanation of unconscious thoughts; http://www.christopherlay.com/SteinEmpathyExcerpt….

4) explain evidence having to do with the existence or nonexistence of unconscious thoughts or biases that you have discovered in a peer-reviewed article (not previously discussed by you); https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1419217/1/Ne…

5) argue for or against Brentano or Stein in light of the research you present in 4); and

6) defend either your thesis or your argument in support of your thesis against someone who could disagree with it.