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Writing philosophy papers / Zachary Seech.
LIBRA B52.7 .S44 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seech, Zachary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy--Authorship.
- Philosophy.
- Philosophy--Study and teaching.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 148 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub., [2000]
- Summary:
- Intended as a stand-alone supplement to any Introductory Philosophy course, particularly introductory or ethics courses. An excellent book for any course where student papers are required and especially important for majors.
- Contents:
- Know the Assignment 1
- Know the Criteria for Evaluation 1
- Schedule Your Time 3
- Types of Philosophy Papers 5
- Philosophy Courses and Sample Paper Topics 5
- 2 Thesis Defense Papers 9
- Developing a Thesis 9
- The Opening and Closing Paragraphs 11
- The Body of the Paper 14
- Arguing for the Thesis 15
- Tone 15
- Presenting Other Sides 18
- 3 Special Kinds of Papers 21
- Compare-and-Contrast Papers 22
- Research Papers 24
- 4 Writing and Revising the Paper 29
- Mapping and Outlining 31
- Rough and Final Drafts 34
- Responding to Criticism 36
- Writing Style 38
- Word Processing on Computers 39
- 5 Language 43
- Precision of Expression 43
- Overstatement 43
- Vagueness 45
- Definition 46
- Grammar 47
- Complete Sentences 47
- Agreement Between Parts of a Sentence 48
- Case 49
- Misplaced Sentence Parts 50
- Missing Referents 51
- Parallelism 52
- Punctuation 53
- Gender 56
- Scholarly Terms and Abbreviations 57
- Terms 57
- Abbreviations 58
- Spelling 58
- Commonly Misspelled Words in Philosophy 59
- Plurals of Philosophical Terms 60
- 6 Good Reasoning 61
- An Introductory Example 62
- Making a Strong Case for Your View 63
- Counterexamples and Generalizations 64
- Two Kinds of Misdirection 64
- Fallacies 65
- Two Special Kinds of Evidence 67
- Testimonial Evidence 67
- Analogical Evidence 69
- 7 Library and Internet Research 71
- Library Skills 71
- The Catalog 72
- Periodical Indexes 75
- Other General Resources 79
- Resources in Philosophy 81
- Special Volumes in Philosophy 81
- Philosophical Journals 85
- The Internet 86
- What You Can Find on the Internet 87
- How to Find If 88
- How to Evaluate It 90
- Where to Find Help with Documentation 91
- Bibliography 93
- Citing Books 94
- Citing Articles in Periodicals 97
- Citing Internet Sources 99
- Documentation with Footnotes or Endnotes 100
- Citing Books: First Reference 101
- Citing Articles: First Reference 102
- Citing the Internet 103
- Second and Subsequent References to Books and Articles 103
- Commentary Notes 104
- Parenthetical Documentation 105
- Other Systems of Documentation 107
- A Special Consideration for Internet Documentation 107
- Appendix A Editing Your Paper 109
- Appendix B Sample Paper with Documentation 119
- Appendix C Formal Patterns of Logic 129
- Validity and Soundness 129
- "If" Statements and Arguments 133
- "All" Statements and Arguments 140
- Universal Syllogism 140
- Universal-to-Particular Syllogism 141.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-144) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0534520960
- OCLC:
- 41540257
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