Philosophical writing : an introduction / A.P. Martinich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martinich, Aloysius, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Authorship.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Summary:

Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, 4th Edition, features numerous updates and revisions to A. P. Martinich's best-selling text that instructs beginning philosophy students on how to craft a well-written philosophical essay. Features an entirely new chapter on how to read a philosophical essay, new sections on quantification and modality, and rhetoric in philosophical writing, as well as more updated essay examples Includes many new essay examples and an accompanying website with further topics and examples Traces the evolution of a good philosophical essay from draft stage to completion Emphasizes what a student should do in crafting an essay, rather than on what not to do Written with clarity and humor by a leading philosopher.

Contents:

Intro

Philosophical Writing

Contents

Note to the Fourth Edition

Note to the Third Edition

Note to the Second Edition

Introduction

1 Author and Audience

1 The Professor as Audience

2 The Student as Author

3 Three Attitudes about Philosophical Method

2 Logic and Argument for Writing

1 What is a Good Argument?

2 Valid Arguments

3 Cogent Arguments

4 Quantification and Modality

5 Consistency and Contradiction

6 Contraries and Contradictories

7 The Strength of a Proposition

3 The Structure of a Philosophical Essay

1 An Outline of the Structure of a Philosophical Essay

2 Anatomy of an Essay

3 Another Essay

4 Composing

1 How to Select an Essay Topic

2 Techniques for Composing

3 Outlining

4 The Rhetoric of Philosophical Writing

5 Successive Elaboration

6 Conceptual Note Taking

7 Research and Composing

8 Sentences and Paragraphs

9 Polishing

10 Evolution of an Essay

5 Tactics for Analytic Writing

1 Definitions

2 Distinctions

3 Analysis

4 Dilemmas

5 Scenarios

6 Counterexamples

7 Reductio ad Absurdum

8 Dialectical Reasoning

6 Some Constraints on Content

1 The Pursuit of Truth

2 The Use of Authority

3 The Burden of Proof

7 Some Goals of Form

1 Coherence

2 Clarity

3 Conciseness

4 Rigor

8 Problems with Introductions

1 Slip Sliding Away

2 The Tail Wagging the Dog

3 The Running Start

9 How to Read a Philosophical Work

1 Find the Thesis Sentence

2 Precision of Words, Phrases, and Sentences

3 Proving the Case

Appendix A: "It's Sunday Night and I Have an Essay Due Monday Morning"

Appendix B: How to Study for a Test

Appendix C: Research: Notes, Citations, and References

Appendix D: Philosophy Resources on the Internet, by Neil Sinhababu

Appendix E: On Grading.

Appendix F: Glossary of Philosophical Terms

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Previous ed.: 2005

Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781119010050

1119010055

OCLC:

908287104