Philosophical writing :
Martinich, Aloysius.
Philosophical writing : an introduction / A.P. Martinich. - 3rd ed. - Oxford : Blackwell, 2005. - vii, 202 p. ; 23 cm.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author and audience -- The professor as audience -- The student as author -- Three attitudes about philosophical method -- Logic and argument for writing -- What is a good argument? -- Valid arguments -- Cogent arguments -- Consistency and contradition -- Contraries and contradictories -- The strength of a proposition -- The structure of a philosophical essay -- An outline of the structure of a philosophical essay -- Anatomy of an essay -- Another essay -- Composing -- How to select an essay topic -- Techniques for composing -- Outlining -- Successive elaboration -- Conceptual note taking -- Research and composing -- Polishing -- Evolution of an essay -- Tactics for analytic writing -- Definitions -- Distinctions -- Analysis -- Dilemmas -- Scenarios -- Counterexamples -- Reductio ad absurdum -- Dialectical reasoning -- Some constraints on content -- The pursuit of truth -- The use of authority -- The burden of proof -- Some goals of form -- Coherence -- Clarity -- Conciseness -- Rigor -- Problems with introductions -- Slip sliding away -- The tail wagging the dog -- The running start.
9781405131674 (pbk.) : £15.99 1405131675 (pbk.) : £15.99
2005004144
GBA504662 bnb
Philosophy--Authorship.
B52.7 / .M37 2005
808.0661
Philosophical writing : an introduction / A.P. Martinich. - 3rd ed. - Oxford : Blackwell, 2005. - vii, 202 p. ; 23 cm.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author and audience -- The professor as audience -- The student as author -- Three attitudes about philosophical method -- Logic and argument for writing -- What is a good argument? -- Valid arguments -- Cogent arguments -- Consistency and contradition -- Contraries and contradictories -- The strength of a proposition -- The structure of a philosophical essay -- An outline of the structure of a philosophical essay -- Anatomy of an essay -- Another essay -- Composing -- How to select an essay topic -- Techniques for composing -- Outlining -- Successive elaboration -- Conceptual note taking -- Research and composing -- Polishing -- Evolution of an essay -- Tactics for analytic writing -- Definitions -- Distinctions -- Analysis -- Dilemmas -- Scenarios -- Counterexamples -- Reductio ad absurdum -- Dialectical reasoning -- Some constraints on content -- The pursuit of truth -- The use of authority -- The burden of proof -- Some goals of form -- Coherence -- Clarity -- Conciseness -- Rigor -- Problems with introductions -- Slip sliding away -- The tail wagging the dog -- The running start.
9781405131674 (pbk.) : £15.99 1405131675 (pbk.) : £15.99
2005004144
GBA504662 bnb
Philosophy--Authorship.
B52.7 / .M37 2005
808.0661