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

By: Publication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2005.Edition: 3rd edDescription: vii, 202 p. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781405131674 (pbk.) :
  • 1405131675 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.0661 22
LOC classification:
  • B52.7 .M37 2005
Contents:
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.
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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.