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008			050210s2005 mau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2005004144
015			_aGBA504662 _2bnb
020			_a9781405131674 (pbk.) : _c£15.99
020			_a1405131675 (pbk.) : _c£15.99
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _dUk
042			_aukblsr
050	0	0	_aB52.7 _b.M37 2005
082	0	0	_a808.0661 _222
100	1		_aMartinich, Aloysius.
245	1	0	_aPhilosophical writing : _ban introduction / _cA.P. Martinich.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aOxford : _bBlackwell, _c2005.
300			_avii, 202 p. ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aFormerly CIP. _5Uk
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aAuthor 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.
650		0	_aPhilosophy _xAuthorship.
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999			_c11037 _d11029