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Philosophical Writing at a Graduate level
Writing for philosophy graduate classes expects (at least) the following changes compared with undergraduate philosophy classes:
More rigor in argumentation - you need to produce arguments that are ...
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Are old philosophical texts worth reading for ordinary individuals?
I would say that the "ordinary individual" would find it easier to read the older philosophers in their original texts, while contemporary philosophers would be very difficult for such a person to ...
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Philosophical Writing at a Graduate level
Here's what I suggest: read good philosophy, of the rigorous kind. Good writing can be kinda learned by osmosis. Meanwhile, motivate yourself to write about things you find interesting. Try to be ...
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Are old philosophical texts worth reading for ordinary individuals?
You raise a good point. I was wondering about it since I read few months ago some greek materialist philosophers, Democritus, Epicurus and Aristippus. I will take this as an example but I am sure you ...
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Philosophical Writing at a Graduate level
Good advice on the first 4 (structuring a paper) purpose (https://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~phils4/pryorguidelines.html), audience, argumentation, and narrative. But as for the fifth one style that is ...
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Is it useful to say that weak essences exist?
For what it is worth. Non-reductionist modern philosophy rejects essence as non-existent, by focusing on different aspects.
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