Philosophical Writing: An Introduction

Philosophical Writing: An Introduction

<i>Philosophical Writing: An Introduction</i>, <i>4th Edition</i>, 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.<br /><br /> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Includes many new essay examples and an accompanying website with further topics and examples</li> <li>Traces the evolution of a good philosophical essay from draft stage to completion</li> <li>Emphasizes what a student <i>should</i> do in crafting an essay, rather than on what not to do</li> <li>Written with clarity and humor by a leading philosopher</li> </ul>