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010			_a 2005004144
020			_a1405131675 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a9781405131674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aB52.7 _b.M37 2005
082	0	0	_a808.0661 MAR _222
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100	1		_aMartinich, Aloysius.
245	1	0	_aPhilosophical writing : _ban introduction / _cA.P. Martinich.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aMalden, Mass. : _bBlackwell Pub., _cc2005.
300			_avii, 202 p. ; _c23 cm.
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.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005004144-t.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005004144-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005004144-b.html
887			_2CamTech Library
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
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999			_c2014 _d2014