The Philosophy Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide

TO THE STUDENT Welcome to a Community of Skilled Thinkers TO THE TEACHER: What's New in the Fourth Edition? PART 1Reading & Writing for Introductory Philosophy Courses 1Read & Write Philosophically: Get Started! 1.1Reading Analytically Read & Write: Analyze The American Scholar 1.2Read News as Political Power Read & Write: Compare the Slants of Front Pages 1.3Read News Like a Philosopher Read & Write: Respond to an Editorial or Op-Ed Essay 1.4Define Your Personal Ethics Read & Write: Write Your Own Statement of Ethics 1.5Clarify a Topic in the History of Philosophy Read & Write: Start with TED 2Read & Write Effectively 2.1Get into the Flow of Writing Read & Write: Narrowing Topics 2.2Think Creatively Read & Write: Freewriting to Engage Your Creativity 2.3Organize Your Writing Read & Write: Write an Outline for a Paper Inspired by a Published Article 2.4Draft, Revise, Edit, and Proofread Read & Write: Discover Your Own Identity and Style 3Engage the Craft of Scholarship 3.1The Competent Writer Read & Write: Rephrase to Eliminate a Sentence Fragment 3.2Avoid Errors in Grammar Punctuation Read & Write: Proofread for the President 3.3Format Your Paper and its Contents Professionally Read & Write: Explain the Data in this Table 3.4Cite Your Sources Properly Read & Write: Create an Actually Usable Bibliography 3.5Avoid Plagiarism Read & Write: Properly Summarize an Article from The Stone 4Practice the Craft of Argument 4.1Argue Effectively and Cogently Read & Write: Write a Sound Argument 4.3Avoid Fallacies Read & Write: Identify the Fallacies in the Following Arguments 5Arguments and Supporting Data Galore: Philosophy Information Sources 5.1Welcome to the APA and APS Read & Write: Write an Email to an APA or APS Philosopher 5.2Mining Dissertations and Think Tanks Read & Write: Collect Dissertations and Research Institute Studies 5.3Welcome to the National Archives Read & Write: Collect Materials to Counter the "Benign Slavery" Argument 5.4Welcome to the Library of Congress (LOC) Read & Write: Construct a Bibliography from the LOC Catalog 5.5Welcome to the Congressional Record Read & Write: Refute a Recent Speech in Congress 6Read and Write Professionally and Critically 6.1How to Critique an Academic Article Read & Write: Critique a Recent Article from a Philosophy Journal 6.2How to Write a Book Review Read & Write: Review a New Philosophy Book 6.3How to Write a Literature Review Read & Write: Write a Philosophy Literature Review 7Preliminary Scholarship: Research Effectively 7.1Institute an Effective Research Process Read & Write: Write a Philosophical Research Proposal 7.2Find and Evaluate the Quality of Online and Printed Information Read & Write: Locate a Dozen High Quality Sources PART 2Practicing Philosophy with Advanced Writing Exercises 8Practice Varieties of Philosophy 8.1Practice Public Policy Analysis Read & Write: Analyze a Local Government Policy 8.2Define and Apply Ethics Read & Write: Compare Consequential and Deontological Arguments 8.3Apply Ethics to Public Policy Read & Write: Construct an Ethics for the Singularity 8.4Practice the Philosophy of the Mind Read & Write: Explore Problems and Potentials of Artificial Intelligence 8.5Practice the Philosophy of Religion Read & Write: Encounter Minds and Gods 8.6Practice Political Philosophy Read & Write: Behold the Panopticon 8.7Practice Legal Argumentation Read & Write: Write an Abridged Amicus Brief for the U.S. Supreme Court Appendices AList of Philosophy Periodicals BGlossary CBibliography INDEX