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Proofreaders Marks

• http//www.colorado.edu/Publications/styleguide/sy
  mbols.html
• General Format Requirements (A.1)
• Twelve-point type
• Times (New) Roman
• One inch margins

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Journal Article Citations

• Journal articles pp. 181ff 247ff
• Holton, Richard. The Act of Choice.
  Philosophers Imprint 6, no. 3 (September 2006)
  1-15.
• Holton, Richard. 2006. The act of choice.
  Philosophers Imprint 6, no. 3 (September) 1-15.

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Journals

• Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
• Techné Research in philosophy and Technology
• Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
• Florida Philosophical Review
• Stance

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Common Mistakes to Avoid

• its (possessive) and its (it is)
• than (comparative) and then (duration)
• no subject-verb agreement
• How can you correct this sentence?
• Every individual is responsible for their own
  life.
• Every individual is responsible for her (or his)
  own life. (N.B. The best way to avoid the issue
  of sexism is to recast the sentence with a plural
  subjecte.g., All individuals are responsible
  for their own lives.)
• See also the APA's Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use
  of Language available from http//www.apa.udel.edu
  /apa/publications/texts/nonsexist.htmlb
• split infinitives
• E.g., not to fully understand but to
  understand fully

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• Note the usage of however in The Elements of
  Style
• http//www.bartleby.com/141/
• Comma Usage
• Not ontology, but ontology, (3.16/21.11.2)
• Place a comma before and or but introducing an
  independent clause (3.66/21.2.1)
• Use a comma in a series before the conjunction
  (e.g., Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche)
  (3.68/21.2.2)
• Use commas after namely, that is, for example,
  i.e., and e.g. 3.78

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Some finer points

• Dashes and hyphens 21.7
• Possessives Special Cases 20.2.2
• Inclusive Numbers 2.67/23.2.4
• Capitalization 4.5-4.9

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Group TW

• 1. Explain what your chapter is about in one
  sentence.
• 2. Identify two or three key points of the
  chapter.
• 3. Can any advice in your chapter be used to
  inform your writing of a philosophy research
  paper?

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What are the rules of analytical reading?

• 1. Classify the book
• 2. Identify the unity of the book
• 3. Outline the book
• 4. Identify the authors problems
• This stage outlines the structure of the book.

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Stage II Interpreting the Contents

• Rule 5 Understand the key terms
• Rule 6 Understand the key propositions
• Rule 7 Understand the arguments
• Rule 8 Determine the problems solved

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Determining Meaning (of sentences and arguments)

• Two Tests
• State it in your own words (nutshell)
• Illustrate with an experience or example
  (analogy)
• A rule for writers Dont let another author
  speak for you!

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Criticizing Fairly

• After Understanding
• Avoid Contentiousness (be kind)
• Dont disagree hopelessly
• Rule 11 Give reasons for your criticism!
• Four ways a book can be criticized
• Uninformed
• Misinformed
• Illogical
• incomplete

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What is Philosophical Method?

• Thinking is the only philosophical method
• No experiments
• Raising simple, basic or fundamental questions
• Theoretical and Practical
• Metaphysics, epistemology, logic
• Ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics

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Thinking and

• Writing!
• Five Major Philosophical Styles (Methods?)
• Dialogue
• http//socrates.clarke.edu
• Treatise or Essay
• The Meeting of Objectives
• http//www.ccel.org/a/aquinas/summa/FP.html
• Systematic
• http//home.earthlink.net/tneff/index3.htm
• Aphoristic