The Philosophy Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide, Fourth Edition, is a set of instructions and exercises that sequentially develop citizenship, academic, and professional skills while providing students with knowledge about a wide range of philosophical concepts, phenomena, and information sources. Part 1 begins by teaching students to read newspapers and other media sources critically and analytically. It focuses on the crafts of writing and scholarship by providing the basics of grammar, style, formats, and source citation, and then introduces students to a variety of rich information resources. Part 2 provides advanced exercises in ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of the mind, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy.
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
