GPA vs. GPA

nspeds
Sat, 07 May 2005 23:53:17 +0000

You ask a good question, but I doubt you will like my answer; from my experience, there is no such guide to writing philosophy.

The best method for establishing a decent philosophical style is simply to read as many texts as possible and learn the author’s techniques in those texts; after sufficient reading, you will begin to notice the logical transitions and syllogistic reasoning that are pervasive in analytic texts. Surprisingly enough, I never paid attention in any of my English courses in high school; I owe my current rhetorical and grammatical maturity to philosophy:)