<p>Also, really good advice from the link in the post right before mine (which I hadn’t seen before):
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The comments I find myself making on students’ philosophy papers most often are these: </p>
<p>“Explain this claim” or “What do you mean by this?” or “I don’t understand what you’re saying here” </p>
<p>“This passage is unclear (or awkward, or otherwise hard to read)” “Too complicated” “Too hard to follow” “Simplify” </p>
<p>“Why do you think this?” “This needs more support” “Why should we believe this?” “Explain why this is a reason to believe P” “Explain why this follows from what you said before” </p>
<p>“Not really relevant” </p>
<p>“Give an example?” </p>
<p>Try to anticipate these comments and avoid the need for them! **</p>
<p>Once again, just reiterating what you’ll read for yourself anyway :p</p>
<p>Also, if you know there are weak spots in your argument, don’t assume that your professor won’t notice. Your best bet is probably to address them head-on and figure out a brief argument for why obvious attacks will fail, or for why the weak spots are inconsequential.</p>