商品簡介
A.P. Martinich's best-selling text, Philosophical Writing An Introduction, has garnered high praise for its ability to help students with little or no experience in philosophy craft a well-written philosophical essay while learning to think analytically and gaining confidence in their essay-writing skills. This substantially updated edition features a new chapter on how to read a philosophical essay, along with new sections on rhetoric in philosophical writing, and quantification and modality. Fresh essay samples have been added, providing the reader with concrete examples of all the stages that go into creating a successful philosophy essay. The new edition offers a companion website where students can easily access additional examples as well as expanded coverage of other helpful topics relating to philosophical writing. Written with clarity and wit and offering invaluable guidance, Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, Fourth Edition, is an essential resource for all philosophy students.
作者簡介
A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor in Philosophy and Professor of History and Government at the University of Texas at Austin. His publications includeThe Two Gods of Leviathan (1992) and Hobbes: A Biography (1999); and, as co-editor,A Companion to Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell, 2001), Analytic Philosophy, 2nd ed. (Wiley Blackwell, 2012), andThe Philosophy of Language, 6th ed. (2013). Martinich is also Vice-President of the Board of Directors of theJournal of the History of Philosophy. Martinich has also contributed to ?The Philosophers' Magazine and Think.
