Basic Structure of a Philosophy Paper (How to Write a Philosophy Paper)

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This series covers the basics of how to write a philosophy paper, including the basic structure, how to summarize an argument, and how to write objections. This video looks at the basic structure of philosophy papers of varying lengths.
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@gurgel4130 3 жыл бұрын

Watched this while taking a crap. Finally found that eudaimonia. Would watch again. oI

@nitac01 4 жыл бұрын

GOD TJANK YOU FOR THIS. I have a 15 page paper due for my Phil class and I was having a mental breakdown thinking about all the outside research/sources, but you just made me feel so much better

@karan_IV 4 жыл бұрын

Are you doing majors in philosophy ??

@nitac01 3 жыл бұрын

@@karan_IV sorry just seeing this! But yes I am

@PessimisticIdealism 4 жыл бұрын

*Short answer: don’t be Hegel.*

@nay.m 3 жыл бұрын

who are you so intelligent ?

@raynethecat3027 3 жыл бұрын

Hegel's writing was pure insanity

@serbianbro5322 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahha thats so good

@charlescamus3407 3 жыл бұрын

Also, don't be Kant too. --Critique of Pure Unreason

@leegauntlett2144 3 жыл бұрын

This is far more useful than any literature I’ve been given in my classes. Thank you so much.

@artophile7777 8 ай бұрын

This is truly legendary.

@GbyP Жыл бұрын

You are amazing at this, I would have had zero clue to how to even begin my Philosophy paper. Thank you

@rheadelle 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much. Ahhh I was so lost before watching this, but now I have a solid foundation to build off of!!! :)

@ephemeralmystic8615 4 жыл бұрын

"what if you have a paper from 8,9, 16-19, or 50+ pages" "...you don't"

@hollybutler4885 3 жыл бұрын

what about tWO-

@aBigBadWolf 4 жыл бұрын

how do you find the opinions, argument, solutions of other philosophers? It seems that philosophers are very verbose and it feels like it is a lot of work to truely understand a philosophers opinion,argument,solution on a certain topic.

@daymonhearne Жыл бұрын

Thank you this is perfect!

@fsb-micro9897 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos and explanation series. Wish it was ADHD friendly with drawings, lol. But thanks a lot, you saved my butt.

@Jsd-zg2cz 3 жыл бұрын

Bro I'm just taking an ethics class/ inro to philosophy. I have no clue what's going on. I need to write a short paper on arguing the naive view of moral subjectivism. This is more information than I can get out of the instructor on how to write it. Thanks.

@CarneadesOfCyrene 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@peterlasers1234 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I am writing a 12-page research paper on Hegel's Aesthetics. His text is so hard to read and understand because it is so dense and long. Looking back retrospectively I am now wishing that I had chosen a different philosopher to write about. However, I do believe that I can make a quality paper if I follow this structure.

@altheaequatorin1179 2 жыл бұрын

Why did you choose Hegel in the first place? :0

@roddydykes7053 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I found this

@hermesmercuriustrismegistu4841 4 жыл бұрын

Can you suggest some peer-reviewed respected journal or conference proceedings in Philosophy that we might find the type you are talking about in the video? Thx

@pendejo6466 4 жыл бұрын

Love you.

@rachelstein9480 3 жыл бұрын

amazing!

@CarneadesOfCyrene 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@dreamre2877 3 жыл бұрын

you video saved the day

@CarneadesOfCyrene 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help. :)

@WoolleyWoolf 2 жыл бұрын

By the way, is your philosophy training and research at Masters, Doctorate or post-doc? Just curious since you make a good mentor and just wanting to know how experienced this mentor is. Cheers from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

@colinmcgrath9054 3 ай бұрын

Around 3:10, what do you mean by: “in the face of objections from another source”??

@philippz4916 Ай бұрын

Do you have a best of examples?

@Null-Red-Blue 2 жыл бұрын

What would you say further delineates an opinion paper other than less emphasis on antiquity or past ideation?

@CarneadesOfCyrene 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm. As in the difference between an opinion paper and a philosophy paper? Philosophy papers care about what is true, not what they can convince you of. An opinion paper's goal is to persuade you, a philosophy paper's goal is discover truth. This distinction can be traced to Plato's rejection of sophism where he distinguishes between philosophers who are trying to find the truth and sophists that are just there to try to convince you of whatever they want. It is the difference between a lawyer and a jury. The lawyer wants to convince you that their side is true, even if they know it is false. The jury should want to find the truth regardless of which argument is more appealing. Opinion papers are the former, philosophy papers are the later.

@numbo655 4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in philosophy examinations in the UK you have to develop your own arguments in two handwritten essays you have 2 hours to finish.

@raynethecat3027 3 жыл бұрын

In the words of the Angry Video Game Nerd, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?"

@numbo655 3 жыл бұрын

@@raynethecat3027 It's actually ridiculous. Now I'm studying in Norway and it's insane how much better universities here are organized and taught.

@numbo655 3 жыл бұрын

@@priwithap lol sorry, there's probably a lot of variation within the UK though, so you never know.

@santiagodeslauriers919 2 жыл бұрын

thank you. i am still pretty screwd but thank none the less

@Jeromeots 4 жыл бұрын

I have to write an extended essay but I'm not sure how to write a good introduction. The essay is titled "can war be morally justified" plz help

@Showurfaceboo 3 жыл бұрын

did u write it ?

@bimsherwood7006 4 жыл бұрын

"Fifty or sixty pages to tell you effectively nothing." Also see: The Skeptics.

@ToriKo_ 4 жыл бұрын

@Bim Sherwood as someone who doesn’t know much about philosophy, could you explain?

@_pink_clovers 4 жыл бұрын

Well, telling you, "I'm not convinced you have actually told me anything, and here's why I have those suspicions", can be different to saying nothing, even though it doesn't have to present any positive claims

@WoolleyWoolf 2 жыл бұрын

Be skeptical about starting with thought experiments ;)

@PSIR_Kumud 2 жыл бұрын

@9:00

@Marcara081 4 жыл бұрын

Mine's at 153,000 words so far.

@Rhygenix 4 жыл бұрын

Darn mine is at 48,000

@sebastianocampo8685 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed you in the Good Place, Chidi. Keep that thesis going, bud.

@Jeromeots 4 жыл бұрын

Damm I only have 4k words to write and I'm struggling

@Marcara081 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jeromeots Keep at it. The trick is to write everyday, doesn't matter if you're just rewording something you've already written. Once you start writing you typically will add something to the rest of your work, be it edits or a continuation of the whole. Had to take a hiatus myself for more research, but it's at 203,000 now.

@sebastianocampo8685 4 жыл бұрын

@@Marcara081 Not gonna lie. I'm really curious about what type of word requires 203,000 words??