Doing Philosophy: A Practical Guide For Students - Softcover

Saunders, Clare

 
9780826498731: Doing Philosophy: A Practical Guide For Students
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0826498736 ISBN 13: 9780826498731
Verlag: Continuum, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Doing Philosophy provides a practical guide to studying philosophy for students. The book offers guidance on:

Reading and analyzing philosophical texts
Preparing for and participating in seminars


Choosing essay topics


Constructing arguments and avoiding plagiarism


Using libraries, the internet and other resources


Technical terms, forms of expression and logical notation


Doing Philosophy outlines the difficulties and challenges faced by students and the exciting scope of the subject as a consequence. The book uses examples of philosophical texts from a wide range of authors to explore strategies that enable the student to develop critical reading skills. The book also offers advice on taking notes, analyzing arguments, using resources effectively, and writing philosophical essays.

Concise and accessible, this book equips the student with the tools needed to succeed at undergraduate level, presenting a variety of practical strategies for tackling tasks that a first-year student will inevitably encounter.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor


Clare Saunders is Subject Co-ordinator for Philosophy at the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies. She has a PhD in Philosophy and has taught a wide range of philosophy courses at the University of Sunderland and the University of Durham.

Danielle Lamb is Resource Development Officer at the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies. She has an MA in Philosophy from the University of Leeds and has tutored undergraduates on a range of philosophy modules.

David Mossley is Information Manager and Subject Co-ordinator at the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies. He has a PhD in Philosophy and has taught a wide range of philosophy courses at the University of Durham and Birkbeck College, University of London.

George MacDonald Ross is Director of the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds, UK. In 2006 he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for his contribution to the improvement of learning and teaching in higher education in the UK.

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Verlag
Continuum
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0826498736
ISBN 13 
9780826498731
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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