Schedule 1. September 25 Introduction: Localizing the Philosophical Drama 2. October 2 No Class 3. October 09 The Academic Article and the Role and Nature of Argumentation 4. October 16 How to Read 5. October 23 Various forms of Philosophical Discourse (Dialogues, Dramas, Theses) 6. October 30 Source Documentation (referencing systems, quoting practices, etc.) & Academic Sources (books, journals, electronic databases ) 7. November 6 How to Write for a Wider Audience 8. November 13 How to Write an Abstract 9. November 20 What is "Peer Review"? 10. November 27 Power Point Presentations 11. December 4 Master's Thesis Topics and Literature Search 12. December 11 How to Write a Research Proposal 13. December 18 Presentations of Master's Thesis projects Literature: Bailey, Stephen. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. 3 edition. London; New York: Routledge, 2011. Carver, Raymond. Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction & Prose. Edited by William L. Stull. London: The Harvill Press, 2000. (Excerpts from.) Collingwood, R. G. An Essay on Philosophical Method. Edited by James Connelly and Giuseppina D'Oro. New Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. (Excerpts from.) Montaigne, Michel de. The Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne: Illustrated. Translated by Charles Cotton, n.d. (Excerpts from.) Plato. Plato: Complete Works. Edited by John M. Cooper and D. S. Hutchinson. Indianapolis, Ind: Hackett Publishing Co., 1997. (Excerpts from.) Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. "Begging the Question." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 77, no. 2 (June 1, 1999): 174-91. doi:10.1080/00048409912348921. Waters, Lindsay. Enemies of Promise: Publishing, Perishing, and the Eclipse of Scholarship. 1 edition. Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2004. Above this, we will also read, and analyze, a selection of academic papers. .
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The aim of this course is to train students to read and write clearly, to learn how to philosophize in ways suitable to the various forms of writing that are prevalent in contemporary academia, and to practice making one's thinking and one's lines of argumentation clear as possible in one's writing. Thus, this course has both the practical aim of preparing students for a life within the academia, as well as fostering a fruitful philosophical reflection about the relation between form and style and the nature of argumentation in general. The course will be examined continuously with writing assignments, an oral presentation, plus one academic essay at the end of the course.
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