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CRITIQUE OF BRIAN EARP'S WRITING TIPS FOR PHILOSOPHERS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2021

Danny Frederick
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Abstract

I criticize Brian Earp's ‘Some Writing Tips for Philosophy’. Earp's article is useful for someone who wishes to do well in analytic philosophy as currently practised but it also casts doubt on why such analytic philosophy would be of interest to someone who wants to learn something new. In addition to its good tips, Earp's article contains two bad tips which, if followed, will tend to produce a paper that says next to nothing. I list the two faulty tips, show how the practices of great philosophers and scientists contradict them, then set out some contrary good tips for philosophers who aim to write a paper that makes a contribution to our knowledge.

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Think , Volume 20 , Issue 58 , Summer 2021 , pp. 81 - 87
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2021

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