Present, Explain, and Evaluate - Writing a Short Philosophy Paper

This briefly outlines a method for writing a short 3-5 page philosophy paper that presents, explains, and evaluates a single argument. After outlining the method, we walk through an example from an actual student paper.

[@mGSalcedo]

I remember watching this video in my first year of Uni, now it's my last and I have to re-watch it again

[@shabnamsingla9566]

haha, same!

[@ndelo4947]

I thank you and all the people who liked the video before me who helped the Algorithm get your video to me... You're clear and concise and have given me a clear picture.

[@IaidoFrog]

Nice video explaining the "how to" aspects of writing a paper. I especially enjoyed the examples. I'm posting this for my students.

[@kabeloserage9300]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. This video has been more than helpful. I'm a physics major and I can solve differential equations any day, writing a phil essay was down right impossible. But you cleared it all up for me.

[@behbiigrl101]

LITERALLY, MY EXACT FEELINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@tacojohn9]

I'm glad videos like these are on youtube. Hopefully more people watch, whether or not they are in your classes.

[@DWilliamstv]

thanks a lot dude. this video gave me a better understanding and left me feeling less anxious about writing my paper. peace

[@fezilenjomane9065]

Mmhhh perfect! I'm watching from S.A. it really helped me with my Philosophical work

[@ILikeFeelingElectric]

I tend to deceive my English and History teachers by adding a bunch of fluff in my papers, so watching this video was pretty helpful. Being concise is key

[@joesampson951]

This has diffused a lot of the complexity I thought went into a philosophy paper. Thanks alot

[@zackdaniels180]

I'm tutoring a 100 Level Ethics course and this is incredibly helpful.

[@destiny2727]

Thank you, nicely explained.

[@courtneyprescott7328]

Thank you I found the video very helpful.

[@wachmaster]

Thank you very much! I just entered college and I'm taking a philosophy class. Thanks to my ADD and CAPD, I struggle to understand much of what my teacher rambles about in class. This, however, was very clear, even for a guy whom struggles to pay attention! I have a huge essay to write for my mid-term tomorrow. It is going to be timed (3 hours) and I will use what was shown in the video to hopefully save my education! I'll comment here tomorrow to let you know how I did. Thank you Sir!

[@RajSingh-kq8jj]

Wach How did it go?

[@wachmaster]

I passed that essay with a 97%. I figured out the proper way to write a philosophy paper. I basically mimicked an author's writing in the book our teacher was making us read. My best advice: - be very precise in expressing what you're trying to say (don't leave out details) - use what was explained in the video above before making an argument and to create a foundation for your explanation (building on it will be a breeze) - guide the reader through your essay (hold their hand through it step by step) --- EXAMPLE: Thesis statement: I will argue that if a person unnecessarily inflicts pain on an animal that wasn't a threat to the common person, it renders as an immoral act. --- Argument #1: 1. Pain was inflicted on an animal that wasn't a threat 2. The pain inflicted was unnecessary 3. Therefore, the pain inflicted renders as an immoral act. ...You could say something like this in your essay to build on your thesis statement + arguments... "In order to understand why inflicting unnecessary pain on, exclusively, an animal, we must first understand how animals do not have the logical capabilities of a human and how a human is capable of feeling empathy. " ...You could bring up another argument to back up your first argument... Argument #2: 1. Humans feel pain 2. Humans are capable of feeling empathy and have logical capabilities 3. Therefore, humans can understand how animals feel and know what is moral and immoral This helped me at the time as well: www.american.edu/cas/philrel/pdf/upload/tips.pdf Please use at your discretion, it's been a while and I'm not studying this stuff anymore. Good luck!

[@dolapoviceroy]

Thanks mate

[@imiikhan]

🖤🖤🖤

[@bockariekondowa8487]

Helpful.

[@SyperAnyBadyAls]

where can I find the writing of the long paper video? found this one helpful

[@pingpongplaya]

I can't believe I have to look this up. This is ridiculous.

[@emoquent9447]

So if you believe you have to look it up, it's not ridiculous

[@anthony-bc1cv]

Isn't determinism similar to causation?

[@cannos09]

i really need help, i am going to start my first philosophy paper. my argument is that change dose not exist. ive got no idea how to really approach this topic.

[@carlmonty7290]

did the paper go well?

[@totteringchatter]

yeah how'd it go?

[@bobwilkinsonguitar6142]

He changed topic when he decided he was wrong

[@zlanaya]

I wish my online Philo course would include something like this. I would have done much better.

[@selimdemirkol4188]

Ben Alemlerin Rabbi tarafindan tüm Insanliga gönderilen onun elçisiyim Yaradan bana 2007 de bir gecede kendini tanitti ve 2017 e kadarda eğitti vede ilk emrini 2019 da fakirlik haramdır diye vahyetti ( öğretti)ve bakın kardeşlerim Allahü teala nediyor.Okendilerini Allah dostu olarak ilan ettikleriniz ki,bilirseniz bu çok büyük bir söz ve bu sözle üzerinize büyük bir azabı çektiniz.Siz kutsal kitapları okuyup durduğunuz halde neden ihtiyaçtan fazlasını verin,fakirlerin hakkını verin,Faiz yemeyin demiyorsunuz eğer Bu sözleri söyleseydiniz ülkelerinizde fakirlik olmaz idi çünkü sizler çokluğuyla övünenler tüm cemaatler ve tarikatler,hiristiyanların lideri papa yahudilerin hahamları sizler Rabbimizin sevgisi için değil dünyalık ve saltanat için insanları kullandınız,Ama hayır çok yakında sizler ve size inananlar azabı göreceksiniz ve yaptıklarınızdan hesaba çekileceksiniz. RABBIMİZ güzel sözlü ve doğruyu söyleyendir...

[@kabeloserage9300]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. This video has been more than helpful. I'm a physics major and I can solve differential equations any day, writing a phil essay was down right impossible. But you cleared it all up for me.