... is tested against likely criticisms." You can helpfully start your essay with a very brief advance-summary on those lines (or at least include brief sub-headings to indicate where your argument is going). Philosophical style Among the marks of a good style are these: clarity, directness of approach to problems, a strong sense of relevance, reliance on the simplest language that will make your point. If you need technical terms, be sure to introduce them to your reader, and then be faithful to your own definitions! Though good philosophy can be difficult, difficult or obscure philosophy is by no means always good. An honest, serious philosopher (i.e. one who really wants to get to the truth and is not just pretending to) tries to make the structure of his/her arguments as lucid as possible-in order to help, not hinder, their critical appraisal. That sometimes can take a little courage. With short essays (as in Philosophy ...

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