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1. www.phil.cam.ac.uk › phil-essay-guideTackling the Philosophy Essay A Student Guide Edition One

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   essay-related problems. The intention is to explain and illustrate a handful of recommendations that address some of the most common mistakes students make when writing philosophical essays. There are numerous resources available to you if you are concerned about your essay-writing skills, beginning with your supervisors.

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2. openstax.org › books › introduction-philosophy6.2 Self and Identity - Introduction to Philosophy - OpenStax

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   Learning Objectives. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Apply the dilemma of persistence to self and identity. Outline Western and Eastern theological views of self. Describe secular views of the self. Describe the mind-body problem.

3. philosophy.fas.harvard.edu › files › phildeptA Brief Guide to Writing the Philosophy Paper

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   your thesis clearly and concisely in your introduction so that your reader understands what your paper sets out to achieve. Get to the point quickly and without digression. Don’t try to introduce your argument within a grand historical narrative, for example. Your thesis does not have to be the same as any thesis

4. plato.stanford.edu › entries › identity-personalPersonal Identity - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Aug 20, 2002 · Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people (or as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This contrasts with questions about ourselves that arise by virtue of our being living things, conscious beings, moral agents, or material objects.

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   Apply the dilemma of persistence to self and identity. Outline Western and Eastern theological views of self. Describe secular views of the self. Describe the mind-body problem.

6. academic.oup.com › book › 39823Introduction: Self: History of a Concept - Oxford Academic

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   What a self is—what you most fundamentally are—at least according to most of the chapters that follow, is a unified self-conscious subject of thoughts.

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   What is a self in philosophy?

   • What a self is—what you most fundamentally are—at least according to most of the chapters that follow, is a unified self-conscious subject of thoughts. If western philosophy is just a series of footnotes to Plato, then this history of the self-concept seems to start about five hundred years late.

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   What is personal identity?

   • Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people (or as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This contrasts with questions about ourselves that arise by virtue of our being living things, conscious beings, moral agents, or material objects.

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   What are anthropological views of the self?

   • Anthropological views of the self question the cultural and social constructs upon which views of the self are erected. For example, within Western thought, it is supposed that the self is distinct from the “other.”

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   What is the question of personal identity over time?

   • This is sometimes called the question of personal identity over time, as it has to do with whether the earlier and the later being are one thing or two—that is, whether they are numerically identical. An answer to it is an account of our persistence conditions.

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   Is a self-conscious self a philosophical ideal?

   • There is no sense of ownership of the experiences and no possibility of applying critical reflection to them. Since these phenomena are undeniable, they suggest that a (constantly) “self-conscious self” may be a philosophical ideal rather than an existing thing.

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   How to write an academic philosophy essay?

   • However, your immediate goal in writing an academic philosophy essay ought not to be to write a personal testament, confession or polemic. Rather, you should primarily aim at articulating, clearly and relatively dispassionately, your philosophical thinking on the topic at hand.

   Philosophy essay writing guide - Faculty of Arts

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   In philosophy, a good essay is one that, among other things, displays a good sense of this dialectic of question and response by asking insightful, probing questions, and providing reasoned, well-argued responses.