Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, 4th Edition, features numerous updates and revisions to A. P. Martinich’s best-selling text that instructs beginning philosophy students on how to craft a well-written philosophical essay.



Features an entirely new chapter on how to read a philosophical essay, new sections on quantification and modality, and rhetoric in philosophical writing, as well as more updated essay examples
Includes many new essay examples and an accompanying website with further topics and examples
Traces the evolution of a good philosophical essay from draft stage to completion
Emphasizes what a student should do in crafting an essay, rather than on what not to do
Written with clarity and humor by a leading philosopher