/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.12384862]

Looking for some advice on writing my first philosophical treatise. Any of you guys written some philosophical literature? Any tips?

[Anonymous No.12384929]

use LaTeX

[Anonymous No.12384939]

Don't bother unless the quality of your ideas and style are already in /lit/'s 99th percentile

[Anonymous No.12384945]

>>12384862
what is your philosophical treatise about. 99.9% chance it's shit.

[Anonymous No.12384948]

>>12384939
what are the 99th percentile ones like? most stuff on here is trash.

[Anonymous No.12385127]

>>12384862

I probably wrote around 1000 pages of philosophy in my undergraduate and graduate studies.

Writing philosophy is about keeping things simple. Be on point - always, and make sure your arguments are well structured. Use clear transitional phrases so the reader never gets a chance to get lost in the argument. Most importantly, don't bother starting writing if you don't know before hand precisely what you are going to say.

And here is another tip: Re-read every sentence. If you can delete a word from that sentence without influencing the meaning, delete it. Then do it again and again. Example:

1. Hume stated at one point that he believed all works of literature, including the Washington Post, are irrelevant and should be committed to the flames.
2. Hume stated that he believed all works of literature, including the Washington Post, are irrelevant and should be committed to the flames.
3. Hume stated that all works of literature, including the Washington Post, are irrelevant and should be committed to the flames.
4. Hume stated that all works of literature are irrelevant and should be committed to the flames.


Follow these tips and you might not end up like pic related.

[Anonymous No.12385147]

>>12384948
its about consciousness and science.

[Anonymous No.12385326]

>>12384948
the kind of writing that gets posted in the screencap threads, and that's just /lit/

if you can't stand out on 4chan what makes you think you'll stand out to the big boys?

[Anonymous No.12385336]

>>12385326
mines way better than the 4chan crap.

[Anonymous No.12385342]

>>12384939
So don't bother unless you're abilities are slightly less than average or better? Gotchya.

[Anonymous No.12385620]

>>12385336
I sincerely doubt it

>>12385342
Yeah, unless you've got years of hard study and personal reflection under your belt, or a prodigy, your treatise will be shit, I'm sorry but it's the truth.

[Anti-/lit/ !F.U30B4TGA No.12385631]

Nobody who should write a philosophical treatise would come to 4chan's """"literature""""" board for help.

Go read OP, stop being a retard.

[Anonymous No.12386819]

>>12385620
well youd be in for a surprise bucko

[Anonymous No.12386878]

Why do you want to write a treatise, OP?

[Anonymous No.12387432]

>>12386878
To express my thoughts on the mind-body problem and its relation to epistemology and the philosophy of science.

I am preparing a draft of a docket abstract as we speak.

[Anonymous No.12387498]

>>12384862

1. Stay focused on the subject
2. Design examples
3. If it needs a footnote, rewrite it
4. Keep investigating
5. Use non-philosophical people as test readers

[Anonymous No.12387524]

>>12384862
>I'm writing a philosophical treatise
>hey /lit/ you guys got any ideas on how I should write my treatise?
You shouldn't be writing one if you have to ask us how to write one.

[Anonymous No.12387533]

>>12387524
why not? people here are suddenly incapable of reading philosophy or have their own opinions?

[LOGICALPOSITIVISMGANG No.12387545]

Start with the most basic concepts that are required to understand the more complex things. Also, write as plainly and as easy as possible. Also use a system like this:

Premise 1: Socrates is a man
Premise 2: Every man is mortal
Conclusion 1(P1,P2): Socrates is mortal
P3: Every mortal can die.
C2(P3,C1): Socrates can die.

It makes it far easier to inspect the argument.