Introduction to Ancient Philosophy Analyzing arguments and writing papers about them.
Philosophers construct and critique arguments.
Whatever topic you decide to write on, you need to think about the arguments that the author you are examining presents. Answering these questions should be central to the analysis conducted in your paper. If you are answering a series of questions you need to identify all the arguments and subarguments invovled in answering your questions. If you wish to criticize an author's arguments you first need to show that you understand the author's arguments on the author's own terms. To show that you understand an author's arguments explain the special terms they use.