Some philosophy professors, realizing that many of their students are unfamiliar with writing philosophy papers, provide them with “how-to” guides to the task.

I thought it might be useful to collect examples of these. If you know of any already online, please mention them in the comments and include links. If you have a PDF of one that isn’t online that you’d like to share, you can email it to me and I can put in online and add it to the list below.

Guidelines for Students on Writing Philosophy Papers

• “Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper” by Jim Pryor
• “Writing a Good Philosophy Paper” by Justin Weinberg
• “Writing a Philosophy Paper” by Peter Horban
• “Tips on Writing Philosophy Papers” by William Blattner
• “How to Write (not Terrible) Philosophy Papers” by Manuel Vargas
• “Philosophy Paper Writing Guidelines” by Tim O’Keefe and Anne Farrell
• “A Guide to Writing” by Michael Huemer
• “Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper” by Stephen Yablo
• “7 Steps to a Better Philosophy Paper” by Bryan W. Roberts
• “Some Writing Tips for Philosophy” by Brian Earp

Jasenko Đorđević, “Creation of Adam” (pencil carving)