Books I Recommend – reading & writing advice

  • Mortimer J. Adler & Charles van Doren, How to Read a Book (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014) [ISBN: 9780671212094] *especially Chapter 5: “How to Be a Demanding Reader”
  • Eric Hayot, The Elements of Academic Style (2014) [ISBN: 9780231537414]
  • William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th Edition (1999) [ISBN: 9780205309023]
  • Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird (1995) [ISBN: 978-0385480017]

Study Skills Handouts I’ve Prepared

Reading & Note-taking

Getting Started / Overviews

General Writing / Citing

Guides: Writing a (Successful) Philosophy Paper

Examples of Strong Work (& of What Not to Do…)

Subject Area Resources

Philosophy Podcasts

Undergraduate Philosophy Journals & Publications