Quotations in your philosophy essay should be held to a minimum. The markers recognize the central texts well already, so do not have to have pages thereof recurring in front of them. Sure, some quotation will be useful and important– sometimes necessary – in both critical and exposition discussion. When you make quotations in your philosophy essay, you should make them obviously different from your text, utilizing quotation marks, or, when the cited passage is much greater than three lines, in an individual indented paragraph. Thus, quotations should be given correct referencing in an endnote or footnote.
Footnotes emerge at the page’s foot, clearly isolated from the main body, every one evidently numbered. Endnotes emerge at the philosophy essay’s end, again visibly isolated from the main body, numbered, and headed “Notes” or “Endnotes.” Any method is suitable, but you need to decide on one and keep on it all through your essay.
There are many various conventions for using footnotes and endnotes in your work. The Philosophy Department does not demand that any specific convention be followed, just that, again, you be dependable on in your usage of the convention, which you decide on.
At the end of your paper (usually after your endnotes, if they are used), it is important to list in a bibliography of the works that you refer to in your notes, and any other works, which you consulted in your researching and writing. The lists must in alphabetical order, following by authors’ surnames. The same is with format.
