This is the final video in your "Intro to Ethics" playlist and I'm glad I decided to go through all of it. I don't have any background in Philosophy(I hold a BS. in Information Technology), but the clarity with which you've explained some of the topics in this series is fantastic!! Your humorous style of presentation and ability to break down every argument at the sentence-level kept me glued. This series of lectures is one of the most informative, insightful and thought provoking material I've ever consumed. Teachers like you are the reason why everyone should learn a little bit about every subject, regardless of their background. I will definitely apply some of the critical thinking techniques taught here to my own line of work. Hope your channel grows by leaps and bounds as time passes. Thank you Professor Kaplan.

@profjeffreykaplan

3 жыл бұрын

I am very glad you enjoyed my videos so much. And I am glad that you bothered to say so in such a kind and thoughtful way. You made my day!

I love the way you taught this lesson. It was crystal clear!!! I don't have a background in writing a philosophical paper. In fact I was looking for a video on writing a theoretical research paper when I came across this video and realized how much I need this. Thank you so much!! I appreciate your efforts 😊

26:11 Reading your paper out loud, several times, is a must. Here is a valuable tip, under "Review" in Microsoft Word, there is an option to have your paper "Read Aloud." I do this check before turning in all of my papers. It has saved me several times. Your brain, often times, doesn't see your own mistakes. Cheers

In its positivity, this tutorial was amazing. :)

enjoyed this one! crystal clear! :)

I really gained great tips from your video thank you

This video is exactly what I need right now! Thank you 🙏

@profjeffreykaplan

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you Jeffrey! That was the best tutorial I have ever received!

@profjeffreykaplan

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This video is better than the other one IMO.

Interesting and informative as always! BTW, here a few other writing tips that I have learned over my years as an engineer from editors, mentors, and such that may or may not be applicable to writing a philosophy paper but have seem to prove over time to be good in general in writing technical papers or making technical presentations. 1. Briefly state why something is mentioned. For example. "In the next step add salt. " That does not tell why to add more salt. "In the next step add more salt. This will lower the freezing point." Says what to do and (briefly ) why to do it. 2. Always clarify what is good or bad such as to some result, evaluation, or outcome. For example: "This will produce a higher temperature." Is having a higher temperature good or bad? "This will produce a higher temperature and thus be closer to the desired or proper temperature." This clarifies that having a higher temperature is good. 3. In say judging or evaluating something one might also mention why something is not a factor if it seems like it should be one. I am judging this horse to be a 8 given its overall superior qualities such as gait, confirmation, and responsiveness to the rider. But say the horse has a obviously large ears. Even though this horse has somewhat large ears, I am judging it to be an 8 given its overall superior qualities such as gait, confirmation, and responsiveness to the rider. This answers the obvious question that one might ask of what about those big ears, and shows that the judge did not miss that the horse had large ears in making that judgement. 4. But if something is a minor point but may need to be mentioned don't make a big deal about it but mention it in passing and not first off. Thus one would not say, first off, note batteries are not included. But perhaps one may mention somewhere along the way (but not the end either) BTY, batteries are not included. or perhaps even better everyone needs to operate this is included except the batteries which are not included. For I have seen many a young engineer start their briefings to their boss or customer with statements like batteries not included instead of stating their main point and why it is worth considering. One tip that was often stressed in regard to presentations is give a clear get off the stage message. So if one wants something, says for the project one is pitching t o be funded make sure that is the last thing one says before leaving the stage and not make the listener guess what it is. This does not mean one should hype that message but aryer make it clear to the audience what one hopes to be the outcome form the presentation. And thus for a philosophy paper or such, if all the outcome is to get an A or such then maybe that one might need to come up with a better get off the stage message and hopefully that is that message is clear and well backed one will get that A as well.

@profjeffreykaplan

4 жыл бұрын

I think these are all great tips. What I particularly like about the first few is that they are various ways of making it clear to the audience why whatever being discussed is important, or why it needs to be discussed at all.

@RonLWilson

4 жыл бұрын

@@profjeffreykaplan Thanks.

Thanks for this amazing video. At one point you made reference to using words like 'Thus', 'Therefore' carefelly. where can i learn more about it? can you suggest some book or some other source. Thanks!

Professor asked me to explain, "Why" Locke ect. To respond that I know what Locke was trying to do. No argument, whos right, what I think blah blah. He said I never explained why in my paper. I gave examples, my own examples to support this why. o well.

Whoa, what a lot of stress taken off my shoulders!

My all time favorite intro! 😂 Thanks JK 😀 14:43;15:30;19:00;

Probably (how do you spell it?.. yeah, it's right) the one and only hand written e-mail in youtube catalogue

6:00 , spotted pi