Dictionary: Philosophy Paper

Philosophy Paper contains a reasoned defense to a claim/thesis. Its objectives is to convince a reader about something that the writer want to say. From a philosophical writing, we can see someone's level of understanding of the subject problem or material because the writer can think critically about that that.

A philosophical paper may require several kinds of tasks, including:

• Argument reconstruction 
• Objections and replies 
• Application 
• Original argument 
• Thought experiments

One good example of a philosophy paper is "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" by Alan M. Turing.

Source:

• http://www.mit.edu/~yablo/writing.html
• http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/philosophy/
• http://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/files/phildept/files/brief_guide_to_writing_philosophy_paper.pdf
• http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/resources/writing.html