<p>Philosophy certainly is an entirely different beast than Biochem!</p>
<p>Three resources for help on Phil papers:</p>
<p>1) Professors. Talk to yours in person during their office hours, ask specific questions on the readings, or have a draft/outline of your paper ready and have them go over it in as much detail as possible. You’ll find that most professors will be happy to help.</p>
<p>2) Library. Most schools will have some resources available on how to write essays. Large institutions will likely have the resources to offer in-depth, subject-specific writing workshops, and may even offer “courses” on how to write academic literature.</p>
<p>3) Guides. My moral phil professor recommended Vaughn and McIntosh, *Writing Philosophy: A Guide for Canadian Students<a href=“Oxford%20UP,%202009”>/i</a>. I’m pretty sure much of it would be useful for Americans; you’ll just have to deal with proper English =P</p>
<p>My phil of lang prof recommended this online guide; glancing through it, it seems pretty helpful.</p>
<p>[Guidelines</a> on Writing a Philosophy Paper](<a href=“http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/writing.html]Guidelines”>Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper)</p>
<p>There are, of course, other guides online or available for purchase. Your library probably has a stack of “How-To Philosophy” somewhere on a shelf even as I type this.</p>