Within Philosophical Writing, A.P. Martinich states that there are a number of different tactics that are used in analytic writing. Martinich discusses the seven of the most important and widely used of these tactics: definitions, distinctions, analysis, dilemmas, counterexamples, reductive ad absurdum arguments, and dialectical reasoning. Intended for the purpose of this essay two of these tactics are elected for further explanation, and clarity; these are: definitions, and counterexamples. The writing tactic of definition …showed first 75 words of 955 total…

…showed last 75 words of 955 total…events and concerns in terms of space), and the container metaphor falls into ontological metaphors ( material in terms of material). . The characteristics of this metaphor are the amount of surface an argument can cover. This is clearly a counterexample tactic due to it is indeed in argument form and that it does conceal two premises that are counterexampl! es that bring a conclusion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** "Metapors we Live By" Lakoff and JOhnson " Philisophical Writing" Martinich