Citation Style

[Lyzl]

I have been experimenting with multiple citation styles for my more recent philosophy papers and have noticed a bit of disparity on the ones used in writing samples I've found scattered around the internet.

What style do you use and perhaps link a paper in that style? 

My personal preference thus far is the somewhat informal footnoted Chicago variation (maybe it's just Chicago?) as seen here: http://fitelson.org/epistemology/lewis.pdf

 

Edited December 30, 2014 by Lyzl

[Euromaniac]

I have been experimenting with multiple citation styles for my more recent philosophy papers and have noticed a bit of disparity on the ones used in writing samples I've found scattered around the internet.

What style do you and perhaps link a paper in that style? 

My personal preference thus far is the somewhat informal footnoted Chicago variation (maybe its just Chicago?) as seen here: http://fitelson.org/epistemology/lewis.pdf

 

I should have used Chicago; I used MLA :*(

[overoverover]

I typically use an author-date style, e.g. (Lewis 1985), but with the citations in the footnotes. For anyone who uses LaTeX, I use the authordate1-4 package with authordate1 as the bibliography style.

Or, when I'm feeling lazy, I use the plain bib style in LaTeX, so just bracketed numbers for in-text citations and references.

[dgswaim]

I like Chicago (footnoted). I find in-text citations distracting. 

[MattDest]

As long as it's footnotes, I don't really care. If you use endnotes, you are what is wrong with the world.

[brettmullga]

As long as it's footnotes, I don't really care. If you use endnotes, you are what is wrong with the world.

 

Agreed!

 

I used Chicago Notes style since early in undergrad. This past Fall, two places requested that I use Author-Date style. After I adjusted, I find footnotes distracting when there are at least a half-dozen or so on a page. When I use Author-Date, I find myself citing the same work a lot less too.

[Infinite Zest]

Agreed!

 

I used Chicago Notes style since early in undergrad. This past Fall, two places requested that I use Author-Date style. After I adjusted, I find footnotes distracting when there are at least a half-dozen or so on a page. When I use Author-Date, I find myself citing the same work a lot less too.

 

Agreed. I think footnote citations can interrupt the flow of a paper a bit.

 

Endnotes, on the other hand, don't distract me (because I skip them).

[isostheneia]

I'm a fan of Chicago style, or footnotes more generally. It can be a bit distracting, especially when the footnotes include both notes and a fair amount of citations, but I still find it better than in-text citations.

 

Regarding writing samples, though, I think pretty much any citation style is fine as long as you're consistent (and as long as schools don't state a preferred citation style).