Free Will and Determinism

Warwick Fox has provided the following guide on referencing and plagiarism:

References, Plagiarism and Self-plagiarism

All mention of other texts and to the ideas of other people needs to be properly referenced.  You can use either the Harvard system (names and dates in brackets in the text) or the Chicago system (numbers in the text and full reference details at the end). 

See “How to Reference” for further guidance.

An important aspect of both careful note taking and good referencing is that you do not slip into unintentional – let alone intentional! – plagiarism, that is, presenting the words or ideas of someone else as if they were your own.  This is a form of theft, pure and simple, and is rightly treated as a serious academic offence.  The normal penalty for a clear instance of plagiarism is a mark of zero.  In extreme cases, including multiple offences, plagiarism can lead to exclusion from the university. 

With the availability of information on the web plagiarism is an increasingly important problem in university work.  In consequence, academics are on the lookout for any abrupt changes in style, which we are very good and spotting, and have increasingly sophisticated search engines available to locate the source of any suspicious, unaccredited work by typing in a few choice words or phrases.  Thus, the message is simple: never commit this offence.  Not only is it unethical, and subject to heavy penalties if you are caught, but you are also likely to be caught.

Note also that submitting the same text in more than one piece of work constitutes self-plagiarism and is also unacceptable. 

Please refer to the Academic Regulations for a more detailed explanation of cheating and plagiarism and the procedures by which the University deals with it.

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