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(why do i care? i was writing some math in my notes and i thought maybe i should follow the AMS style guide to make it easy for others to read. Their style guide referenced a specific section of The Chicago Manual of Style, so i tried to find that section online but failed; but in the process i write down some Chicago style learning resources, and became curious about what the major alternatives to Chicago style are. Since math is so hard to read and is very symbolic it's probably important to learn about the AMS style guide a little bit; i'm not sure if the others will be useful to me but they may have some small conceptually interesting things. Philosophy is also hard to read so i figured that would be of interesting too, but i didn't find much on style guides in the top journals there).
https://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Manual-Style-17th/dp/022628705X (or whatever the current edition is)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style
Chicago Manual of Style learning resources
Turabian style: the Chicago Manual of Style website claims this is "compatible" with the Chicago Manual of Style and both may be referred to as "Chicago style", but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_style_guides#Academic says "Her stylistic rules closely follow The Chicago Manual of Style, although there are some differences." "Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations is the student version of The Chicago Manual of Style, aimed at college and graduate students who are writing papers, theses, and dissertations that are not intended for publication. (The Chicago Manual of Style is aimed at professional scholars and publishers.) Turabian’s book for beginning writers, the Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers, is written with high school and undergraduate students in mind. All three books are compatible, and all are official “Chicago Style.”" -- [1] https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo27847540.html (specifically Part 3, i guess, based on what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Manual_for_Writers_of_Research_Papers,_Theses,_and_Dissertations says)
Turabian Student Paper-Formatting Tip Sheets https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/turabian/Student-Tip-Sheets.html
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/help-tools/Resources-for-Students.html or http://cmosshoptalk.com/for-students/ section "Paper-Formatting Tip Sheets" https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/help-tools/Resources-for-Students.html or http://cmosshoptalk.com/for-students/ section "Chicago Style Basics"
what is philosophy journal style (in the "manual of style" sense)?
I did a quick analysis of some [listsOfTopPhilosophyJournals lists of top English-language philosophy journals] in English. Four of the top journals seem to be: Philosophical Review, Nous, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Mind.
Philosophical Review uses the The Chicago Manual of Style, seventeenth edition (upon publication, not submission) https://read.dukeupress.edu/the-philosophical-review/pages/Submission_Guidelines
Nous, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, don't appear to mandate a style except to say, "References should follow the APA style". https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14680068/homepage/forauthors.html https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/19331592/homepage/forauthors.html
Mind appears to mandate a 'house style' (upon publication, not submission) described in the MIND stylesheet: https://static.primary.prod.gcms.the-infra.com/static/site/mind/document/mind-style-sheet.docx?node=c88e8a33637c31be1da6&version=439855:3603d8d7e2f6e3a8011f https://academic.oup.com/mind/pages/General_Instructions
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy doesn't appear to mandate a style (not sure if i understood that correctly): https://plato.stanford.edu/guidelines.html#Econtent
https://research.pugetsound.edu/c.php?g=304133&p=2030421 mentions Chicago, MLA, and APA citation styles. https://www.csus.edu/college/arts-letters/philosophy/_internal/g3-department-of-philosophy-writing-guidelines1.pdf mentions Chicago and MLA.
a discussion on whether style is important for getting an academic submission accepted (most ppl think "of course not!" but a few disagree): https://dailynous.com/2014/05/27/must-journal-submissions-conform-to-style-guidelines/
so my conclusion is that:
AMS style (which references the Chicago Manual of Style)
IEEE style
besides Chicago style, AMS style, IEEE style, are there any others i should learn?
MLA style? APA style? Oxford style?
(mb see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_guide , which also mentions CSE style)
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/resources.html mentions (in the main text; the sidebar also mentions ASA) APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, AMA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_style_guides#Academic
So, i think i should learn the following styles somewhat:
https://www.ams.org/publications/authors/AMS-StyleGuide-online.pdf, October 2017, section 12.7 says:
" Mathematical expressions, including displayed equations, are treated as phrases or sentences and are punctuated accordingly (see section 13.4). "
section 13.4, first bullet point, says:
" Each mathematics equation reads as a clause or sentence and is punctuated accordingly. Authors, however, sometimes leave displayed math unpunctuated. Insert commas and periods as needed so that the equation(s), the preceding text, and the following text together read grammatically. Follow CMS, sections 12.18–12.20, for punctuating mathematical expressions and elided lists, operators, and relations. " (CMS here refers to Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition)
I cannot find Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition, https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/contents.html , sections 12.18-12.20.
