Accepted abstracts will be a concise summary of factual information and not simply a general description of what the author plans to present.
A high-quality abstract contains the following key elements (without designating them as such):
- (1) a brief introduction, including objectives of the presentation;
- (2) relevant experimental conditions indicating the scope of study or survey (authors of predominately philosophical works may substitute other appropriate criteria);
- (3) observations, results, or data (however, data should be in summary form and not presented in tables or graphs) - philosophical abstracts must demonstrate application of said philosophy;
- (4) a concise summary.