Whenever I teach an introductory-level philosophy course, I spend some time working through different reading strategies with my students, who are largely unfamiliar with...
My experience teaching both introductory and symbolic logic at Villanova was resulting in too much overlap between the courses, with too little time for...
Scientists agree that the universe was in a hot, dense period approximately 13.8 billion years ago. Everything we have observed, from the Cosmic Microwave...
As the foundations of independent thinking are rationalized in the administered world, the public role of philosophy as magistra vitae becomes an intellectual afterthought....
State-sanctioned violence has been a prominent subject of critical discussion in the writings of many, if not the majority, of Black philosophers. Likewise, for...
What skills do you need to be a philosopher? Common examples might include: strong writing skills, the ability to analyze an argument for background...
Technologies produce disorientation
Since the release of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 and the extraordinary AI hype that has followed in the last two years,...
2024 has ushered in yet another wave of big-budget nostalgia. From the film adaptation of Wicked to the unstoppable Barbie juggernaut, it seems Hollywood...
Elon Musk’s conquest against the bureaucrats is based on two contradicting ideas of democratic authority.
The last months have been a non-stop flood of news...
