Syllabus Showcase

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Syllabus Showcase: Rethinking Introduction to Philosophy, Brynn Welch

As I suspect is often the case, most of my students in Introduction to Philosophy are there to fulfill a general education requirement rather...
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Syllabus Showcase: Proseminar, Daniel Wodak

In many respects, the way I taught Proseminar – the first-year graduate seminar – in Fall 2020 was very down the line. We read...
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Syllabus Showcase, Philosophy of Women, Soon-Ah K. Fadness

One of the joys of teaching at San Diego City College, the oldest community college in San Diego, is the lived experience the students...
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Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of Person, Amber George

When tasked with creating the course “Philosophy of Person,” I wished to focus on the great existential thinkers. I teach this course at an...
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Syllabus Showcase: Family and Philosophy, Brynn Welch

Here is how I put this to students: Frankenstein is not a good story. You don’t read about Dr. Frankenstein just creating a monster...
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Syllabus Showcase: Philosophical-Policy & Legal Design: Methods and Applications, John Martin Gillroy

I have been teaching Philosophical-Policy And Legal Design (PPLD) for over twenty years, and with it, both my undergraduate and graduate students have found...
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Syllabus Showcase: Social, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Computer Science, Trystan Goetze

Data breaches, algorithmic bias, digital rights management, surveillance technology, facial recognition, Cambridge Analytica, online misinformation, job automation, the singularity – these are just some...
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Syllabus Showcase: The Problem of the Negro as a Problem for Philosophy, Nicholas Whittaker

Editor's Note: This potentially controversial article title matches the syllabus title and, as explained by the author in the opening paragraph, is directly relevant...
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Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of AI, Fritz McDonald

I have a longstanding interest in artificial intelligence. I liked science fiction books a lot when I was younger, and watched plenty of movies...
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Syllabus Showcase: Open Source Introduction to Philosophy, Karl Aho

Tarleton State University’s Introduction to Philosophy course is part of the Language, Philosophy, and Culture category of our core curriculum.  All sections of the...