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Syllabus Showcase: Ethics in the Novel, Felicia Nimue Ackerman

One of my favorite courses that I have developed is Ethics in the Novel. Why organize an ethics course around novels? Philosophy teachers are well...
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Syllabus Showcase: An Intro 50 Years in the Making, Charles Cardwell

For many, “philosophy” primarily evokes activity related to the love of wisdom rather than a body of knowledge or collection of facts.  First seen...
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Syllabus Showcase: Yoga and Philosophy, Steve Geisz

There are many ways of doing good and beautiful philosophy, and there are many ways of teaching philosophy that can transform students’ lives and...
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Syllabus Showcase: Ethics Bowl and Democratic Deliberation, Michael Vazquez

This post is about an experiential education course I redesigned and have taught two times at UNC-Chapel Hill (Fall ‘20 and ‘21). As an...
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Syllabus Showcase: Philosophical English, Peter Finocchiaro

For some students, the first day of my course might be the first time they see a numbered-premise argument. It might also be the...
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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...