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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...