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