Offloading to AI Means Not Doing Philosophy: on the importance of exploring the space...
When I write philosophy, my task is not merely to generate the most persuasive argument for some target claim. Rather, my task is to...
Philosophy of Forensic Science, Kathryn Petrozzo
In the past few decades, there has been a meteoric rise in fascination with forensic science. The advent of true crime podcasts, internet forums,...
‘When Life Gives You LLMs’ – a teaching recipe for limiting the impacts of...
The way I teach my classes has changed more in the past three years than in my entire prior career. This change was forced...
From a Polish Soccer Field to Philosophy: The Story Behind the Inference Studios Tournament
In the summer of 2024, I played professional youth soccer for Ursus Warszawa in Poland, and I was racially abused by 200 supporters who...
AI Pedagogies of Contra-Technological Resistance
Societies carry existing violences and discriminations into the technological apparatuses they produce. Never mind how we use those machines, we are complicit. In this...
Writing and Reading Philosophy, Iaan Reynolds
The syllabus here is from my second time teaching “Writing and Reading Philosophy” (PHIL 2400) this past spring at Utah Valley University. At a...
Asking What Philosophers are Asking: A Question-Focused Reading Strategy
In this blog post, I describe a new assignment and reading strategy I am developing for upper-level classes. The pedagogy is a question-focused pedagogy...
“Fake Philanthropy and Faux Anonymity”: An Introduction to Human Nature through Larry David
I use the following clip from the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “The Anonymous Donor” (May 2007) to discuss psychological and ethical egoism, and the...
AI and Teaching: Inviting Reflections on Teaching in the Age of AI
In my recent discussion sections for Philosophy of Science at UCLA, we’ve been working through Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn famously lays...
Philosophy?! Here’s What to do with That
Students are not typically taught philosophy during their K-12 years, so few know what to expect when they sign up for my Introduction to...