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...
Returning to Plato’s Cave: Dislodging the Individualist Distortion
Wisecrack’s 8-Bit Philosophy video on Plato’s cave raises the question of what is real by providing a summary of the episode from Plato’s Republic—using...
Haley Irene Burke, Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art & Beauty
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of the Incarnate Word. At the heart of its Mission Statement is...
Ethics, Economics, and Entrepreneuership, James Murphy
Several years ago, I took over teaching an interdisciplinary elective in the Management Department at Loyola’s Quinlan School of Business entitled “Ethics, Economics, and...
Testimonial Injustice But With Questions: Steps Towards a Theory
As philosophers and teachers, we often have the great privilege and responsibility of choosing what questions we ask. And when other people (including our...
“King of the who?”: Monty Python on Rousseauian Legitimacy
In this short clip from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Arthur, King of the Britons, attempts to exercise his dominion over two...