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...
Understanding Evil, Jaime Denison
In summer 2025, I was approached by the director of the Central New Mexico (CNM) Honors Program to teach the seminar Understanding Evil in...
Combating “Opinion”: Gilles Deleuze Meets Timothy “Speed” Levitch
Below we find a clip from The Cruise, a 1998 documentary by Bennett Miller that follows the now-infamous New York City tour bus guide...
“Philosophical Projects: Bringing Everyday Life into Intro to Philosophy,” Mateo Duque
I have been teaching Introduction to Philosophy at least once a year since 2012, beginning in my second year of graduate school at the...
Science and Culture in Latin America, Alejo Stark
Most introductory philosophy of science courses begin by presenting the traditional positivist view of science as objective, descriptive, and value-free, usually as a historical...