My First Semester: Refining Argumentation Through Philosophy of Mind
In the first year of my program, I enrolled in a class titled Philosophy of Mind. By this time in my studies I had...
Syllabus Showcase: First Contact, Adam Etinson
In theory, philosophy can be about anything. In practice, this is mostly fantasy. Philosophy is today as specialized a discipline as any other, which...
The Pre-Doc Publications Arms Race
A recent tweet marveling at the accomplishments of new Philosophy Ph.D. students currently on the market has provoked some strong feelings. The tweet makes...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: California State University, Fresno
Though we don’t know the exact year it was founded, Fresno State Philosophy Club has operated for over thirty years. Back in the 1990s,...
A Graduate Seminar With a Unique Topic: Teacher Training
It is not uncommon for graduate students in philosophy to be thrown into teaching without any formal training or preparation. This practice seems to...
Planning a Successful Academic Conference
One of the very first conferences that I presented for when I was a graduate student at Montclair State University was the Mid-Atlantic Region...
Positive Propaganda: Dave Chappelle and his White Buddy “Chip”
This video highlights, via humorous understatement in a brief narrative, the very different experiences white and black people often have with the police. An...
Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy on the Spectrum: The Philosophy of Autism and Autistic Philosophy, Travis...
Some have suggested that the “very idea of an autistic person is a philosophical one” (Murray 2011, 9) and that the “subject of autism...
Syllabus Showcase: What is Philosophy? Global Perspectives on Philosophical History, Christopher P. Noble
I am a historian of philosophy at New College of Florida, a small, public liberal arts college. When I arrived first in 2018, one...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College’s Philosophy Club has been active for at least 40 years. The origin of the club is lost in history but is...