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Contexts and Contest: Propositional (i.e., Sentential) Logic as a Method of Asking Narrow &...

At the start of every term, I always tell students that my aim is to have them leave class with more questions than answers....
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Identity and Memoir, Jarrad A. Felgenhauer

I taught this class, Identity and Memoir, in the spring of 2023 as a section of the Philosophy of the Human Person course at...
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Introduction to Philosophy, Carolina Flores

I taught this course as a large lecture course with 300 students, most of whom were there to complete General Education requirements, at UC...
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The Gnosis Factory: Haverford College’s Philosophy Club

From Haverford’s Philosophy Department website: “Roger Lin '25 and Ben Fitzgerald '26, the 2024-2025 Philosophy Student Representatives, pose as Plato and Aristotle in homage to Raphael's fresco "The School of Athens" (1509-1511). Photo by Patrick Montero”

What are We (Not) Doing When We Struggle to Ask Good Questions?

One of my favorite moments in class is when a student says something like, “I think I have a question, but I’m not sure...
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What (else) do Students Want from Medical Ethics?

One way to teach Medical Ethics courses is to start with theory and then work through a series of pro/con pieces on abortion, euthanasia,...
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AI Can’t Replace Teachers (Entirely)

Alpha School in Austin, Texas has no teachers. Students instead spend two hours a day studying core subjects “taught” by an AI-powered software program....
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Introduction to Ethics, Steph Butera

Most students at the University of Memphis come from within the state, and most of those students come from high schools in the same...
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Relaunching Northern Michigan University’s Philosophy Club 

Philosophy, as a discipline, thrives on dialogue, debate, and the innovative exchange of ideas. However, for many students, their engagement with the subject can...
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Writing in Philosophy, Sophie Horowitz

This course is part of the Junior Year Writing program at UMass Amherst. It was created to meet the needs of that program—it had...