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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...