When Students Fail: Lessons From Geno Auriemma
Suppose you are teaching introductory philosophy, and early in the semester you present the concept of a valid argument, noting that it can have...
Syllabus Showcase: Dawn of Western Thought, Robert Earle
I designed this ancient (mostly Greek) philosophy course around three units: the Presocratics through Socrates and the sophists, Plato and Aristotle, and Hellenistic thought....
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: UMass Boston
The Philosophy Club at UMass Boston has been meeting since the 1980s. As far back as the mid-1990s, the club has met weekly. The...
Cultivation of Character for Ethical Leadership: The Transformative Goal of Leadership Education at Culver...
Susan Freymiller deVillier, Master Instructor and Chairperson in the Department of Leadership Education, connects with a student in class at Culver Academies.
In the fall...
Chat GPT and Student Writing: Some Practical Reflections
ChatGPT: What it is, how it works, the challenge it presents
Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is an AI text generator that uses a large language...
Syllabus Showcase: The Buddhist Traditions, Purushottama Bilimoria
In some ways this is a standard course on Buddhist Philosophy & Religion. The title Buddhist Tradition (I expanded it to Traditions) was given...
Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy as Conversation, Matt Deaton
Taking an oral-concentration philosophy class to avoid Public Speaking is like enrolling in Astrophysics to bypass Algebra. Yet misguided students do exactly that every...
Undergraduate Philosophy Clubs: Kenyon College and Capital University (Re)Create Department Culture and Community
This will be an important year for your philosophy department’s culture.
Current seniors at four-year, undergraduate, residential institutions, have not had a typical college experience....
Pandemic Ph.D. Preparedness or, I Don’t Know Things
The first year of my Ph.D. was conducted entirely online and was something of a blur. This was punctuated by my first experience with...
Thought Experiments, “Reverse-Racism,” and Comedy
In the following clip from comedian Aamer Rahman, the concept of “reverse racism” is considered. Is it a meaningless rhetorical construction, or does it...