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...
George Carlin and the Philosophy of Religion
In this clip from the 1999 stand-up comedy special You Are All Diseased, the late comedian George Carlin offers a scathing attack on religion...
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....