Empowering Student Learning (in Philosophy)
When I was a Philosophy student - first as an undergraduate major, and then as a Ph.D. student - it never occurred to me...
He is the Park Ranger, she is the Other: gender in Parks and Recreation
This clip from Parks and Recreation plays on stereotypes of femininity and can be used to explore the concept of the Other in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex."
Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy & Film, Marc A. Joseph
The inspiration for a class on philosophy and film came to me after watching (not for the first time) Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, and thinking,...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Club Advisor: Matthew Meyer
The Philosophy Club of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire began, in its current iteration, in the Fall of 2015. The club...
Virtue Experiments: Cultural Appropriation or Engaged Learning?
For a class on the good life I’m teaching this semester, I’m asking students to experiment with the concepts we’re exploring. In some cases,...
Teaching Practiced Liberatory Virtue Ethics
Epigraph:
“All I’m saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a...
The Argument Clinic
This video excerpts the “Argument Clinic” provides a rich basis from which to introduce and explore the philosophical conception of argumentation.
Syllabus Showcase: Political Violence, Jennifer Kling
Violence is endemic to our world. It is also political. This class works through both of these claims, and throughout the process, discusses how...
Public Speaking for Ethicists
Disclaimer: Dr. Deaton is a series editor at the Blog of the APA. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club Series!
We are excited to announce a new series profiling undergraduate philosophy clubs (UPCs) from universities and colleges across North America!
The goal of this series...