Using Discussion Cards to Balance Philosophical Conversations
Classroom discussion is our bread and butter as philosophy teachers. Here we model productive disagreement and collaborative problem solving while wrestling with philosophical arguments....
Indiana University: How to Form a Lasting Undergraduate Philosophy Club
Forming and maintaining a healthy, lasting philosophy club requires a lot of hard work. I remember that when I was an undergraduate at SMU, our...
The Daisy Ad and an Appeal to Fear
The following video is a campaign ad used by the Johnson campaign in the 1964 election bid against Barry Goldwater. It was subsequently pulled...
Syllabus Showcase: Introduction to Ethics Online, Matt Deaton
Disclaimer: Dr. Deaton is a series editor at the Blog of the APA. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and...
What Makes a Course Engaging?
The current challenges to creating engaging philosophy courses are obvious. The majority of classes remain fully or partially online, decreasing student motivation and preventing...
Designing a Philosophy Course for Relevance
My first semester as lead instructor of a philosophy course, I taught for laughs. I’d suffered through some painful core requirements as an undergrad,...
Chat-based Alternatives to Online Discussion Forums
The following is an overview of my presentation for the APA Webinar, Pedagogies for Teaching Philosophy Online that took place on September 25, 2020....
My Adventure with Trauma-Informed Gameful Pedagogy
“Dr. T! You can’t do that! I totally buzzed in first for the Plotinus question!” I’m standing in one of my campus’s largest auditoriums...
The Interview from Hell and the Ad Hominem Fallacy
This video shows an interview of Reza Aslan by Fox News host Lauren Green that demonstrates the Ad Hominem Fallacy.
Remote Synchronous Learning: Some Thoughts
Like most of you, I had not taught a synchronous online class before 2020, and, perhaps, I never will again after 2021. That said,...