A Foundation for Online Teaching and Learning
Given the current pandemic with the coronavirus, several institutions are transitioning to remote learning for the remainder of the semester. Educators and students who...
Teaching Ethics with Dungeons & Dragons
When I first started playing Dungeons and Dragons about five years ago, I immediately began dreaming of how I could use the game to...
Syllabus Showcase: Jennifer Morton, The Self: Aspiration and Transformation
by Jennifer Morton
Jennifer M. Morton is Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her research areas are philosophy of action,...
The Fallacy of False Analogy and Mercedes Benz
This short commercial tells the story of Raymond. Raymond, it seems, has denied himself ice cream despite desperately wanting it and having no real...
Takeaways from Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Every few years, a book is published for a lay audience that reports major findings in cognitive psychology related to learning or what is...
Philosophy Student Superheros
Origins
I am fortunate to teach in a district which supports choice in all aspects of its English/Language Arts curriculum. Our students must take English...
Syllabus Showcase: Renée Smith, Philosophical Writing
PHIL 271 Philosophical Writing at Coastal Carolina University became a requirement for philosophy majors about 7 years ago. We hoped to give students an...
Michael Scott and Standpoint Epistemology
In this video, Michael Scott reveals his utter ignorance about the structure of the socialworld in a diversity training in The Office’s second episode,...
Syllabus Showcase: Megan Fritts, Philosophy in American Politics
My program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison occasionally accepts proposals for “special topics” philosophy classes — if you are a graduate student instructor and...
Teachers Assemble: Sample Lesson Plan for Philosophy in High School English
In a recent article on this blog, I outlined both the dearth of online resources to help middle and high school educators bring philosophy...