Syllabus Showcase: Agostino Cera, Technology as a Philosophical Question
My research career started with an anthropological interpretation of Karl Löwith’s philosophy, with a specific focus on his phenomenological personalism (that I have defined...
New Introduction to Philosophy Open Textbook Series
For a number of years now I’ve been an advocate for the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in teaching and learning. OER are...
Syllabus Showcase: Jennifer Bulcock, Gender and Social Justice
Gender and Social Justice is a mid-level elective for philosophy majors at Cabrini University. However, it was originally developed as a co-taught introductory feminist...
Award Report: Berry Fund for Public Philosophy Grant to the WMU Lyceum
Overview
In May 2019, the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University was awarded a $1,000 grant from the APA’s Berry Fund for Public Philosophy. The...
Syllabus Showcase: Rebecca Scott, Introduction to Philosophy
The following syllabus is for a section of Introduction to Philosophy at Harper College, a two-year college in the suburbs of Chicago. The design...
Mentoring Undergraduates to Present at Academic Conferences
Disclaimer: Dr. Sabrina D. MisirHiralall is an editor at the Blog of the APA. The views expressed here are solely those of the author...
Syllabus Showcase: Nick Byrd, Introduction to Philosophy
I am teaching at Florida State University. Introduction to Philosophy is currently my favorite course. This is many students' first exposure to academic philosophy....
Henchpersons and the Problem of Induction
The Venture Brothers, a long-running Cartoon Network series, often plays on tropes and themes common in action shows and comics. In the clip, from...
Syllabus Showcase: Alexandra Bradner, Justice and Care, A Community-based Learning Syllabus
For at least a decade, institutions have been encouraging faculty members to adopt high-impact educational practices in the undergraduate classroom. We are to move...
Talking Teaching: Teaching Philosophic Question-Asking
by Stephen Bloch-Schulman
This post developed from a Blog Contributor who presented for the Talking Teaching discussion series hosted by the APA Committee on Teaching.
On...