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...
Developing a Course in Academic Ethics
For some decades philosophers have focused attention on the moral dimension of various professions. The activities of physicians, nurses, lawyers, business managers, journalists, and...
On the Political Responsibilities of Academics: An Arendtian Account
We find ourselves in an age when the academia is branded as increasingly disconnected from the lived experiences of the everyday citizen. Political discourse...