Syllabus Showcase: Valia Allori, Philosophy of Physics
I teach at Northern Illinois University, in Dekalb Il, USA, where we have a Bachelor and a Master program in Philosophy. Some of the...
Syllabus Showcase: Stephen Bloch-Schulman, Ethical Practice
Ethical Practice is an introductory level class at Elon University, a small-to-mid-sized Masters level Liberal Arts University, with about 5,500 undergraduates, mostly from the...
Syllabus Showcase: Zachary Barnett, Unacceptable Conclusions: Introduction to Skepticism
During grad school, I was encouraged to teach a course on skepticism. I modeled the course on two seminars on skepticism I took during...
Syllabus Showcase: Wendy Turgeon, Environmental Ethics
Offering a course on Environmental Ethics is not a rarity but in our increasingly opinion-grounded public discourse, it is fast becoming an essential element in...
Sneak Peak of Forthcoming Presentation at the Central APA: Let’s Inquire About Sex!
When college goes well, students graduate prepared to pursue meaningful lives and enter the adult spheres of work, politics, and civil society. When it...
APA Member Interview: Sara Aronowitz
by Sabrina D. MisirHiralall
Sara Aronowitz is a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University in the Concepts and Cognition Lab. She studies why we remember...
Syllabus Showcase: Torin Alter, Introduction to Philosophy
I teach at The University of Alabama. Most students who take Intro here have never before thought about philosophy, and that means I really...
Syllabus Showcase: Eugene Kelly, Philosophy of Love and Sex
I teach at the New York Institute of Technology, which has campuses in Manhattan and in Nassau County. Despite its mandate of preparing students...
Reflections on the Art of Teaching Philosophy: A Participant’s Experience at an AAPT Seminar
If you’re not familiar with the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), the organization’s self-description as “dedicated to the advancement of the art of...
Diversifying the Canon: Interview with Stewart Duncan
Stewart Duncan is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Florida. His research has largely focused on early modern discussions of materialism,...