Philosophical Field Trips: Powerpoints, Orientation and Re-Orientation For Philosophy on Foot
Labs are part of biology, chemistry, and physics classes. The lab experience presupposes that biology, chemistry and physics are relevant fields of study. Math...
Syllabus Showcase: Ruth Boeker, The Human Mind in Early Modern Philosophy
What is the relation between my mind and my body? Does my mind always think? What is a person? What makes me the same...
How to Help Your Child Be A Better Learner
What causes a child to be a good learner?
First, the role of individual personality when it comes to readiness to study and disposition to...
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...