The Case Against Education?
Princeton University Press recently published a book by the economist Bryan Caplan titled The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a...
The PLATO Philosophy Fund
by Jana Mohr Lone
Applications are now being accepted for the PLATO Philosophy Fund (PPF), supporting a wide range of innovative philosophy programs around the...
Issues Concerning Faculty Appointments
Searching for a new colleague is rarely a smooth process. Indeed, it can intensify departmental friction or create it where none existed.
Once a department...
A Classroom Game for Teaching Climate Ethics
I’d known, in some sense, that games could be effective teaching tools. But, appropriately enough, it took playing a game at a conference to...
What are you teaching?
In an effort to get a sense of what philosophers are doing day-to-day, the blog been asking them to share what they are teaching...
What are you teaching?
In an effort to get a sense of what philosophers are doing day-to-day, the blog has been asking them to share what they are...
What are you teaching?
In an effort to get a sense of what philosophers are doing day-to-day, the blog has been asking them to share what they are...
Doctoral Education
Many years ago, when my late friend James Rachels and I were assistant professors at New York University, we used to discuss all aspects...
Engaging children and teens with philosophy
Sharon Kaye is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University...
The Hidden Graduate School Curriculum
The term “hidden curriculum” refers to the unstated attitudes that are often communicated to students as a by-product of school life. While the phrase...