The following is adapted from my advice to aspiring writers of philosophical fiction at the Philosophy Through Fiction workshop at Oxford Brookes last June. I have a new science fiction...
...Units designed for you to do so. If you discuss human nature and ethics in your class, you might consider using Eric Schwitzgebel’s unit: Lynching, the Milgram Experiments, and the...
...you learn at the workshop? The most important ‘take-home’ for me was a point stressed by Eric Schwitzgebel: philosophy should be defined by topic (e.g. “inquiry into biggest picture framing...
...mentoring sessions with philosophical fiction writers including Sara Uckelman (Durham University) Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California Riverside), and the British novelist and screenwriter with a Ph.D. in Nietzsche and Kafka James...
...quality, and our panel of judges – Eric Schwitzgebel, Meghan Sullivan, and Mark Silcox – judged among the remaining stories. We are very pleased to announce the winner. The Philosophy...
...you say what your favorite philosophy piece on Aeon is? There are so many wonderful essays to choose from! Without at all denigrating the others, I would say that Eric...
Eric Schwitzgebel is Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Riverside. He works on philosophy of mind, moral psychology, Chinese philosophy, skepticism, and science fiction. He blogs at least weekly...
...philosophers (Schwitzgebel, Los Angeles Times, Sep 11, 2015) If philosophy won’t diversify, let’s call it what it really is (Garfield and Van Norden, New York Times, May 11, 2016) And...
Here’s one way philosophy PhD admissions could go: Your program offers admissions to the N top-rated applicants, figuring that X% will accept. If the acceptance rate looks like it will...
...of your favorite works of philosophical fiction? Eric Schwitzgebel recently asked philosophers about their favorite works in speculative fiction, so I will just reiterate some of the works I mentioned...
