Tag: teaching
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Are Current Events Making Their Way Into Your Classroom? How?
Though philosophers are often (if not quite accurately) thought to have been asking the same questions for thousands of years, philosophers throughout history have…
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Fighting AI with AI
Is there a German word for a feeling that combines admiration, weariness, and a touch of disgust? That word would be handy as we…
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A Course on Public Philosophy
What does a course on public philosophy look like?
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When You and Your Students Write the Book of Your Course (guest post)
Some people have the ability to look at a mess and see the makings of something beautiful.
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The Stories of Bioethics
“When Medicine Becomes Torture: Burn Patient Dax Cowart and His Involuntary Treatment for 232 Days”, “Bomber, Pass By: How the Abortion-Clinic Bomber almost Killed…
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Even Conscientious Students in Their Favorite Courses…
In a philosophy seminar—“my favorite class I’ve taken so far,” she said—Gwen used AI to write almost all her essays just to avoid late…
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American Association of Philosophy Teachers Upcoming 50th Anniversary (guest post)
The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) will be 50 years old next year.
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Research-University-Biased Perceptions of Professional Philosophy
What do you do as a philosophy professor? What does it take to get a job as a philosophy professor? To get tenure? What…
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The Counterfeiting of the Humanities
In 2023, I attended an annual conference on the humanities. In a conversation over lunch, a program manager for a state humanities council, whose…
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You Don’t Need an AI Policy — You Need Two (guest post)
What will tell your students about whether and how they may use AI for work you assign?
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How to Justify an AI Ban in Your Classroom (Guest Post)
“I don’t want to be a cop in the classroom. So, it’s… important for students to come to the same conclusion themselves and understand…
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Opportunity to Volunteer to Teach Online Courses for Ukrainian Universities
A pair of philosophers have created a program through which people can volunteer to team-teach online courses at Ukrainian universities.
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If You Want Your Students Completing Their Coursework Without Help from AI…
…how do you make that happen?
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Administrators, Trustees, Students, and the Future of the Liberal Arts
“The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in…