Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Ai Weiwei: Can Hong Kong’s Resistance Win?
- Judith Butler: When Killing Women Isn’t a Crime
- Democracy Is for the Gods
- Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Fascism’ Claim Too Extreme?
- A Revolution in Happiness
- A Philosopher on Brain Rest
- ‘There’s Just No Doubt That It Will Change the World’: David Chalmers on V.R. and A.I.
- Deepfakes Are Coming. We Can No Longer Believe What We See.
- Becoming Parents to Ourselves
- The Myth That Defines Our Age
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- How to Make a Mouse Hallucinate
- In China, Mental Health Care Goes Virtual
- "Metronome" Neurons Act like Timekeepers in Mouse Brains
- Universal Desire: Men and Women Respond Identically to Erotic Images
- The Truth about Anti-White Discrimination
- Alzheimer's Meeting: Lifestyle Factors Are the Best--and Only--Bet Now for Reducing Dementia Risk
- Elon Musk's Secretive Brain Tech Company Debuts a Sophisticated Neural Implant
- The Neurodiversity Movement Should Acknowledge Autism as a Medical Disability
- Think You're Too Old to Learn New Tricks?
- What Alfred Binet and Maria Montessori Can Teach Us about Intelligence
- TED talks
- How a typeface helped launch Apollo | Douglas Thomas
- How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy | Elizabeth Howell
- A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten | Claudia Miner
- The fundamental right to seek asylum | Melanie Nezer
- Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head | Derren Brown
- The fascinating (and dangerous) places scientists aren't exploring | Ella Al-Shamahi
- How film transforms the way we see the world | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- How we're honoring people overlooked by history | Amy Padnani
- Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves | Jamie Paik
- The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy | Rick Doblin
Category Archives: Assessment Items
Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper/Essay
A nice overview from Douglas W. Portmore Tips on writing a philosophy paper (pdf) The full text is below…
Philosophy of Religion – Unit Exam
Paper used to assess the three PAR criteria at the completion of a Philosophy of Religion unit. Answers attached at end. Item 8 – Unit Exam (Uploaded by Paul Stronach.)
Philosophy of Religion Essay Assignment
This piece passed through Panel unscathed, so presumably safe to use. Requires students to explain and critique one of the established philosophical arguments for or against the existence of God. Item 7 – Research Essay (Uploaded by Paul Stronach.) … Continue reading
Philosophy of Mind Questions
From past IB papers, I suspect. Philosophy of Mind Questions
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Philosophy of Mind essay topic
Can you believe in the existence of ‘mind’ without being a dualist? That’s all the document says so don’t bother opening it… Philosophy of Mind Essay topic
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General philosophy essay marking criteria
A basic criteria sheet for marking philosophy essays – simple but good for beginners. Criterea sheet for philosophy essays
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Rating Critical and Integrated thinking
A rubric to help assess critical thinking from Washington State University – Great starting point. CIT Rubric 2006
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