Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- How Does a Buddhist Monk Face Death?
- Are ‘Near-Death Experiences’ Real?
- Facing the Fact of My Death
- Roger Scruton Was a Conservative. But What Kind?
- What Do We Owe the Dead?
- The Road to Auschwitz Wasn’t Paved With Indifference
- Capitalism and ‘Culturecide’
- ‘The Good Place’ Asks, Are You the Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done?
- Why We Will Need Walt Whitman in 2020
- Am I Wiser Than My Grandparents?
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- Pregnancy Anxiety? Here's How to Keep Calm and Carry On
- White Noise Helps Mice Distinguish Similar Tones
- What's Next for Psychology's Embattled Field of Social Priming
- Americans Are Perceived as Distant and Cold
- The Many Meanings of "I Can't"
- Bumblebees Solve a 17th-Century Psychological Puzzle
- The Underappreciated Geniuses among Us
- How to Make the Study of Consciousness Scientifically Tractable
- Hollywood and Gun Violence
- Fight-or-Flight Nerves Make Mice Go Gray
- TED talks
- How bumble bees inspired a network of tiny museums | Amanda Schochet
- 3 ways to uproot a culture of corruption | Wanjira Mathai
- How technology has changed what it's like to be deaf | Rebecca Knill
- How to design gender bias out of your workplace | Sara Sanford
- Management lessons from Chinese business and philosophy | Fang Ruan
- What if a single human right could change the world? | Kristen Wenz
- How volumetric video brings a new dimension to filmmaking | Diego Prilusky
- Why you should get paid for your data | Jennifer Zhu Scott
- This is your brain on air pollution | María Neira
- The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting | Joel Leon
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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