Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- What Does Art Have to Do With the Coronavirus?
- The Robot Artists Aren’t Coming
- This Exhibition Was Brought to You by Guns and Big Oil
- Naming the Disappeared, Raising the Dead
- In Mexico, ‘Roma’ Lit a Fire for Workers’ Rights
- Art Is How We Justify Our Existence
- Cate Blanchett: I’m Not ‘Mrs. America.’ That’s the Point.
- Art Is a Different Kind of Cosmic Order
- ‘I Believed That I Would See Her Again’
- ‘Why Get Upset When You Can Just Smile?’
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Novel viruses require artful solutions
- After the Fall
- If at first you don’t succeed…
- Where were you when the music stopped?
- The knowledge economy after Covid-19
- Do we want to solve the affordable housing crisis?
- Will the post Covid-19 world go vegan?
- Mindfully managing the fear of epidemics
- Shadow Heroes
- The Responsible Futurist
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- A Monday Is a Tuesday Is a Sunday as COVID-19 Disrupts Internal Clocks
- Why Trump's Popularity Surge Faded So Quickly
- Meat Mogul Dies Penniless Searching for Sunken Treasure
- Forced Social Isolation Causes Neural Craving Similar to Hunger
- Why Oxytocin Is Incredible and How to Get More of It
- Short Attention Spans Make Movies Popular
- What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about the Brain
- Immersive Violence
- Finding Inner Harmony: The Underappreciated Legacy of Karen Horney
- Blind People Could 'See' Letters That Scientists Drew on Their Brains with Electricity
- TED talks
- Autofocusing reading glasses of the future | Nitish Padmanaban
- How to raise kids who can overcome anxiety | Anne Marie Albano
- The secret weapon against pandemics | Georges C. Benjamin
- A COVID-19 "exit" strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy | Uri Alon
- Let's make the world wild again | Kristine Tompkins
- Actionable solutions to support the mental health of US veterans | Charles P. Smith
- How to meaningfully reconnect with those who have dementia | Anne Basting
- Are we interrupting the kinky sex lives of fish? | Marah J. Hardt
- How to rebuild the global economy | Kristalina Georgieva
- Can we edit memories? | Amy Milton
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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