Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- What Pop Stoicism Misses About Ancient Philosophy
- Humans Are Animals. Let’s Get Over It.
- Death Has Many Names
- What Would David Bowie Do?
- Are We the Cows of the Future?
- Time Isn’t Supposed to Last This Long
- A.I. and I
- Of Death and Consequences
- I Don’t Want You to ‘Believe’ Me. I Want You to Listen.
- Teaching Racial Justice Isn’t Racial Justice
- Philosophy Now
- News: December 2021 / January 2022
- Guto Dias’ Cartoon
- Simon & Finn
- Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677)
- Philo of Alexandria (c.20BCE-c.50CE)
- On Philosophy and Philosophers: Unpublished papers, 1960-2000 by Richard Rorty
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
- The Happy State
- The Philosopher with a Thousand Faces
- What Is Happiness?
- RSA Animate
- The Green Corridors Initiative
- Governance governing government
- Why print money when we can print wealth?
- Building a resilient health and care system
- We'll always have Paris?
- Experimentation and equity in global cities
- Technology-enabled deliberative democracy
- Healthier placemaking
- Creating a sovereign wealth fund in Wolverhampton
- Economic recovery and climate action
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- Lego Robot with an Organic 'Brain' Learns to Navigate a Maze
- Aha! Moments Pop Up from below the Level of Conscious Awareness
- Schoolkids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation and Conspiracy Fantasies
- Borderline Personality Disorder May Be Rooted in Trauma
- COVID Threatens to Bring a Wave of Hikikomori to America
- Epstein-Barr Virus Found to Trigger Multiple Sclerosis
- New Year's Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery, but Science Can Help You Keep Them
- What Will 2022 Bring in the Way of Misinformation on Social Media? 3 Experts Weigh In
- Salvador Dali's Creative Secret Is Backed by Science
- People Have Been Having Less Sex--whether They're Teenagers or 40-Somethings
- TED talks
- The mind-bending art of deep time | Katie Paterson
- A different understanding of American patriotism | Deval Patrick
- 4 ways to redefine power at work to include women of color | Rha Goddess and Deepa Purushothaman
- The new reality of fashion is digital | Gala Marija Vrbanic
- Are brain waves the secret to treating Alzheimer's? | Li-Huei Tsai
- What if women built the world they want to see? | Emily Pilloton-Lam
- How to fix broken supply chains | Dustin Burke
- Woolly pigs, high tech and other ingenious ways to take carbon out of the air | Gabrielle Walker
- How radical hospitality can change the lives of the formerly incarcerated | Reuben Jonathan Miller
- The unexpected, underwater plant fighting climate change | Carlos M. Duarte
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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