Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Why Are Poor Women Poor?
- Should Work Be Passion, or Duty?
- Don’t Dismiss ‘Safe Spaces’
- Why Philosophers Shouldn’t Sign Petitions
- Dear God, Are You There?
- Quentin Tarantino’s Cosmic Justice
- 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?
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- Kids Are Not Hurt by Screen Time
- How Do You Know Which Emotion a Facial Expression Represents?
- Lab-Grown Human Mini Brains Show Brainy Activity
- The History of Opium, Facing Up to Quantum Mechanics and Other New Science Books
- Eavesdropping Puts Anxious Squirrels at Ease
- Fight or Flight May Be in Our Bones
- Even If We Knew Everything That Can Be Known, We Wouldn't Know It All
- Why We Need to Study Consciousness
- No Bones about It: People Recognize Objects by Visualizing Their "Skeletons"
- New Clues Found in Understanding Near-Death Experiences
- TED talks
- A free world needs political cartoons | Patrick Chappatte
- How climate change could make our food less nutritious | Kristie Ebi
- What streaming means for the future of entertainment | Emmett Shear
- The dirty secret of capitalism -- and a new way forward | Nick Hanauer
- Community-powered criminal justice reform | Raj Jayadev
- What reading slowly taught me about writing | Jacqueline Woodson
- How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy | Danielle Citron
- How your emotions change the shape of your heart | Sandeep Jauhar
- A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer | Carl June
- How we can make racism a solvable problem -- and improve policing | Phillip Atiba Goff
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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