Philosopher’s Zone- Philosophy in the wake of Empire pt. 3: Missionary feminism
- Philosophy in the wake of Empire pt. 2: Migrants and other Others
- Philosophy in the wake of Empire pt. 1: The white way to think
- Reparation
- The problem with humanism
- Feminism, ecology, motherhood
- Genetically obsolete
- Richard Rorty and transcendence
- NYTimes – The Stone
- The Perils of Abstraction
- We Don’t Actually Want to Be Happy
- Are You a Moderate? Think Again
- Marie Yovanovitch’s Moral Courage
- The Lesson History Teaches Is Tragic
- How We Went From ‘Soup Nazis’ to Real Nazis
- What Kind of Problem Is Climate Change?
- Do We Really Understand ‘Fake News’?
- The Beauty of the Ordinary
- Why Are Poor Women Poor?
- Philosophy Now
- Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, & the Return of the Far Right by Ronald Beiner
- News: October/November 2019
- Letters
- Schopenhauer’s Flight of the Valkyries
- Shelley Matheis’ Cartoon
- Goading Gladiators
- Michel Serres (1930-2019)
- The Mind of Leonardo da Vinci
- Conceptual Origami
- Philosophical Outlook & Mental Well-Being
- RSA Animate
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- Deeper Insights Emerge into How Memories Form
- Does Grandpa Have Depression?
- Lions See These Illusions the Same Way You Do
- When Good Advice Goes Bad
- Is There Really a Difference Between Drug Addiction and Drug Dependence?
- The U.S. Needs a Mental Health Czar
- Famously Fickle Felines Are, in Fact, Clingy
- Literacy Might Shield the Brain from Dementia
- Hearing Is Seeing: Sound Waves Create a 3-D Display
- The Stressful Discovery of Type A Personality
- TED talks
- 5 steps for clean air in India | Arunabha Ghosh
- How to change your behavior for the better | Dan Ariely
- Why gender-based marketing is bad for business | Gaby Barrios
- What's really happening at the US-Mexico border -- and how we can do better | Erika Pinheiro
- How can we support the emotional well-being of teachers? | Sydney Jensen
- What it's like to live on the International Space Station | Cady Coleman
- In the war for information, will quantum computers defeat cryptographers? | Craig Costello
- Small rockets are the next space revolution | Peter Beck
- How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution | Mani Vajipey
- Hope and justice for women who've survived ISIS | Rabiaa El Garani
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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