Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Socrates Wants You to Tidy Up, Too
- In Memoriam: What Would Gary Gutting Do?
- The Gender Politics of Fasting
- Affirmative Action and College Admissions: ‘The Problem With Meritocracy Is That It Isn’t Meritocratic’
- The Christmas Time Capsule
- In Praise of Wonder
- Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?
- I’m for Affirmative Action. Can You Change My Mind?
- What Does It Mean to ‘Speak as a Woman’?
- Knowledge, Ignorance and Climate Change
- Philosophy Now
- The Ethics of Education in the Secular State
- Phil Witte’s Cartoon
- News: December 2018 / January 2019
- Brains, Minds, Selves
- The Light From Our Eyes
- Philosophy for the Young, Medieval Style
- I Am Not A Brain by Markus Gabriel
- Should We Pursue Happiness?
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894)
- The Case Against Conceptual Art
- RSA Animate
- The Joined-up Big Picture?
- Making deliberative democracy work
- Community café
- The progressive case against UBI
- #iPlay4Peace
- Waking up to gender inequality
- Walking the tightrope on the future of work
- Design Thinking for Writing
- Inclusivity comes from respect not indignity
- Adventure learning at Crystal Palace Park
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- Do-Gooders Should Survey Communities First
- How to Shift Anti-Transgender Attitudes
- Can Outrage Be a Good Thing?
- The Evolutionary Advantages of an Addictive Personality
- Is Only-Child Syndrome Real?
- Cypher's Choice: Painful Reality or Pleasant Delusion?
- In the Nature–Nurture War, Robert Plomin Is Fighting a Losing Battle
- Are Psychopaths Attracted to Other Psychopaths?
- A New Way to Help Manage Parkinson's
- The Cerebellum Is Your "Little Brain"—and It Does Some Pretty Big Things
- TED talks
- What's needed to bring the US voting system into the 21st century | Tiana Epps-Johnson
- How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods | Kotchakorn Voraakhom
- The political progress women have made -- and what's next | Cecile Richards
- How music crosses cultures and empowers communities | LADAMA
- A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks | Akash Manoj
- Embrace your raw, strange magic | Casey Gerald
- How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming | Katharine Wilkinson
- Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school -- and how to change that | Monique W. Morris
- 3 ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce | George Blair-West
- A mother and son's photographic journey through dementia | Tony Luciani
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
Posted in Assessment Items
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Assessment Items
Leave a comment
General philosophy essay marking criteria
A basic criteria sheet for marking philosophy essays – simple but good for beginners. Criterea sheet for philosophy essays
Posted in Assessment Items
Leave a comment
Rating Critical and Integrated thinking
A rubric to help assess critical thinking from Washington State University – Great starting point. CIT Rubric 2006
Posted in Assessment Items, Critical Thinking
Leave a comment
