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1. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 29 > Issue: 4
Christopher Panza, Adam Potthast, Christie Cathey Thinking Outside the Room: Enhancing Philosophy Courses with Online Forums
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Generating group interaction is a necessary part of teaching philosophy, but there are many obstacles to creating it in a traditional classroom. We propose that philosophy courses can be improved by turning to hybrid models that integrate classroom discussion with online message boards, or forums. Using anecdotes and a comprehensive survey, we argue that using forums helps instructors overcome time constraints in the classroom, helps some students overcome anxiety over contributing, improves discussion, reduces the need to review, and gives instructors a better view of how their students encounter philosophy. We also provide examples of how to use forums and forum assignments.
2. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 29 > Issue: 4
Trevor Smith Homosexuality and the Bible: A Pedagogical Argument
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The argument presented here explores homosexuality within the context of applied Christian ethics. The argument works by asking students to grapple with and define the common characteristics of all eros relationships. Once the students analytically break down eros relationships, and wrestle with defining concepts such as “love,” “sex,” and “desires,” basic biblical moral precepts are applied. After this biblical application it can be shown that there is latitude enough in Christian morality to openly permit homosexuality that iscompatible with biblically stated ethical dictums. The argument is pedagogical in nature, and is a challenging, engaging, and accessible argument that avoids the educational pitfalls that entangle other arguments of this nature.
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Gregory M. Fahy The Quality of Confusion: Pragmatist Ideals and Aporia
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This paper draws on the social psychology of John Dewey to illustrate the importance of aporia, or confusion, to pragmatic pedagogywithin an ethics classroom. The strategic use of aporia solicits an appropriate expression of emotion within students. This emotional response involves dissatisfaction with the present; these dissatisfactions function as pragmatic ideals. Such ideals are not a refuge from the present, but enable students to critically and progressively reconstruct present experiences. Aporia is thus critically important for pedagogical success from a pragmatist perspective.
4. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 29 > Issue: 4
Scott D. Wilson Peer-Review Assignments
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Most philosophy professors want to help their students improve their writing, but determining a good way to do so is not easy. Requiring students to write rough drafts is a good start, but the extra work these require can overload already busy professors. In this article I describe and defend the use of peer-review assignments as a way of improving undergraduate writing. The largest benefit of such assignments is that they allow the students to take a more objective view of their own writing. I also provide sample questionsto use in such assignments.
5. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 29 > Issue: 4
Kurt Mosser Looking for a Fight: An Agonistic Strategy for Teaching
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This exercise requires students—particularly in Introduction to Philosophy courses—to use Internet chatrooms in an “agonistic” fashion,actively seeking out others with whom to argue. Generally using topics in applied ethics, students develop skills in articulating their positions, providing evidence to support those positions, and presenting arguments. These Internet exchanges have resulted in improvement in students’ critical thinking skills, writing, and classroom discussion, and have revealed the value of defending a position with a dispassionate, well-reasoned argument.
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Timothy Chambers Coffee and Philosophy: A Conversational Introduction to Philosophy with Readings
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Karen M. Meagher Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics
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Eric Thomas Weber Linking Visions: Feminist Bioethics, Human Rights, and the Developing World
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George Matejka Animals and Ethics: An Overview of the Philosophical Debate
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Christian Lotz Edmund Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology
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Gina Zavota Levinas: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Brian Domino The Nietzsche Reader
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Zoli Filotas The Cambridge Companion to Montaigne
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A. Minh Nguyen A Survey of Metaphysics
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Matthew McKeon forall x: An introduction to Formal Logic, version 1.11
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New Publications
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index to volume twenty-nine, 2006
17. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 29 > Issue: 4
Index to Volume Twenty-Nine, 2006
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