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Teaching philosophy: some resources
Larry Ferlazzo has added two more interesting and useful resources to his theory of knowledge blog.
How to be a philosopher
Professor Anthony Grayling’s beginner’s guide to becoming a philosopher, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal (hint: there’s no need for a toga).
Some words from the tiger-styled…
Well, having read and briefly commented on the notorious excerpt by Amy Chua of her book about raising children in a “Chinese style”, I was most interested to read what her eldest daughter had to say on the matter (caveat: … Continue reading
Book review: Academically Adrift
Scott Jaschik reviews Academically Adrift for the Inside Higher Ed site. I wonder to what extent the book’s discoveries would match the experience and “learning gains” of those learning in UK colleges and universities.
RIP Matthew Lipman
The philosopher, and founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, has died at the age of 87.
Lecture series: Steven Smith on political philosophy
As with Shelly Kagan’s lecture series on death, I have embedded lectures 1 to 4 of Professor Smith’s introductory course, and then simply linked to the other parts. Enjoy! Lecture 1 – what is political philosophy? Lecture 2 – Socratic … Continue reading
On raising children, tiger style
Law professor Amy Chua’s refreshingly honest defence of a Chinese-style upbringing is here, under a hilariously provocative title. Her report on the happiness of her children is somewhat undermined by my own discussions with numerous of my own Chinese, Korean … Continue reading
Philosophy is good for you, part 3: some non-anecdotal evidence!
I agree with the philosopher Stephen Law when he writes that the graphs below show what we will be missing out on come the idiot UK higher education reforms in 2012. Compare where business degree GRE scores are with physics, … Continue reading
On the imminent increase in UK university tuition fees
…says so here (at the BBC’s news site). There’s an excellent article about what this all means here (by Stefan Collini, writing in the London Review of Books). As he concludes: What is at stake here is not primarily the … Continue reading
Fun and games at the Philosophers’ Magazine
I’ve plugged them already in my philosophy magazines page, but the “Games and Interactive Activities” section of the splendid Philosophers’ Magazine is such a lot of fun I’m going to do so again. In this section, you can attempt to … Continue reading