Teaching Philosophy Theoretical Reflections

Here, two dozen distinguished philosophers share their insights and practical suggestions on a diverse range of pedagogic issues with essays on how to motivate students, constructing syllabi for particular courses, teaching particularly complex concepts, and constructing creative examinations.

Tziporah Kasachkoff is currently editor of The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy. She is also professor of philosophy and professor of social science at the City University of New York

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

xv

Tziporah Kasachkoff

Part I. Introducing Students to Philosophy

Teaching Introductory Philosophy

1

(3)

Steven M. Cahn

Introducing Philosophy

4

(14)

Newton Garver

Teaching Introductory Philosophy: A Restricted Topical Approach

18

(8)

V. Alan White

Jo A. Chern

Part II. Helping Our Students Improve

How to Improve Your Teaching

26

(5)

Steven M. Cahn

Reading and Interpretation: A Heuristic for Improving Students' Comprehension of Philosophy Texts

31

(10)

Jonathan E. Adler

Improving Student Papers in Introduction to Philosophy' Courses

41

(7)

Juli Eflin

Using Essay Exams to Teach and Not Merely to Assess

48

(13)

Carrie Figdor

Part III. Teaching Applied Ethics

From the ``Applied'' to the Practical: Teaching Ethics for Use

61

(13)

Joan C. Callahan

A Social Dilemma Game for an Ethics Class

74

(9)

Marshall Missner

Part IV. Teaching Philosophy with Computers

Teaching with a Screen

83

(15)

Lawrence M. Hinman

Part V. Teaching Aesthetics

The Case Method Approach to the Teaching of Aesthetics

98

(13)

Ronald Moore

Part VI. Teaching Philosophy of Religion

Teaching Philosophy of Religion (either as a full course or as part of an `Introduction to Philosophy')

111

(13)

Louis P. Pojman

Three Courses in Philosophy of Religion

124

(10)

Michael Martin

Part VII. Teaching Critical Thinking

Using Pseudoscience in a Critical Thinking Class

134

(8)

Kathleen Dean Moore

A Critical Thinking Portfolio

142

(7)

Theodore A. Gracyk

Part VIII. Teaching Philosophy through History

The Teaching of Philosophy---Historically

149

(13)

John J. McDermott

Part IX. Teaching Kant/Teaching Hegel

A User-Friendly Copernican Revolution

162

(5)

Merold Westphal

Charting Kant

167

(4)

James P. Cadello

On Teaching Hegel: Problems and Possibilities

171

(11)

John McCumber

Hegel and Family Values

182

(5)

Merold Westphal

Part X. Teaching Existentialism/Teaching Continental Philosophy

Teaching Existentialism

187

(10)

Eugene Kelly

Teaching Recent Continental Philosophy

197

(10)

Stephen H. Daniel

Part XI. Teaching Philosophical Explanation

Teaching `Inference to the Best Philosophical Explanation'

207

(25)

David B. Martens

Part XII. Teaching Philosophy of Gender

Teaching Gender Issues---Philosophically

232

(20)

Celia Wolf-Devine

Part XIII. Looking at What We Do in the Classroom

Uncovering the ``Hidden Curriculum'': A Laboratory Course in Philosophy of Education

252

(12)

Anthony Weston

A Graduate Seminar on Teaching Philosophy

264

(13)

Martin Benjamin

About the Contributors

277

(4)

About the Editor

281

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Teaching Philosophy Theoretical Reflections and Practical Suggestions

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