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Online interactive introductory logic textbook

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:41:17 +0000

Blogic is an interactive web-based textbook in introductory logic. The textbook includes interactive exercises that automatically correct the student’s work. Topics covered include: Boolean connectives in online search-strings, logic circuits, propositional logic with truth-tables, modal logic and counterfactuals with possible-worlds diagrams, the logic of frequencies and probabilities, the language of quantification. Created by J. David Velleman, Professor of Philosophy at New York University.

https://files.nyu.edu/dv26/public/

Award for Paper on Pre-College Ethics

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:32:14 +0000

The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, with support of the Squire Family Foundation, is sponsoring an award for the best paper on pre-college ethics. For more information, visit: http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/annualmeeting.html#call

Teaching International Topics: Call for Papers

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:13:06 +0000

The journal of Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis (formerly Analytic Teaching) seeks article submissions that explore the ethical/pedagogical/philosophical difficulties with teaching international topics in higher education. Although introducing students to international topics, such as regional conflicts in foreign countries, political policies of non-Western states, and economic disparities in developing nations, is recognized as an important part of higher education, many smaller rural universities still have a largely homogeneous student body and faculty, with little ethnic/cultural diversity. How does one effectively teach students/train faculty to respectfully explore complicated cultural/socio-political issues beyond their range of experience or familiarity? We welcome papers that explore such issues from a philosophical/pedagogical/ ethical perspective. Some possible topics for consideration include:

· What are some faculty challenges in teaching culturally sensitive/international topics?
· What does it mean to be ‘culturally competent?’
· How should we address the invisible problem of cultural bias?
· What is cultural tolerance and how should we teach it?
· What counts as a foreign or developing country?
· What are some ethical implications of teaching what is not fully understood?
· What is the real value of study-abroad programs and can this be assessed?
· How can we judge ways of life that we do not understand?
· Can local culture and custom justify oppression?

Direct submissions to: Dr. Jason J. Howard, Editor, Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, Viterbo University, e-mail: jjhoward@viterbo.edu.

Submissions should follow a standardized reference format (Chicago manual of style- format references as endnotes or APA or MLA). Articles should be approximately 4000-8000 words, e-mailed as a word document or RTF, and prepared for ‘blind-review’ (with author’s name and institutional affiliation appearing on a separate page).

The deadline for article submissions is September 1. Accepted articles should appear in Vol. 33 of Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis in the spring of 2011.

Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis (ATPP) is an on-line, peer-reviewed, academic journal published out of Viterbo University (La Crosse, WI) dedicated to exploring the deeper philosophical, political, and ethical implications of education. It can be accessed at http://www.viterbo.edu/atpp.

Imagine magazine issue on pre-college philosophy

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:02:27 +0000

The spring 2010 issue of Imagine magazine from Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth is dedicated to exploring pre-college philosophy: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/imagine/20100304_SFF

Philosophy for Children Mini-Conference: Call for Papers

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:14:27 +0000

The Pacific American Philosophical Association Mini-Conference on Philosophy for Children will take place in conjunction with the Pacific APA meeting of 2011, to be held in San Diego, California. Attendance is open to anyone attending the Pacific APA meetings.

The Mini-Conference will be a two-day event (likely April 20-21), and will include a wide range of invited speakers (Tom Wartenberg, Claudia Mills, David Kennedy, Rob Fischer, Maughn Gregory, David Shapiro, Wendy Turgeon, Sara Goering, Lynne Hinton, Megan Laverty, and Jana Mohr Lone) and a special demonstration session with local school children, run by Gareth Matthews. Several sessions will be reserved for submitted papers.

Papers on any aspect of doing philosophy with pre-college students are welcome, as are contributions from teachers as well as professors. Graduate students are especially encouraged to submit papers. We warmly welcome contributions from scholars and educators outside the United States in recognition of the truly global nature of this enterprise.

Papers will be blind refereed and authors will be informed whether their papers have been accepted by October 1, 2010.

Papers should be no longer than 3,500 words (12 standard pages) and must be submitted by email attachment no later than July 1, 2010. Please mail your paper to kidsphil@gmail.com. Any inquiries may also be sent to that address.

For more information, consult the conference website: http://www.kidsphilmini.co.cc