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41. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Kristin Rodier, Orcid-ID Samantha Brennan

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This article draws on authors’ experiences as fat-bodied white women philosophers, empirical research about fat discrimination, and common teaching topics and practices to reflect on fat stigma in dominant forms of teaching philosophy. We situate our critique in fat studies literature, locating the “normal professor body” within eugenic social and political movements, and the transatlantic slave trade. We outline how fat stigma specifically applies to historical and contemporary forms of Western canonical teaching practices and materials. Many of the topics philosophers teach on practical rationality evoke stereotypes about fat-bodied people as bad eaters, and activate stereotype threat for fat philosophers, thus affecting performance and credibility. We offer the case of “fat man” hypotheticals in contemporary analytic ethics as cases of perpetuating stigma, thereby undermining their pedagogical efficacy. We conclude by offering recommendations for teaching in ways that mitigate the influence of fat stigmatizing stereotypes and stereotype threat for fat philosophers.
42. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
David Roochnik Orcid-ID

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Despite their difficulty, the writings of Aristotle can be effectively used in an introductory course. This does not mean that students should be assigned whole books, or even chapters. Instead, their readings should consist of individual paragraphs. To justify this procedure, the paper draws on the work of Reviel Netz, who has argued that the “basic discourse unit” in Aristotle’s writings is precisely the “paragraph.” With this term he does not refer to the feature of modern writing signalled by indentation, for that did not exist in antiquity. Instead, he means a short, logically self-contained segment, discernible through specific linguistic markers. To illustrate how a close reading of an Aristotelian “paragraph” can be pedagogically fruitful, this paper offers a case study: the opening lines of the Metaphysics (980a20–27), in which Aristotle argues that “all human beings by nature desire to know.”
43. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Wayne Wapeemukwa, Orcid-ID Eduardo Mendieta, Orcid-ID Jules Wong

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The authors of this essay challenge the notion that “philosophy” is irredeemably Eurocentric by providing a series of personal, professional, and pedagogical reflections on their experience in a new graduate seminar on “Indigenous philosophy.” The authors—a graduate student, professor, and Indigenous course-facilitator—share in the fashion of “Indigenous storywork,” as outlined by Stó:lō pedagogue Jo-Ann Archibald. We begin with the instructor and how he was personally challenged to re-evaluate his roots and philosophical praxis in spite of his experience teaching over several decades. The second section describes a student experience and how they measured the exigencies of decolonization against the esteem that their family holds for Canada’s brand of multiculturalism. Finally, we turn to the Indigenous seminar facilitator and his skepticism over whether the course truly constituted decolonized, or “landed,” pedagogy. Throughout, the authors ask about the demands of decolonization and how philosophical pedagogy may center Indigenous futurity.

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44. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Michael Goldman

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45. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Kaci Harrison

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46. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Paul J. Kelly

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47. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
John Kinsey

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48. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Sebastian Meisel

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49. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Michael K. Potter

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50. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Jim Robinson

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51. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
J. Daniel Trainor-McKinnon

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52. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Amy E. White

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53. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 2
Layla Williams

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54. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 1
Dustin Locke

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This paper describes an application of mastery learning to the teaching of philosophical writing—an approach I call “the Levels System.” In this paper, I explain the Levels System, how I integrate it into my course, and the pedagogical research supporting the principles of mastery learning on which it is built. I also compare the Levels System to Maryellen Weimer’s “menu approach,” Linda Nilson’s “specifications grading,” and Fred Keller’s “personalized system of instruction.” I argue that the Levels System has many of the virtues of these other systems and some additional virtues of its own.
55. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 1
Sally J. Scholz Orcid-ID

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Designing a successful graduate seminar should account for more than just the content to be conveyed and the completion of the standard seminar paper. This article dissects the seminar structure, revealing some of what is obscured by the “hidden curriculum” of graduate education, with an eye toward transforming the climate in philosophy. I begin with a brief review of literature on graduate teaching and inclusive teaching in philosophy. I then examine four components of a typical graduate seminar: the faculty instructor of graduate courses, the graduate students themselves, the material selection, and the course requirements. Reflecting on the graduate seminar compels revisiting learning goals, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility, and adopting a more intentional approach to graduate course design that ties course goals to specific activities and assessments for the life of the professional philosopher.
56. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 1
Julia Staffel

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This article is about teaching probability to students of philosophy who don’t aim to do primarily formal work in their research. These students are unlikely to seek out classes about probability or formal epistemology for various reasons, for example because they don’t realize that this knowledge would be useful for them or because they are intimidated by the material. However, most areas of philosophy now contain debates that incorporate probability, and basic knowledge of it is essential even for philosophers whose work isn’t primarily formal. In this article, I explain how to teach probability to students who are not already enthusiastic about formal philosophy, taking into account the common phenomena of math anxiety and the lack of reading skills for formal texts. I address course design, lesson design, and assignment design. Most of my recommendations also apply to teaching formal methods other than probability theory.
57. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 1
Dana Trusso Orcid-ID

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Democratizing the syllabus has been discussed in the fields of sociology and political science but rarely in philosophy. In this paper I will draw upon my experience of teaching Philosophy of Love in an online modality to examine the impact on motivation when students fill in the gaps presented in a democratic syllabus.

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58. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 1
Olcay Bayraktar

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59. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 1
Paul J. D'Ambrosio

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60. Teaching Philosophy: Volume > 46 > Issue: 1
Kevin M. DeLapp

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