what philosophy ought to be (which branches? Is epistemology essential to philosophy? Ontology? Logics?…), which texts are "philosophical" (surely 20pp articles on Mind, but what else? Platonic dialogues? Commentaries?…) and what are genuine philosophical "intuitions". 3/3 #TeachingPhilosophy
Me thinking about how to start the academic year: 1. Hi new students! My name is Elisa F. and I will take some time to learn to pronounce your names correctly (unless you are Italian or Indian), but I will eventually get there. Hence, let's start! Catherine, Juri, Anupa,… #TeachingPhilosophy 1/
By accident, SdB has been just mentioned also today (August 3) in a different panel. This time, the speaker observes that in her home institution one is allowed to add SdB to the syllabus, but only in "feminist philosophy", not in "phenomenology". Hear, hear! #TeachingPhilosophy 7/
Thomas Bernhard's Alte Meister discusses how a good explanation of a work of art should leave it "open" to the observers, without "closing" it to them with one's words. This is also my pedagogical MO! #TeachingPhilosophy#Philosophy
Another nice feedback: "One of the ideas that really impacted me was the importance of looking at [topic] cross-culturally". #TeachingPhilosophy
Talking to a colleague (not at UofT) who had several students submitting ChatGPT-generated papers and their excuses: —"My mother [who usually writes my papers] was busy" —"I have done it for many other assignments and no one complained" —"My friend X also did it" #TeachingPhilosophy#philosophy
All in all, (while it would increase my workload significantly), I would love it if all classes were structured this way!" 2/2 #TeachingPhilosophy#philosophy
I imagine this is owed mostly to two things; the list of review questions at the start of each lecture, and the amount of time given to in-class discussion." 2/2 #TeachingPhilosophy#philosophy
"Death gives meaning to life because it communicates urgency. Thus, in order to give meaning to life it needs to be feared." Me, discussing w students Bernard Williams and the seeming contradiction b/n "death is feared" and "death gives meaning to life" #philosophy#TeachingPhilosophy