Amid the controversies of the Common Core and the latest round of standardized testing, there is a deeper crisis in American education that cannot be solved by better curriculum or more demanding ...

1. How do you teach or model applied critical thinking? Since I teach Philosophy, critical thinking is a regular part of class practice and assessments. An example of assignment that I believe is ...

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Laura D'Olimpio is Chairperson of the Association for Philosophy in Schools (WA) and is co-editor of the Journal of Philosophy in Schools. It has been a good week for philosophy. The results of a year ...

AI makes it easier than ever to lean on technology to do our thinking and some research says it may even be making us dumber. However, researchers have found that studying philosophy may help sharpen ...

Regarding George Pyle’s Dec. 17 commentary (“Philosophy majors don’t serve fries”): I am a proud philosophy major, class of 1978, University of North Carolina. I can say with the hindsight and wisdom ...

1 World Ready Language Track (WR track) requires successful completion of a two course sequence in a World Language (depending on placement) and three approved ...

Total Minimum Credits = 120-122. A Philosophy major with a Communications & Critical Thinking Option consists of 30-45 credits. The department does not specify course work for the major, but ...

“Studying philosophy taught me two things. I learned how to write really clearly. I learned how to follow an argument all the way down, which is invaluable in running meetings.” Stewart Butterfield, ...