Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Little kids make better philosophers than most adults. That’s the surprising argument made by Scott Hershovitz, a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Michigan. And he worries that too ...

Agnes Callard doesn’t only study and teach philosophy—she lives it. Whether debating a friend over dinner, leading a late-night discussion in Hyde Park, or questioning her own beliefs in print, she ...

I have always received high marks on student evaluations of my courses. I rank especially high in clarity, organization, and preparedness. That has been true when I teach philosophy of science (my ...

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, professor of philosophy at Calvin, says this love took root during graduate school at Notre Dame. “I spent the first year of grad school wondering if I really liked ...

In addition, Lindsay Brainard, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, received the 2024 Article Prize from the American Philosophical Association for her article, “The Curious ...

Anthropic has entrusted Amanda Askell to endow its chatbot, Claude, with a sense of right and wrong.

Teaching effectiveness was measured by examining how students did in subsequent courses, (controlling for a variety of non-teacher factors, like class size) the assumption being that students with ...

A statement of teaching philosophy is your opportunity to discuss your motivation and preparation for a teaching career. In your own career as a student, what kinds of teachers motivated you? In your ...