Most teaching statements are written by people who—let’s be honest—don’t really know that much about teaching. Usually the writers are first-time job seekers with, at best, a year or two as a graduate ...

The season for academic job hunting is upon us. It’s a time when graduate students sweat the details of their applications. It’s also a time when they all become philosophers—well, philosophers of ...

While the teaching philosophy statement is sometimes used as a way for instructors to reflect on their practice regularly over their teaching career for their own development and growth as a ...

Artificial intelligence threatens students’ most basic skills. If they lose their ability to understand what they read, will ...

The Department of Philosophy at Saint Louis University is distinguished by a long-standing tradition of pluralism both of methodology and interest. In recent years, we have gained national and ...

Philosophy’s relation with societies has not always been cordial as philosophy has been resisted by society from the very beginning as a process that seeks to create wisdom, a spark of continuous ...

For years, fans of the Batman comics have puzzled over a mystery at the heart of the series: why doesn't Batman just kill his arch-nemesis, the murderous Joker? The two have engaged in a prolonged ...

Some observant readers will surely argue that it is far too soon for me to articulate my philosophy of teaching, after only about three decades of teaching experience. They are probably correct, but I ...

The developmental shift Saudi Arabia is witnessing is not only limited to economic growth or common traditional plans but it also includes other fields such as culture and education. News that ...