Primers provide instructors with basic information they’ll need to become acquainted with a subject area. Their content includes items such as key concepts, key figures, key texts, timelines, issues in language and translation, relationships to other areas of study, and other things that would be useful for an instructor who is new to the subject area to know.
Primer: The Ethics of Affirmative Action
Relevant Courses: ● Ethics● Social and Political Philosophy● Philosophy of Law● Philosophy of Race and Gender Introduction: In the fall ...
Primer: Philosophical Podcasting
Introduction This primer describes one way of bringing philosophical content to life by integrating podcasts with curriculum. Audio is a ...
Primer: Precolumbian Mayan Philosophy
Introduction The philosophical thought of the Maya people of Central America in the period before Spanish contact in the 16th ...
Primer: Early Chinese Philosophy
Introduction The Deviant Philosopher provides individual primers for particular schools of early Chinese philosophy. However, there are basic questions someone ...
Primer: Care Ethics
Introduction Care ethicists do ethical theory with special attention to human connection and relationships of care. These relationships have ethical ...
Primer: Early Confucianism
Introduction Early Confucianism is typically identified with the Confucian philosophers active during the period leading up to and during the ...