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    The Teaching Hub at the Eastern APA Division Meeting

    Please join us at the Teaching Hub, which will run from Thursday, January 7, through Saturday, January 9, at the …
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    Introducing PLATO’s Executive Director, Debi Talukdar

    Dear PLATO Community   I am honored to serve as PLATO’s first Executive Director, and excited to introduce myself to …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

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    What is the world really made of?

    In Leibniz’s 1714 Monadology we have an example of the many different ways that philosophers have theorized about the constitution …
  • Logic Charades

    Logic Charades

    Materials needed Props and costumes (not necessary but fun) for enacting any of the skits Construction paper and markers to …
  • The Ethics of the Creation of Dual-Species Chimeras

    The Ethics of the Creation of Dual-Species Chimeras

    On November 6, 2015, NPR aired a story about the very controversial topic of stem cell research. This story can …
  • Scientific Realism and the Weird World

    Scientific Realism and the Weird World

    Overview One of the most fundamental questions involved in the Philosophy of Science involves the problem of Scientific Realism. It …
  • Crash: An Ethical Obstacle Course

    Crash: An Ethical Obstacle Course

    Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, weaves together the lives of several characters from multiple backgrounds who collide in the  busy, …

PLATO Resources

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  • Proceedings of the Friesian School: Fourth Series

  • How We Decide

  • Birds Do It. Bees Do It. Dragons Don’t Need To.

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