Ron McClamrock’s vaguely academic web home
P.D. has a generally right-on comment (The great divide) on Piccinini’s response to Brian Leiter’s claim that the analytic-vs.-continental “divide” in philosophy is no longer useful. His wrap says it just right:
In short, the analytic/continental distinction does not help me understand philosophy or my place in it. It neither clearly categorizes me nor illuminates those of my [...]
I teach college classes in “smart” classrooms a fair bit — classes that have a computer hooked up to an LCD projector. And with a fair number of my classes, I teach from PowerPoint overheads. I used old-fashioned transparencies in the early 90’s, and switched as soon as there were enough computer-projection enabled classrooms.
As [...]
In the past few years I’ve noticed a little trend that has seemed to accelerate recently, and it’s this: The college students in my classes seem much more likely to respond to not doing well in my class by asking about and seeking out tutors in the subject.
Normally, I just tell them that they [...]