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I’ve captured this for use on my own site. It is also available at youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M70emIFxETs:

Hillary 08: Red Phone Static Link

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The AAPT (of which I am a member) and the APA (ditto) are once again offering a teaching seminar for graduate students in Philosophy. I was never able to attend the seminar when I was a grad student (Temple was too cheap back then), but I’ve heard great things about it.

The application is: http://www.philosophyteachers.org/Teaching_Seminar_App.pdf

York University in Toronto apparently nixed a debate on abortion because of the rhetorical tactics used by one of the speakers. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve found the polarization of the topic so great as to almost preclude meaningful discussion in the classroom, so I’m sympathetic to the argument from those nixing the debate - but I do worry about squashing dissent of any kind on a college campus. It is, however, almost certainly a teachable moment:
Is abortion too hot a topic for campuses?

All bad puns and literary illusions aside, the Washington Post has a quick article on the marketing of Philosophy classes by using intriguing names:
Some Professors Could Use a Class in Marketing
I teach:

• Minds and Machines (intro to phil mind)
• What is Art? (intro to aesthetics)
• Anarchy, Autonomy and Authority (social / political phil)
• Minds and Language (intro to phil language)
• On What Is (metaphysics)

I still need names for Philosophy of Science, Logic and Critical Thinking. A few years ago, some students suggested ’stupid people suck’ for Critical thinking, but I suspect that was born of the 2004 presidential election result than actual marketing savvy. Anyone have any suggestions?