AAPT-SACP co-sponsored session @Eastern APA

The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)
and the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP)
are co-sponsoring a session at the Eastern APA
in Washington, DC, January 2016.

The session : a special workshop, “Practical Steps for Introducing Asian Concepts into Standard Philosophy Courses”
Chair: Douglas Berger

Presenters:

  • Stephen Harris(Leiden University), “Lost in Translation: How to Capitalize on Uneasy Translation as an Opportunity for Learning”
  • Hugh Gunner Deery III(University of Alaska, Anchorage), “Dependent Origination as an Epistemological Complement to Hume and Idealism”
  • John Ramsey(Denison University), “Non-Traditional Philosophy 101: Syllabi, Assignments, and Lesson Plans for Putting Asian Texts to Use”
  • Sula You(University of Oklahoma) and Seth Robertson (University of Oklahoma), “Classroom Exercises for Helping Students Understand Philosophical Concepts from Asian Traditions”
  • Douglas Berger(Southern Illinois University, Carbondale), “Incorporating Asian Content into Philosophy of Religion Undergraduate Courses”

 

Some of the other sessions of particular interest at the Eastern APA:

07. August 2015 by AAPT
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