Teaching

My commitment to teaching is absolutely at the core of who I am as an academic.

My teaching ‘philosophy’

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COURSES AND SYLLABI

Chapman University (2021 – present):

• Philosophy of Mind [syllabus]

Wesleyan University (2020-2021):

• Phenomenology and Existentialism (a mixture of philosophy and literature) [syllabus]
• Philosophy of Perception (a journey back to the roots of my passion for philosophy) [syllabus]
• Bodies and Experiences (online version): not your usual introductory Philosophy course [syllabus]
• Bodies and Experiences 2 (in-person version) [syllabus]
• Philosophy of Psychology (in-person) [syllabus]

University of Pittsburgh (2015-2020):

• Philosophy of Psychology, Spring 2020 [syllabus]
• Knowledge and Reality (TA), Fall 2019
• Concepts of Human Nature, Summer 2018  [syllabus]
• Introduction to Philosophical Problems (TA), Fall 2015 & Spring 2017
• Philosophy of Mind (TA), Fall 2016
• Philosophy and Science (TA), Spring 2016

A few other courses I have some ideas for include:

• Meaning, Intentionality, and Nature (a “science-friendly” Philosophy of Mind course) [outline]
• Science and Society (based on Naomi Oreskes’s Why trust science?) [outline]
• Philosophy of Sport (ok, mostly basketball…)