New: “Why Teach Philosophy?”

Why Teach Philosophy is a new series of interviews with philosophers known for their teaching, their research on philosophy pedagogy, or their work on curriculum design. Created by Russell Marcus, professor of philosophy at Hamilton College, the interviews, he says, are “an offshoot of a larger research project about philosophical learning goals.” Currently there are interviews with David W. Concepción (Ball State), Mo Janzen (Anoka Ramsey CC), László Kőszeghy (International Baccalaureate), Tommy Curry (Edinburgh), Rebecca Scott (Harper College), and L.A. Paul (Yale), with eleven more coming soon. Professor Marcus says, “the interviews are tightly edited audio, typically under an hour, extracted from much longer (typically 3-4 hour) conversations that I had over the past year with renowned philosophy teachers. We’re not flashy, but I think the content is pretty good and the audience really should be philosophers.” He adds, “I think that the podcasts could be especially good resources…