Robert B. Talisse, Maureen Eckert

A Teacher's Life

Essays for Steven M. Cahn

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a collection of 13 essays honoring Steven Cahn, presented to him on the occasion of his 25th year as Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. The essays address issues concerning the teaching of philosophy, the responsibilities of professors, and the good life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9780739122884
• ISBN-10: 0739122886
• Artikelnr.: 26552737

Autorenporträt

ROBERT B. TALISSE is Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. MAUREEN ECKERT is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction Part 2 About Steven M. Cahn Chapter 3 Lessons for
Philosophers from Business Ethics Chapter 4 Academic Standards and
Constitutive Luck Chapter 5 Meaningful Lives Chapter 6 Teaching Ethics: The
Relevance of Empirical Findings in Psychology Chapter 7 The Teaching
Profession Chapter 8 Philosophy and its Teaching Chapter 9 Philosophical
Humor: Lewis Carroll and Introductory Philosophy Chapter 10 Shake Em' Up:
On Teaching Weird or Irrelevant Philosophical Views Chapter 11 Global
Norming: An Inconvenient Truth Chapter 12 Intercollegiate Athletics and
Educational Values Chapter 13 How to Duck out of Teaching Chapter 14 The
Happy Immoralist Chapter 15 Mentoring Part 16 Afterword