September 1: Introduction
David McNaughton, “Why Is So Much Philosophy So Tedious?” (Presidential address, Florida Philosophical Association, 2007)
Nakul Krishna, “Add Your Own Egg” (The Point)
September 8: Magazine column (A): Elisabeth Camp and Carolina Flores, "Playing with labels: Identity terms as tools for building agency"
September 15: Magazine column (B) Benjamin Bagley, "Loving Someone in Particular"
September 22: Book Review (A): Chloe Cooper-Jones, Easy Beauty
September 29: Film Review (B): Three Identical Strangers
October 6: Guest writer of public philosophy (TBA)
Interview prep sheet for profile assignment due.
October 20: Film Review (A): film to be chosen by class
November 3: Book Review (B): C. Thi Nguyen, The Score: How To Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
November 10: Op-Ed (A)
November 17: Op-Ed (B)
November 24: Personal Essay (A)
December 1: Personal Essay (B)
December 8: Profile (A, B)
December 11:
Portfolio and reflection due.