January 2nd, 2009 Peter Bradley
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Hi all - I’ve been working hard all semester getting the new AAPT members-only section up and running. Now that it is running, I’m moving this blog over to that server. The new url is: http://pbradley.philosophyteachers.org/
I’ll be moving the archive over the next few months, but don’t expect any new posts here - all my energies are focused over there right now, so nothing new will be posted here.
October 29th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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From Scientific American: Selmer Bringsjord at RPI (who made news last spring with an artificially intelligent agent in second life) has created a ‘purely sinister person’:
Are You Evil? Profiling That Which Is Truly Wicked
October 27th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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Douglas Todd at the Vancouver Sun has an interesting blog post about a new book The Book of Dead Philosophers that covers what some famous philosophers said about death: Bravest philosophers faced death to learn how to live . I could be used as backbone for an interesting First Year Seminar, Jan Term, or even intro class.
October 16th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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In the Baltimore Sun, thanks to Stephen Kiehl: Bingo! Another Fallacy. The bingo cards we generated, along with our cheat sheet, are also available via the Sun: Play ‘Debate Fallacy Bingo’ during final presidential debate.
October 12th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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What is the likelihood of another 9-11?
Presidential Debate 1, Question 8 Static Link
October 10th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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Russia.
Presidential Debate 1, Question 7 Static Link
October 7th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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What is your reading of the threat from Iran?
Presidential Debate 1, Question 6 Static Link
October 7th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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Afghanistan - do you think new US troops should be sent? How many and when?
Presidential Debate 1, Question 5 Static Link
October 6th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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A 59-year old Home Depot employee from West Linn, OR won the Great American Thinker contest last month. I am not familiar with the contest, but it looks essentially like an oratory / essay contest. The web site (linked previously) has the finalist essays - which certainly should be usable in a CT course.
October 6th, 2008 Peter Bradley
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Much has been said about the lessons of Vietnam. What do you see as the lessons of Iraq?
Presidential Debate 1, Question 4 Static Link
