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.
Great American Thinker
October 6th, 2008 Peter Bradley Posted in Public Philosophy, Philosophy in the News, Sample arguments, Electronic Resources No Comments »
Taylor wins Kyoto Prize:
June 21st, 2008 Peter Bradley Posted in Public Philosophy, Philosophy in the News No Comments »
For “work on harmonious cultural coexistence”, according to the Montreal Gazette:
Taylor joins an elite group
And for “developing a social philosophy intended to help individuals from diverse backgrounds keep their identities and still live peacefully together,” according to the LATimes:
Kyoto Prize goes to UC Berkeley professor
Public Philosophy
June 3rd, 2008 Peter Bradley Posted in Public Philosophy, Philosophy in the News No Comments »
There were two interesting articles about attempts to introduce philosophy to the public over the weekend:
Daniel Evans: Bringing Marx on the stage of ‘Sunday at the Park’ from the International Herald Tribune about a Tony-Nominated actor who is also a philosophy student.
Festival to Play Up Germany’s Philosophical Hertitage from Deutsche Welle.