Posted video

I am now allowed to upload longer videos on Youtube. I have no idea how I earned this privledge but decided to celebrate with a video tour of the Anchorage Municipal Greenhouse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eITNFOMYZsg

Nozick or Brooks?

I have been using the Robert Nozick book "The Examined Life" since we lost use of the videos to go with the on line course by that name. This year David Brooks published a great book that covers the same topics but does it with more recent work in mind and also uses a story format that makes the book a bit more interesting to read. So perhaps for the next iteration of the course I will make a switch. "The Social Animal" by David Brooks in place of "The Examined Life". But will the topics line up? Brooks' book should be read from front to back to follow the story line. Nozick you can skip around. Dilemma!

American Philosophy

What is philosophy? More specifically, what is American Philosophy? Here is an interesting video on the subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTw65nvMPgc

Welcome to Introduction to Philosophy for Summer 2011

As a trial tool to make life interesting I am encouraging students from my Summer 2011 courses to participate in this blog by making comments regarding their thoughts on philosophy and the course. So please join in!