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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Diamond Collection – The Second Doctor

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Thu, 08/12/2022 - 04:00

The Diamond Anniversary celebrations continues in December with a range of merchandise devoted to the Second Doctor Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary celebrations are continuing at Forbidden Planet as their Diamond Collection expands. Each month features a host of merchandise for a different Doctor and it all this month it’s the turn of Patrick Troughton: the […]

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Oral Exams in Undergrad Courses?

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Thu, 08/12/2022 - 03:02
Between the developments in large language models (like GPT-3) and their possible use by students, and being in the thick of end-of-term grading of papers, the idea of making use of oral exams, as suggested in a recent New York Times column, seems tempting. It would be useful to hear from philosophy professors who have used oral exams in undergraduate courses. What are the advantages and disadvantages? What are some tips for doing it well? What are some problems to try to avoid? How structured are they? How uniform across students? Do you use a rubric, and if so, what’s on it? What kinds of philosophical questions do they work well with, and which not? What do the students think of them? And for those who haven’t used oral exams in this setting: do you have other questions you’re hoping could be answered by those who have? Do you have particular concerns about doing so? Tell us all about it. Thank you!

Recent Changes to Graduate Programs Prospective Students Should Know

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Thu, 08/12/2022 - 01:46
Prospective philosophy graduate students are currently checking out information at department pages, discussion forums, and sites that collect data and opinions, deciding where to apply or what to think of the places to which they’ve already applied. Yet is that online information up to date? For various reasons, there can be a significant lag between changes to departments and the online availability of information about such changes, and sometimes, those changes might be relevant to someone’s decision about where to apply. So I thought I’d open up a space for people to share news of such changes, be they good or bad or unclear. What kind of changes?

The Last 48 Hours of the Saucer Country Campaign!

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Wed, 07/12/2022 - 22:48
Welcome to my Wednesday Blog. Two huge things are happening at once, and they’re happening during a social media meltdown! The Complete Saucer Country Crowdfunder Ends 8am Friday UK Time! At Midnight Pacific/8am GMT on Friday 9th December, the Zoop crowdfunder for The Complete Saucer Country will come to an end. We’re fully funded, thank ... Read More

DWM: Doctor Who Magazine Issue 585 available tomorrow

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Wed, 07/12/2022 - 22:01

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 585 DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 1966 A.D.! The adventures of the Fourteenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant on TV, continue in Doctor Who Magazine issue 585. Part Two of the epic new comic-strip adventure Liberation of the Daleks, written by Alan Barnes and illustrated by Lee Sullivan, sees the Doctor’s greatest […]

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Jefferson rejected even voluntary emancipation

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Wed, 07/12/2022 - 18:17
The Washington Post has a long piece about a Virginia family whose current (substantial but not huge) wealth derives from their slaveholding forebears and who may now be greatly enriched by the discovery of uranium under their land. There’s an interesting discussion of the arguments for and against reparations Buried in the middle of the […]