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Philosophy of Race: June 2006
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This Summer Session C, at UCLA, Philosophy 150 will be Philosophy of Race. Read Below for more information. Thursday, June 15, 2006. So, our class finally got a TA. And I think you'll be pretty excited to hear who it is: David Goldman. I know you are probably wondering how I pulled that off. Well, I have to admit, I had to give up some good prospects. Now you are probably wondering, good prospects? Was Goldman really worth that much? I mean, think of the future, man! Posted by James Rocha @ 7:52 AM.
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Philosophy of Race: August 2006
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This Summer Session C, at UCLA, Philosophy 150 will be Philosophy of Race. Read Below for more information. Friday, August 25, 2006. Articles from class - -. Following are a few articles I am talking about in class. The first is the Macaca reference. Next is the article on the recent bus segregation. Finally, an article on Survivor. And, just in case this comes up, here is a quote I found real interesting from the O'Reilly Factor:. O'REILLY: But aren't they hypocrites rather than bigots?
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Philosophy of Race: May 2006
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This Summer Session C, at UCLA, Philosophy 150 will be Philosophy of Race. Read Below for more information. Friday, May 12, 2006. Talk on Philosophy of Race. If anyone would like to see a sneak preview of this course, I will be giving a presentation on Philosophy of Race to the Philosophy Club. On Tuesday, May 30, at 6:30 in Dodd 399. Hope to see you there! Posted by James Rocha @ 8:30 AM. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 09, 2006. Philosophy 150 - - -. But, race is clearly a thing in a socially-construc...
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Philosophy of Race: July 2006
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This Summer Session C, at UCLA, Philosophy 150 will be Philosophy of Race. Read Below for more information. Friday, July 14, 2006. The course will focus on two books: Kwame Anthony Appiah's Ethics of Identity. And Race and Racism. Bernard Boxill, ed. Appiah is one of the leading scholars in philosophy of race, and I hope we will find his book fascinating (Even fascinating enough to do the reading in a summer course! How does it affect our autonomy? Which is a fascinating idea. The state making our souls?
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Philosophy of Race: September 2006
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This Summer Session C, at UCLA, Philosophy 150 will be Philosophy of Race. Read Below for more information. Wednesday, September 06, 2006. Thomas Friedman's Because We Could. I couldn't find a free version of the Friedman article, but here's a pay version. Though I'm not recommending you pay for it, mind you). And the abstract hints at the point I was making:. Posted by James Rocha @ 12:16 PM. Links to this post. Los Angeles, California, United States. View my complete profile.
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Cicero is Tully: April 2006
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Identity statements are not, in general, supposed to be informative. If I point to the basketball in my office and say "That ball is that ball," I haven't said anything particularly interesting, to say the least. If a colleague walks up to me before a talk and asks whether I'm going to get a cup of coffee beforehand and I respond "Well I'm me. So it follows that I will get some coffee," the "I'm me" part is not obviously informative. Of course I'm me. A = A. Hello Phil," I said, "How was your weekend?
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Teacher Insanity: June 2006
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A Blog for an Insane Teacher to Complain About the Insanity of The Education World Today. Thursday, June 22, 2006. Villaraigosa's LAUSD Changes: Follow the Money. Well, I can tell you. There are two things teachers want: a) they want to have good lives and b) they want the children to learn. Now, don't we all want a)? Yes, teachers prefer to make more money, but don't you? What would happen, you might ask, if teachers got all the money they wanted and made as much as doctors or lawyers? But recently, the...
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Teacher Insanity: March 2007
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A Blog for an Insane Teacher to Complain About the Insanity of The Education World Today. Thursday, March 01, 2007. The first rule of teaching is positive motivation. The second rule of teaching is positive motivation. See what I did there? I learned that from reading Fight Club. Like he invented the repetition for emphasis joke! So, a lot of teachers want to know, what's the third rule of teaching? You say you've tried positive motivation. Then you tried some more positive motivation. We hear all the ti...
