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Primers

Primers provide instructors with basic information they’ll need to become acquainted with a subject area. Their content includes items such as key concepts, key figures, key texts, timelines, issues in language and translation, relationships to other areas of study, and other things that would be useful for an instructor who is new to the subject area to know.

Primer: Philosophical Podcasting

Introduction This primer describes one way of bringing philosophical content to life by integrating podcasts with curriculum. Audio is a ...

Primer: Precolumbian Mayan Philosophy

Introduction The philosophical thought of the Maya people of Central America in the period before Spanish contact in the 16th ...

Primer: Early Chinese Philosophy

Introduction The Deviant Philosopher provides individual primers for particular schools of early Chinese philosophy. However, there are basic questions someone ...

Primer: Care Ethics

Introduction Care ethicists do ethical theory with special attention to human connection and relationships of care. These relationships have ethical ...

Primer: Early Confucianism

Introduction Early Confucianism is typically identified with the Confucian philosophers active during the period leading up to and during the ...