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11PerspectivesQuestions 4 8-11. 2004.A Chair of the Philosophy Department at a local college explains his reasoning and tactics on how he transferred knowledge from teacher to student for his newly created course, “Philosophy for Children” at MHC.
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5Can romance function as social criticism? A defense of unlikely couplesJournal of Social Philosophy 33 (2). 2002.
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2Big Ideas for Little Kids includes everything a teacher, a parent, or a college student needs to teach philosophy to elementary school children from picture books. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book explains why it is important to allow young children access to philosophy during primary-school education. Wartenberg also gives advice on how to construct a "learner-centered" classroom, in which children discuss philosophical issues with one another as they respond to open-ended ques…Read more
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Ted Cohen and Paul Guyer, eds., Essays in Kant's Aesthetics (review)Philosophy in Review 4 185-187. 1984.
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1Review of Robert B. Pippin, Hollywood Westerns and American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2010 (9). 2010.
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7Wordy pictures: theorizing the relationship between image and text in comicsIn Aaron Meskin & Roy T. Cook (eds.), The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 87--104. 2012.
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8Thinking on Screen: Film as PhilosophyRoutledge. 2009.Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas. Written in a clear and engaging style, Thomas Wartenberg examines films’ ability to discuss, and even criticize ideas that have intrigued and puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and epistemological skepticism. Beginning with a demonstration of how specific forms of philosophical disco…Read more
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35Assessing an Elementary School Philosophy ProgramThinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 20 (3-4): 90-94. 2014.This paper describes a research project assessing the effect on second grade students’ understanding of argumentation that a twelve-week program of weekly philosophy lessons had. The philosophy lessons were taught using popular picture books in the manner employed in my Teaching Children Philosophy program. Compared to a control group of second graders who did not study philosophy, it was demonstrated that the 45-minute weekly philosophy classes led to a significant and sustainable increase in s…Read more
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9Order through Reason. Kant’s Transcendental Justification of ScienceKant Studien 70 (1-4): 409-424. 1979.
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117 Reason and the practice of scienceIn Paul Guyer (ed.), The Cambridge companion to Kant, Cambridge University Press. pp. 3--228. 1992.
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2David Bordwell and Noël Carroll, eds., Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 18 (2): 85-87. 1998.
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15Beyond mere illustration: How films can be philosophyJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 64 (1). 2006.
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6Philosophy and Film (edited book)Routledge. 1995._Philosophy and Film_ moves from broad theoretical reflections on film as a medium to concrete examinations of individual films.
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5Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience by plantinga, carlJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 68 (1): 70-72. 2010.