Below you will find information on my teaching, including courses I’ve taught, discussion sections I’ve led as a teaching assistant (TA), and how I grade student work.

Courses

• Freedom & Determinism (waitlist) – UCSB, Spring 2010
• Critical Thinking (web page) – UCSB, Winter 2010
• Metaphysics – PHIL 100E (syllabus, PDF) – UCSB, Summer 2009
• Introduction to Philosophy – PHIL 1 (syllabus, PDF) – UCSB, Spring 2009
• Moral Psychology – PHIL 134 (syllabus, PDF) – UCSB, Winter 2009

Discussion Sections

• Ethics – PHIL 100A (UCSB, Fall 2008)
• Metaphysics – PHIL 100E (UCSB, Summer 2008)
• Empiricists to Kant – PHIL 20C (UCSB, Spring 2008)
• Intro to Philosophy – PHIL 1 (UCSB, Winter 2008)
• Ancient Philosophy – PHIL 20A (UCSB, Fall 2007)
• Philosophy of Mind – PHIL 100D (UCSB, Spring 2007)
• Critical Thinking – PHIL 3 (UCSB, Winter 2007)
• Introduction to Ethics – PHIL 4 (UCSB, Fall 2006)

Grading

• Evaluation Criteria for Paper Assignments – guidelines for how you will be graded by me on essay assignments.
• Grading Abbreviations – the abbreviations I often use in grading and providing comments on assignments.
• How to Construct an Essay – guidelines for writing an essay/paper in the humanities/social sciences.
• Writing in Philosophy – guidelines for how to write essays/papers in the discipline of philosophy.
• How to Do Well in a College (Philosophy) Class – by Matt McCormick.
• Academic Dishonesty – information about UCSB’s policies on cheating, plagiarism, etc.

Philosophy Help

• Philosophy Help – some resources for students of philosophy.
• Philosophy Basics – some of the basics for those just getting into philosophy.
• Philosophy Links – links to various philosophy-related websites.