Wide Scope A philosophy blog that ranges over philosophy and other fun stuff.

Multiple Universe Response to the Fine-Tuning Argument

12.16.2009 · Posted in philosophy, philosophy of religion

I want to talk about the multiple universe response to the Fine-Tuning Argument. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the fine-tuning argument here is a one-page handout that I give my students when we talk about it. It doesn’t contain all of the details of the argument, but it should give you the ...

Android for Academics

UPDATE: All of the apps I list below are now annotated. I’ll annotate the other stuff later. UPDATE: I’ve now annotated all three sections, but now I realize a few of the items in the second section are redundant Some of my academic friends are starting to get Android phones. One my friends in the history department ...

10 Reasons to Have Students Submit Papers Using Google Docs

12.11.2009 · Posted in educational technology, teaching

UPDATE: I made the switch. It’s awesome. I’m seriously entertaining the idea of having students submit papers to me by sharing a Google Document rather than my current model. I have 10 reasons why I think this is a good idea. But first let me describe the two models. My Current Model I grade papers electronically. Students submit ...

Introducing Wide Scope Philosophy Podcasts

12.07.2009 · Posted in the profession

UPDATE: Listen to Episode One I track a bunch of philosophy journals in Google Reader. I was reading through them one day and putting stars next to the papers that looked interesting, but then I had to do something (I think it was cook dinner) and I had to stop reading. During these times, I’ve started ...

What Google Can Do For You

I gave a presentation to faculty and staff today called about Google services. I focused on 5 cool things academics can do with Google Forms. Below is the slide presentation I used for the talk. I’ll be adding You Tube video in the little boxes soon to turn the presentation slides into a narrated presentation. ...

Young Philosophers Schedule: 2009-2010

11.30.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

UPDATE: Moved to Front We’ve selected five young philosophers to come speak in our Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture Series. Competition was very tough this year, but we’ve managed to select five. Meet this year’s Young Philosophers. ...