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Back to the Academic World: What Epistemology Taught Me About Everything I’d Already Learned
50+ min ago (976+ words) On self-taught philosophy, academic rigor, and the moment scattered knowledge becomes a foundation The first course is of my PhD journey was Epistemology, the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of knowledge itself. How do we know what we…...
Why Do We Need Philosophy in Our Lives?
16+ hour ago (1529+ words) Whenever I have talked to people, one question has come up again and again: Why do we even need philosophy? Why should we read it? Why should we try to understand it? To be honest, I have often asked myself…...
Are Universities Failing to Teach Students Critical Thinking?
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1502+ words) A university degree is often presented as a gateway to a better future. Students spend years preparing for examinations, completing assignments, earning credits and building qualifications that are expected to improve their career prospects. Families invest their savings, students invest…...
Professor Robert Gerwarth appointed Director of UCD Humanities Institute
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (153+ words) University College Dublin Professor Robert Gerwarth appointed Director of UCD Humanities Institute Award-winning historian (opens in a new window)Professor Robert Gerwarth has been appointed Director of UCD Humanities Institute, where he will lead efforts to strengthen the Institute’s global…...
People often say, “They don't want you to get educated.” | by Nikhil Bilwe | Oct, 2026
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (394+ words) People often say, “They don't want you to get educated.” I think there is a more uncomfortable truth behind it. Education is not dangerous because it makes you know more. It becomes powerful when it teaches you that you are…...
Arts & Sciences explores AI’s place in the classroom
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (740+ words) There are no boundaries to what you can achieve with a degree from Arts & Sciences. Recentering Student Learning in the Age of AI brought Arts & Sciences faculty and students together to consider how rapidly evolving technology is changing higher education....
A liberal arts education is not enough
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (135+ words) “Digger” is an immediate cult classic Team Edward or Jacob? Why do we care anymore? A liberal arts education is not enough Nobody is doing anything Women’s golf places second at MIACs “Primetime” comes bearing gifts The State of the…...
GNTC’s Grace Beam to give presentations on AI and teaching at two national conferences
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (235+ words) Grace Beam, director of Online Learning and Development at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), will speak at two national conferences this fall, focusing on how colleges are responding to artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom. âColleges are rethinking how…...
Reimagining the Humanities for the 21st Century
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (801+ words) Afraid that the traditional humanities disciplines are increasingly regarded as relics that have lost their salience, as Eurocentric vestiges of an obsolete and disreputable past with no little obvious traction in the job market, it is not surprising that many…...
The Burns Scholar
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (129+ words) Each academic year the Burns Library welcomes a distinguished scholar, writer, or artist who has made a significant contribution to Irish cultural and intellectual life. M.A. students are encouraged to enroll in one of the courses offered by the Burns Scholar…...