WORDS TO LIVE BY #6.

 QUESTION: "WHY DOES DONALD TRUMP, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND THEIR 

 ALLIES CONTINUE TO LIE?"

 ANSWER: "BECAUSE THE TRUTH DOESN'T DO THEM ANY GOOD."

HELP STUDENTS ARGUE BETTER. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION.

 

Dear DAVID,   Have you ever asked students to analyze an argument, only to discover that they did not even understand the basic structure of the argument?   Do you ever grade essays that are poorly structured and logically incoherent?   If so, you might want to check out our new interactive textbook How We Argue, which helps students review the basic skills of analyzing and constructing arguments. How We Argue is designed for personalized learning, so students work through practice exercises at their own pace, while you focus on teaching your course content. Think of it a bit like a “weight room for arguments” that students can visit outside of class time to strengthen their “logic muscles.”   Please reply to learn more about how you can use How We Argue to enhance your courses this year!   Nate Otey Fellow, Harvard Department of Philosophy Lead Instructor, ThinkerAnalytix

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NORTH AMERICAN KANT SOCIETY. A few news items, and the VNAKS incubator session tomorrow.

 

Dear David McDonald,

Greetings once again from NAKS.  A couple of announcements:

1. NAKS was very sorry to learn of the July 9th passing of Professor Graham Bird, an inspiration and friend to many.  Please see our in memoriam announcement here:  https://northamericankantsociety.com/Announcements/10745698

2. Tomorrow VNAKS continues with our first "Incubator" session. This involves three "poster-style" talks on a single theme.  The presenter gives us their new idea, and then we "incubate" it together (thus the Q&A is ideally longer than the talk itself).  The somewhat daunting theme for tomorrow is "One Precise way in which Schelling or Hegel genuinely improves on Kant's Theoretical Philosophy."  The incubatees are Naomi Fisher (Loyola-Chicago), Anton Kabeshkin (Potsdam), and Jake McNulty (NYU).  The session will be chaired by James Kreines (Claremont-McKenna).  More info here:  https://northamericankantsociety.org/VNAKS

3. We continue to welcome proposals for future VNAKS sessions here: 

https://forms.gle/mdyhHTwPLnwKDQpq6

Please see the June newsletter for guidelines on making a proposal.

4. NAKS is branching out beyond the APA and will soon be accepting submissions for a special roundtable on "What May we Hope? Answers to a Kantian Question" to be held at the annual meeting of the American Society for 18th-Century Studies (ASECS) at the Hilton Baltimore-Inner Harbor on March 31-April 2, 2022.  More information to come, but here is the ASECS homepage:  https://www.asecs.org/

best regards,

Andrew Chignell, President-Secretary

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Stand with Texas Democrats fighting to block GOP-backed voting restrictions

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Texas Democrats flee state in effort to block GOP-backed voting restrictions

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David,

Today, Texas House Democrats left the state and broke quorum to fight back against state Republicans’ continued attacks on Texas’ freedom to vote.

We need to stand with the brave lawmakers who are doing everything in their power to stop voter suppression in our state. Will you add your name now as a sign of support?

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