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A Teacher's Life

Essays for Steven M. Cahn

Robert B. Talisse and Maureen Eckert - Contributions by Norman Bowie; Steven M. Cahn; Randall Curren; Alan Goldman; Tziporah Kasachkoff; Peter Markie; John O'Connor; David M. Rosenthal; Robert Simon; David Shatz; George Sher; Douglas Stalker and Christine Vitrano

Steven Cahn belongs to that exclusive class of professors who have not only contributed influentially to the leading debates of their discipline, but have also written insightfully about the academic vocation itself. This volume comprises 13 essays, authored by Cahn's colleagues and former students, presented in his honor on the occasion of his 25th year as Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. The chapters focus on topics that have been central to Cahn's philosophical work, such as the teaching of Philosophy, the responsibilities of Philosophy professors, the nature of happiness, and the concept of the good life.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 186 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-7391-2288-4 • Hardback • June 2009 • $121.00 • (£93.00)
Subjects: Philosophy / Methodology, Philosophy / General, Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Robert B. Talisse is associate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University.
Maureen Eckert is assistant professor of philosophy at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 About Steven M. Cahn
Chapter 3 Lessons for Philosophers from Business Ethics
Chapter 4 Academic Standards and Constitutive Luck
Chapter 5 Meaningful Lives
Chapter 6 Teaching Ethics: The Relevance of Empirical Findings in Psychology
Chapter 7 The Teaching Profession
Chapter 8 Philosophy and its Teaching
Chapter 9 Philosophical Humor: Lewis Carroll and Introductory Philosophy
Chapter 10 Shake Em' Up: On Teaching Weird or Irrelevant Philosophical Views
Chapter 11 Global Norming: An Inconvenient Truth
Chapter 12 Intercollegiate Athletics and Educational Values
Chapter 13 How to Duck out of Teaching
Chapter 14 The Happy Immoralist
Chapter 15 Mentoring
Part 16 Afterword
This is a splendid collection, one that exhibits both the great variety and underlying unity of the philosophical and educational issues that have drawn Steve Cahn's attention throughout his career. His distinguished contributions to the field of philosophy, to the institutions that preserve and foster humanistic inquiry, and to higher education as a whole are truly remarkable. This book reflects Cahn's scholarly interests and his moral and practical concerns. It will provide pleasure and instruction to professional philosophers and, indeed, to anyone seriously interested in the well-being of the academy.
— Karen Hanson, Indiana University


A Teacher's Life

Essays for Steven M. Cahn

Cover Image
Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • Steven Cahn belongs to that exclusive class of professors who have not only contributed influentially to the leading debates of their discipline, but have also written insightfully about the academic vocation itself. This volume comprises 13 essays, authored by Cahn's colleagues and former students, presented in his honor on the occasion of his 25th year as Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. The chapters focus on topics that have been central to Cahn's philosophical work, such as the teaching of Philosophy, the responsibilities of Philosophy professors, the nature of happiness, and the concept of the good life.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 186 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
    978-0-7391-2288-4 • Hardback • June 2009 • $121.00 • (£93.00)
    Subjects: Philosophy / Methodology, Philosophy / General, Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Author
Author
  • Robert B. Talisse is associate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University.
    Maureen Eckert is assistant professor of philosophy at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part 1 Introduction
    Part 2 About Steven M. Cahn
    Chapter 3 Lessons for Philosophers from Business Ethics
    Chapter 4 Academic Standards and Constitutive Luck
    Chapter 5 Meaningful Lives
    Chapter 6 Teaching Ethics: The Relevance of Empirical Findings in Psychology
    Chapter 7 The Teaching Profession
    Chapter 8 Philosophy and its Teaching
    Chapter 9 Philosophical Humor: Lewis Carroll and Introductory Philosophy
    Chapter 10 Shake Em' Up: On Teaching Weird or Irrelevant Philosophical Views
    Chapter 11 Global Norming: An Inconvenient Truth
    Chapter 12 Intercollegiate Athletics and Educational Values
    Chapter 13 How to Duck out of Teaching
    Chapter 14 The Happy Immoralist
    Chapter 15 Mentoring
    Part 16 Afterword
Reviews
Reviews
  • This is a splendid collection, one that exhibits both the great variety and underlying unity of the philosophical and educational issues that have drawn Steve Cahn's attention throughout his career. His distinguished contributions to the field of philosophy, to the institutions that preserve and foster humanistic inquiry, and to higher education as a whole are truly remarkable. This book reflects Cahn's scholarly interests and his moral and practical concerns. It will provide pleasure and instruction to professional philosophers and, indeed, to anyone seriously interested in the well-being of the academy.
    — Karen Hanson, Indiana University


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