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Philosophy with refugees and sanctuary-seekers (2024)
Journal Article
Fisher, A., McIntyre, J., & Muhangi, S. (in press). Philosophy with refugees and sanctuary-seekers. Teaching Philosophy,

This paper outlines a teaching initiative designed to introduce philosophy to sanctuary seekers and refugees. Despite facing challenges such as scheduling conflicts and inconsistent attendance, the program demonstrated success. Participants displayed... Read More about Philosophy with refugees and sanctuary-seekers.

Teaching and knowledge: uneasy bedfellows (2023)
Journal Article
Fisher, A., & Tallant, J. (2023). Teaching and knowledge: uneasy bedfellows. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 58(1), 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopedu/qhad086

In this paper we explore the connection between the act of teaching and the imparting of knowledge. Our overarching aim is to demonstrate that the connection between them is less tight than one might suppose. Our stepping off point is a recent paper... Read More about Teaching and knowledge: uneasy bedfellows.

Losing the race? Philosophy of race in U.K. philosophy departments (2022)
Journal Article
Chauhan, V., Crowley, T., Fisher, A., McCabe, H., & Williams, H. (2022). Losing the race? Philosophy of race in U.K. philosophy departments. Metaphilosophy, 53(1), 134-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12538

Should philosophy of race be taught as part of a philosophy degree? This paper argues that it should. After surveying 1,166 modules on offer in 2019–2020, across forty-seven philosophy departments in the United Kingdom, however, the authors identifie... Read More about Losing the race? Philosophy of race in U.K. philosophy departments.

Might Teaching Be Judgement Dependent? (2019)
Journal Article
Tallant, J., & Fisher, A. (2020). Might Teaching Be Judgement Dependent?. Philosophia, 48, 777–787. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-019-00130-3

Our thesis in this paper is that consideration of Wright’s account of what it is to be judgement-dependent leads us to the conclusion that teaching is judgement dependent. We begin with a consideration of Wright’s account of what it is to be judgemen... Read More about Might Teaching Be Judgement Dependent?.