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Indelible Miscellaneous Memories of a Bibliophile
By Francis Coan, PhD A wise and generous God, knowing that I would choose to become an historian, kindly ordained that I would be born...
Francis Coan, PhD
11 min read
Don’t Be Absurd: The Misrepresentation of the Deductive Form Reductio Ad Absurdum
By Ivy Altman Deductive forms are the building blocks of valid arguments. There are many deductive forms; however, one of the most...
Ivy Altman
6 min read
Everything That Happened Had Its Own Logic—The Moral of My Story Was To Grow, Regardless
By Phamela Boutdakham I want to share my short journey along the pathway to doing the right thing. I try to live by following the logic...
Phamela Boutdakham
4 min read
Mystic Elevation of Ecstasy in Comparison to Ego Death or Ego Loss
By Thomas McMillan EDITOR’S NOTE: The author has made it clear to us that he is not categorically endorsing the truth claims of any...
Thomas McMillan
6 min read
Navigating My Academic Journey through an Ethical Lens
By Cameryn Wilson To be or not to be…academically gifted as a young black child. She was passionate and always kept education at the...
Cameryn Wilson
5 min read
You Are a Practical Ethicist. Think and Act Like One.
By Donald Huntley “Never underestimate the impact you can have.” —Anonymous Descartes Before the Horse There’s a pervasive view that...
Donald Huntley
7 min read
Filming Altruism: Charity Behind the Lens
By Kevin Chen “WHAT’S UP, YOUTUBE?! TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING MONEY TO HOMELESS PEOPLE. BE SURE TO LIKE, SHARE, AND SUBSCRIBE!”...
Kevin Chen
3 min read
Descriptive Ethical Relativism and Other Lamentations of Philosophy
By Christina Coburn My journey with philosophy has been a rocky one, to say the least. It’s been one that’s been marked by my impatience...
Christina Coburn
3 min read
Don’t Diminish Your Dreams for the Sake of Making a Choice
By Rhyanne Duval As a student going into their fifth semester of community college, I’ve heard just about all the different opinions...
Rhyanne Duval
5 min read
Poem
By Professor Hendree B. Milward III Occasionally I'm asked what it is like to write poetry. mostly, a poem is like a fish that fights the...
Prof. Hendree B. Milward III
1 min read
New podcast series: Launched and Dropped.
Welcome to the ChatHUMAN podcast series. Although AI chatbots prove that that even while bombarded with information, we still want more,...
J.I. Abbot
1 min read
In Defense of College Publications and Minor League Baseball
Thoughts about college publications, social media counter data, visibility and the usefulness of perseverance.
coreyjansing
6 min read
50 Shades of Abuse
Thoughts and opinions about the 50 Shades of Grey model of relationships and its potential for normalizing sexual abuse
Stephanie Vasile
4 min read
POETRY: Poverty, Why Do You Have a Hold on Me?
Poetry. Poverty, Why Do You Have a Hold on Me?
Kassandra Colon
1 min read
POETRY: Critical Care: Day 23
Poetry written by a hospital worker and student.
norapasco
1 min read
Killing Jokes With Logic: Practicing Deductive Forms Through Comedy Clips
Using a comedy clip as the catalyst for practicing and recognizing one of the deductive forms and fallacies of logic.
Ian Watson
2 min read
Action Humanities Renaissance!
By J.I. Abbot Welcome to the relaunch of our Action Humanities (AH) community blog. The Action Humanities initiative is a community...
J.I. Abbot
2 min read
“From the Front Porch”: Paying It Forward @ The Library
By J.I. Abbot I grew up in libraries—that’s a long story for another day—and also worked in libraries from public ones to two major...
J.I. Abbot
2 min read
My 2 cents—and two starts—at Tunxis
By Eric Dougherty April 26, 2021 Listen to Tunxis Alum and former AH editor Eric Dougherty reflect on his journey at the college.
Eric Dougherty
1 min read
Thinking Along Interdisciplinary Lines = "Existential and Business Adaptability"
By J. Khan '09 May 3, 2021 Listen here or read below. Good Morning or Good Evening or whenever you exist. To briefly introduce myself, my...
J. Khan
5 min read
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