Tyler Paytas
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I teach philosophy units within ACU's Western Civilisation Program. This program provides undergraduates and postgraduates with a liberal arts education centered around the great works of  Western intellectual traditions from antiquity to the present. In Semester 2 of 2022 I am teaching 'Thinking the Real: Western Metaphysics' and 'Truth and Knowledge in Western Philosophy'. 
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Prior to arriving at ACU, I taught courses at UM-St. Louis, Lindenwood University, and Washington University in St. Louis. I also spent eight summers teaching philosophy courses for the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth. This program provides an opportunity for advanced adolescents to take an intensive university-level course condensed into three weeks. Among the courses I have taught for CTY are Bioethics, Logic, and Ethics. 

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Resources for Students

Research Tools
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: collection of encyclopedia entries on philosophical concepts. theories, movements, concepts, and philosophers.
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: highly accessible articles on key topics and figures in all areas of academic philosophy.
  • EthicsFinder: A search engine database for articles, books, and videos about ethics. 
  • JSTOR: an electronic journal archive.
  • PhilPapers: comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers.
  • Wi-Phi: Open Access Philosophy: Short videos by philosophers on different topics that are presented in a fun and interesting manner. 
  • James Pryor’s Guidelines on Reading Philosophy
  • James Pryor’s Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper

Recommended Books
  • Discourses and Selected Writings - Epictetus
  • Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
  • Anger and Forgiveness - Martha Nussbaum
  • Waking Up - Sam Harris   
  • How to Think Like a Roman Emperor - Donald Robertson
  • Why Buddhism is True - Robert Wright
  • A Guide to the Good Life - William Irvine
  • More than Happiness - Antonia Macaro 
  • The Last Days of Socrates - Plato 
  • The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
  • On What Matters - Derek Parfit
  • The War of Art - Steven Pressfield 
  • The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook - Ward Farnsworth
  • Rescuing Socrates - Roosevelt Montas

Podcasts
  • Philosophy Talk
  • ​History of Philosophy Podcast
  • Philosophy Bites
  • The Philosopher's Zone
  • ​Thinking Philosophy
  • ​Making Sense
  • Inner Monologue 
  • Micro-Digressions 
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2022 Ramsay Scholars Welcome - North Sydney, NSW

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