Teaching Philosophy
I aim to communicate to students the joys and value of the philosophic quest. This quest, I believe, begins with the feeling Abraham Heschel described as "radical amazement," a state of mind in which we no longer take anything for granted, where "each thing is a surprise," especially the fact that there is anything at all! This feeling is the inexhaustible fount of our love for wisdom, a feeling most students have had at one point or another. As an instructor, I simply try to reinvigorate that feeling in students and provide them with the tools to continue in the spirit of radical amazement beyond the classroom.
Course Instructor
Introduction to Philosophy and Issues Related to God, Faith, and Reason
University of Utah, Summer 2023
Introduction to Philosophy and Issues Related to God, Faith, and Reason
University of Utah, Fall 2022
Bioethics
University of Utah, Summer 2022
Philosophy of Religion
University of Utah, Spring 2022
Intro: Philosophy and Issues Related to God, Faith, and Reason
University of Utah, Fall 2021
Intro: Survey of Philosophy
University of Utah, Summer 2021
Women in Early Modern Philosophy
University of Utah, Fall 2020
Environmental Ethics
University of Utah, Summer 2020
Intro: Survey of Philosophy
University of Utah, Summer 2019
Teaching Assistant
World Religions (w/ Brandon Peterson
University of Utah, Spring 2023
Survey of Early Modern Philosophy (w/ Lex Newman)
University of Utah, Spring 2021
Deductive Logic (w/Chapman Waters)
University of Utah, Spring 2020
Intro: Philosophy and Human Nature (w/ Eric Hutton)
University of Utah, Fall 2019
Intro: Philosophy and Human Nature (w/ Anne Siebels Peterson)
University of Utah, Spring 2019
Selected Lecture Slides
Death
Course: Intro: Philosophy and issues related to God, faith, and reason
Link to lecture [Here]
Pascal's Wager
Course: Intro: Philosophy and issues related to God, faith, and reason
Link to lecture [Here]
The Problem of Divine Hiddenness
Course: Intro: Philosophy and issues related to God, faith, and reason
Link to lecture [Here]
Science & Religion
Course: Intro: Philosophy and issues related to God, faith, and reason
Link to lecture [Here]
Kierkegaard: Paradox, Passion, and Faith
Course: Philosophy of Religion
Link to lecture [Here]
The Problem of Evil: The Case Against God
Course: Philosophy of Religion
Link to lecture [Here]