I am prepared to teach a wide variety of courses in Philosophy, both in Ethics, in Philosophy of Film and Literature, Philosophy of Mind, Women in Philosophy, and several other topics.

Ethics Courses:

•   Introduction to Ethics

•   Meta-Ethics

•   Bio-Ethics

•   Business Ethics

•   Philosophy of Law 

•   The Trolley Problem

•   Free Will 
  

Philosophy of Film & Literature Courses:

•  Philosophy in/of Film

•  Ethics in Film

•  Philosophy in Literature
  

Women in Philosophy Courses:

• Feminist Philosophy

• Women in Philosophy

• Care Ethics

Philosophy of Mind Courses:

• Philosophy of Mind

•  Philosophy of Psychology

•  Philosophy of Cognitive Science

•  The Problem of Consciousness

Other Courses:

• History of Philosophy

• Ancient Philosophy

• Epistemology

• Greek Philosophy

• Logic

• Wittgenstein

My teaching experience has ranged from the Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science to Ethics, Intro to Philosophy, and Philosophy in Film. I have taught both graduate-level and undergraduate-level courses, both in Portugal and in the United States, ranging from large universities to smaller universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and even high school. I have taught at the University of Lisbon, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Delaware Valley University, Rowan College Burlington County (a community college), and Lansdale Catholic Highschool. During my teaching experience, I have also supervised independent studies in Philosophy and Literature and supervised senior theses.

Here is a summary of the courses I have taught:

• Introduction to Philosophy

• Ethics

• Ethical Issues in the Movies

• Ethics and the Trolley Problem

• Free Will

• Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

• Foundations of Cognitive Science

• Language, Mind, and Cognition

• Philosophy of Mind    

Introduction to Philosophy:

This course provides students with an overview of the subject and its methods. Philosophy has a rich history starting with the Greeks, but it is not merely a historical subject; it is also a means by which we can think about ourselves and the world around us. To provide students with a broader view of philosophy, not just as a historical subject, but also as a way of approaching contemporary issues, this course combines historical texts, philosophical methods, and contemporary philosophical thought. We will begin by explaining what philosophy is and what philosophical arguments are, and then explore the history of Philosophy through reading selections from ancient Greek, modern, and contemporary texts. After this, we will discuss philosophical topics such as Free Will, the Existence of God, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and the Trolley Problem. We will then discuss Ethics topics such as Animal Ethics and Environmental 

Ethics. Toward the end of this course we will examine Asian viewpoints on Philosophy, and to conclude the course we will include a speculative section on Death and the Meaning of Life.

Ethics:

This course will provide you with a general overview of Ethics and its main theories. We will start with a general introduction to Ethics, we will discuss topics such as moral intuitions, moral status, and ethical dilemmas. We will study the main existing Ethical Theories, we will analyze Virtue Ethics, Deontology, Consequentialism, Contractualism, Ethics of Care, Ethics and Religion, and Perspectivism. We will then discuss Free Will and the Trolley problem. In the last three meetings, the students will present applied ethics topics using the skills we have learned in the course, including World Hunger, Immigration, Racism, Sexism, Prostitution, Pornography, Animal Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Abortion, Euthanasia, Death, Meaning of Life. 

Ethical Issues in the Movies:

This course will provide an introduction to Ethics through film. We will present several types of ethical theories, i.e. divine authority, deontology, consequentialism/utilitarianism, and virtue ethics, using films to illustrate the topics. We will also see several films that deal with topics in Applied Ethics, in specific real-life scenarios, to discuss topics such as abortion, euthanasia, racism, and the death penalty, among others. Teaching ethics through film can be fun, exciting, and enlightening - it helps give a concrete embodiment to ethical theories, positions, and issues that can be hard to grasp independently. After this course, you will have a solid understanding of the main ethical theories and you will be able to defend your position on several specific issues that are pressing today. The class will be highly interactive and the students will participate and engage in every session. 

Ethics and the Trolley Problem:

In this course, we will learn about Ethics through the study of the Trolley Problem and its many variations. We will begin by discussing its origins in a paper by Philippa Foot and move on to its development through the writings of Judith Jarvis Thompson and Frances Kamm, the three doyennes of the Trolley Problem. We will analyze the problem from the perspective of different moral theories and will finish by discussing it as applied to self-driving cars and as depicted in contemporary media.

Ethics and Literature

In this course, we will address ethics through several literary classics. We will read philosophical texts as well as literary texts. For Virtue Ethics we will read Aristotle and the book Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier; for Kantian Ethics we will read the philosopher Immanuel Kant and the book Watchman (Graphic Novel), by Allan More.  For utilitarianism we will read Bentham and John Stuart Mill and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; for Social Contract we will read Hobbes and William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies; finally, for Free Will we will read Thomas Nagel and Ken Kesey’s, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Free Will

In this class, we survey the problem of free from classic to contemporary discussions. From the Eastern concept of Karma to Aristotle, Epicurus, Lucretius, Cicero, to Chrysippus, moving on to the Scholastics and the discussion of Free Will and Omniscience and how that can be compatible with Free Will, we will discuss Augustin’s views on this topic. Moving on to modern philosophy, with Descartes and Spinoza, Berkeley, Locke and Hume, and Kant. After this survey, contemporary discussions of Free Will are presented, and the question of whether Free Will is or is not compatible with both Determinism and Indeterminism is addressed. We will use the book edited by Derk Pereboom, Free Will (Hacket Readings in Philosophy).

Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind

This course will address topics in the philosophy of mind including the Mind/Body problem, the problem of Consciousness, mental content, qualia, the nature of the self and personal identity, and the existence of other minds. We will address classic dualist approaches, reductionism, and epiphenomenalism. We will read Descartes, Kand, Putnam, Davidson, Nagel, Searle, Parfit, Dennet, Churchland, and Chalmers.

Foundations of Cognitive Science*

This course discusses several topics that are essential for cognitive science including consciousness, vision, rationality, language, emotion, and artificial intelligence. We will explore reductionist approaches as well as functionalist and epiphenomenal approaches to these topics. We will read Ned Block, Margaret Boden, Susan Carey, Patricia Churchland, Paul Churchland, Antonio Damasio, Hanna Damasio, Donald Davidson, Daniel Dennett, Ilya Farber, James Higginbotham, Christopher Peacocke, Will Peterman, Zenon Pylyshyn, John Searle. *This course was taught with Prof. Joao Branquinho at the University of Lisbon.