Michael Vazquez
@daft_bookworm
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Teaching Assistant Professor @PhilosophyUnc Director of Outreach @theparrcenter
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined March 2014
RT @apaphilosophy: Are you a faculty member trying to convince university administrators that philosophy is important? A student wondering….
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RT @JoseMTorralba: A veces, lo obvio sorprende. Que estudiar filosofía ayuda a pensar mejor es como decir que entrenar a fútbol te hace mej….
theconversation.com
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
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RT @theparrcenter: Is it ethical for parents to use genetic screening to choose traits for their future child? . How do our ideas about par….
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Andre and Leslie are a deaf couple who have decided to have a child, and they’re considering using a process to ensure deafness in their child. As deaf parents, they feel they could provide better...
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RT @TED_ED: NEW VIDEO: Should parents be able to choose genetic traits for their children?. Puzzle through this classic ethical dilemma and….
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RT @jennfrey: I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that student….
nytimes.com
Students want to study the humanities and liberal arts. But university administrators keep getting in the way.
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RT @byrd_nick: Does #argumentMapping improve #criticalThinking or #argumentation?. This morning I shared results from not-yet-published wai….
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RT @DailyNousEditor: New research on the question of whether studying philosophy makes students better thinkers.
dailynous.com
A new study “offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers.” Readers may recall the previous research of Michael Prinzing (Baylor) & Michael...
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RT @APA_Journal: Join us for an APA Live event:. The Benefits of Studying Philosophy. Wednesday, August 27, 2025. 6 p.m Eastern / 3 p.m. Pa….
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RT @pitiklinov: Este estudio apoya que estudiar filosofía ayuda a pensar mejor, encuentra que los estudiantes de filosofía superaban a todo….
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RT @robsica: "these findings arguably constitute the clearest and strongest kind of empirical support that we will find for the claim that….
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RT @M_Prinzing: Of course it's not as strong as a randomized experiment, but we think this is really striking evidence that philosophy does….
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Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers
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RT @unccollege: Congrats to @theparrcenter for being awarded a major three-year Institutional Impact Grant from the Educating Character Ini….
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RT @theparrcenter: The Parr Center is proud to announce that Educating for the Virtues of Attention (EVA) has received a major Institutiona….
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RT @theparrcenter: We are excited to share this fun and thought-provoking video from our collaboration with TED-Ed. Intellectual property,….
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RT @Athanasius_45: A new Ancient Greek web library enters the fray. lets you highlight different parts of a text (v….
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RT @theparrcenter: 🧠 What do we owe the dead?. In the latest TED-Ed + Parr Center video, @unccollege's Sarah Stroud & Michael Vazquez expl….
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RT @TED_ED: NEW VIDEO: What responsibility do we have to honor the wishes of the dead? . Puzzle through this classic ethical dilemma: https….
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RT @unccollege: Each year, @theparrcenter hosts the National High School Ethics Bowl, a competitive, collaborative event where students dis….
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RT @IurisConsensus: Our Just City ERC project is nearing its conclusion after intense years of research and publishing. We’ll say goodbye w….
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RT @theparrcenter: Homer Spring 2025 is well underway! UNC Classicist Ashley Watkins led a great discussion at Epilogue Books on how Ovid r….
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