Monthly Archives: March, 2016

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Teaching

The Teaching Workshop: Engaging Students during the Last Few Minutes of Class

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Welcome again to The Teaching Workshop, where your questions related to pedagogy are answered. Each post features questions submitted by readers, with answers from...
Work/Life Balance

About Which Philosophers Should Films Be Made?

Skye Cleary -
When Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis broke up in 2013, so, it seems, did plans for a film called My American Lover—about the love...
Research

Central APA Coverage: Carus and Dewey Lectures

Nathan Eckstrand -
In beginning my coverage of the 2016 APA Central Division Meeting, I am focusing on the themes I saw represented in the major lectures...
APA

Major Sessions at the APA 2016 Pacific Division Meeting

Jeremy Cushing -
The 2016 APA Pacific Division Meeting will take place March 30–April 3 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. For those able to...
Issues in Philosophy

When Philosophy of Science Matters: Pseudoscience, Public Health, and Public Policy

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Before the 1960s, things seemed to be relatively simple: science was the undisputed purveyor of new knowledge about the world, the role of philosophy of...
Research

What Are You Reading? (March 14–20)

Nathan Eckstrand -
The work of Claudia Card was featured prominently in her Carus Lectures, delivered by proxy, at the 2016 APA Central Division Meeting last week. The...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Joseph S. Biehl

Skye Cleary -
Joseph S. Biehl earned his B.A. in philosophy in Queens (St. John’s University) and his Ph.D. in Manhattan (CUNY), and he now runs the...
Work/Life Balance

Men, Families, and the Academy: Doing Our Part

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To reaffirm a statement made by Kristen Irwin (whose excellent series on women and family in the academy appears on the APA blog), This is not to...
APA

Inside the APA: Eastern Secretary-Treasurer Retrospective

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If anyone had told me twenty years ago that I would now be a long-time member of the APA Board of Officers, having also run...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Filling the Gaps: Expanding the Canon in the History of Philosophy

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For the last five years or so, I’ve been putting out a weekly podcast devoted to the entire History of Philosophy, with the emphasis...
Issues in Philosophy

Digital Ethics, Facebook, and Bentham’s Panopticon: Interview with Luciano Floridi

Skye Cleary -
In January, The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) announced the appointment of a new Ethics Advisory Group on the ethical dimensions of data protection....
Research

What Are You Reading? (March 7–13)

Nathan Eckstrand -
By the time this is published, the Central APA will have come and gone. More coverage of the conference is forthcoming, but the “What...
Teaching

Introducing the New TeachPhilosophy101

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TeachPhilosophy101 (TP101) provides free resources, strategies, and links for philosophy teachers—especially for folks teaching at the introductory level. It was originally started by John Immerwahr...

APA Staff Interview: Janet Sample

Skye Cleary -
Janet Sample serves as Membership Coordinator for the APA and has worked for the association in a wide range of capacities since 1981. She has...
Teaching

The Teaching Workshop: Preventing and Coping with Student Disengagement

Blog Contributor -
Welcome again to The Teaching Workshop, where your questions related to pedagogy are answered. Each post features questions submitted by readers, with answers from...
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