Monthly Archives: April, 2016

What Are You Reading? (April 18–24)

There have been several posts on the blog recently about the role philosophy should play in public affairs. That philosophy should speak out about...

APA Member Interview: Berislav Marušić

Berislav Marušić is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University. His research interests lie at the intersection of ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind....

The Teaching Workshop: Diversity and the Canon

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

Pacific APA 2016 – Developments in Virtue Theory

This year’s Pacific APA featured numerous scholars of virtue theory. Perhaps the most prominently featured was Linda Zagzebski, who works on Virtue Epistemology. Zagzebski...

Speaking Pro Re Publica in Ancient Rome and Today (Part 3)

Donald Trump and Mark Antony’s Playbook Marco Rubio suspended his campaign—and perhaps ended his political career—after his defeat in Florida on March 15. During the...

What are You Reading? (April 11-17)

Because April is recognized as Earth Month in the US and Canada, and features Earth Day on April 22, it seems appropriate to use...

APA Member Interview: Robin Zheng

Robin Zheng received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan (2015). She is currently a Visiting Junior Research Fellow at Newnham College,...

To Podcast, or Not to Podcast?

As I mentioned in a previous post here, I have, since 2010, been producing a weekly podcast series on the history of philosophy. Podcasts are an increasingly...

What Are You Reading? (April 4–10)

This year, the Dewey Lecture at the Pacific APA was given by Linda Zagzebski, the George Lynn Cross Research Professor and Kingfisher College Chair...

How Can Philosophy Contribute to Public Debates and Discourse?

Really? What kind of question is that anyway? I mean, where do I even start? Personally, I cannot imagine doing philosophy in any other way....

Speaking Pro Re Publica in Ancient Rome and Today (Part 2)

The Majoritarian Moment The two mainstream political parties are faced with a difficult task of energizing their bases while refusing the drift toward political extremes—this...

Conferences: How to Chair an Effective Q&A Session

  Chairing is an odd task in philosophy, in that it’s one of the things we do that uses very few of the skills that characterize...

APA Member Interview: Rebecca Scott

Rebecca Scott is a graduate student at Loyola University Chicago and an adjunct instructor of philosophy at Lewis University. Her dissertation is on the relationship between...