Monthly Archives: August, 2016

What Are You Reading…On the Ontology of Moving

Since composing the last What Are You Reading? column, I have moved across several states to my new job at Marian University in Fond...

APA Member Interview: Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan is a philosopher and Professor at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) where she is a member of the Department of Women’s Studies...

Awards Roundup: June-July 2016

APA Awards Sebastian Purcell, SUNY Cortland Winner of the 2016 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought Brian Epstein, Tufts University Winner of the 2016 Gittler Award Berislav Marušić, Brandeis...

Early Career Research Spotlight: Kristen Irwin

This installment of the early-career research spotlight series looks at the work of Kristen Irwin. She is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola...

MAP Chapter Profile: University of Pennsylvania

by Penn-MAP Penn-MAP got started in Spring 2014 as a collection of grad students who decided to get on board the wider MAP movement. With...

What Are You Reading…On the Concept of Trans

Trans issues have been on the minds of many this summer (the Huffington Post has a whole page of articles that were written on...

APA Member Interview: Jennifer Marusic

Jennifer S. Marušić is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University and works on the history of modern philosophy, with a focus on the...

2017 Pacific Division paper submissions reminder

Paper submissions for the 2017 APA Pacific Division meeting in Seattle, Washington, are currently open. Submissions close at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on September...

The Teaching Workshop: August 2016 Roundup

As the fall semester approaches, now is a good time to have a look at some of the advice and suggestions that have come out...

Interview with Dale DeBakcsy, Author of The Cartoon History of Humanism

Later this month, The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment will be published by Humanist Press. According to John Loftus, author...

Stand Up, Stoicism, and Facing Death

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPeavDDlJpM] Comedians and philosophers have a lot in common. They both try to come up with theories to explain phenomena they’ve observed, spend long...

What Are You Reading…On Politics and Epistemology

What counts as true within the field of politics is influenced by many factors. The presence of a multitude of people, the power that...

APA Member Interview: Amia Srinivasan

Amia Srinivasan is a lecturer in philosophy at University College London and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She mostly thinks about topics...

Trans Experience in Philosophy

In our contemporary moment, there is a clash between the increased political and cultural legibility of trans people (signaled by the visibility of people...

The Sound of Silence: Where are the Community Stakeholders in the Building of the Big U?

An article in the July 2016 issue of Rolling Stone magazine strikes at the zenith of environmental and public philosophy. Indeed, this magazine is...