Monthly Archives: March, 2017

How Teaching Should Matter

Like other academics, philosophers pay lip service to the importance of teaching, but as a recent report published in Teaching Philosophy demonstrates, practice does not...

Descartes’ Ontology of Everyday Life at Central APA

In an ‘Author Meets Critics’ session, authors Deborah Brown of University of Queensland and Calvin Normore of UCLA met with critics John Carriero and Gideon Manning to discuss...

The Controversy of Bathroom Bills at APA Central

Richard Nunan presented a paper as part of the Society for LGBTQ Philosophy Colloquium on Bathroom Bills at the APA Central Division Meeting in March 2017 in Kansas City....

What Are You Reading…On Featured Books at the Central APA, Part 1

As part of the Blog’s coverage of the Central APA 2017, this week’s What Are You Reading column will highlight books discussed in “Author...

Affirmative Consent at Central APA

Qrescent Mason presented a paper for the U.S. Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) session at the APA Central Division Meeting in March 2017 in Kansas...

APA Member Interview: Nick Byrd

Nick Byrd works in the Moral and Social Reasoning Lab and in the Philosophy Department at Florida State University where he studies reasoning, wellbeing,...

Golf as Meaningful Play at Central APA

Shawn Klein was the chair of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport's session at the APA Central Division Meeting in March 2017 in Kansas...

The Free Market Existentialist at Central APA

William Irwin met with critics of his book at APA Central and here he reflects on the session. Bill, congratulations on your book! For those who...

The Illusion of Sense (IAI video)

In this week's IAI TV debate, the panel considers Thomas Nagel's puzzle: What is it actually like to be a bat? From sonar to...

On The Life and Death Importance of Thinking

Elizabeth Minnich is a Senior Scholar at the Association of American Colleges & Universities' Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives.  She has recently released...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Immigration Detention and the Threat of “The American Dream”

This series, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, is aimed at exploring the various ways philosophy can be used to discuss issues of relevance to...

How Does One Do History of Philosophy? Margaret Atherton’s Dewey Lecture

At the APA's 2017 Central Division Meeting in Kansas City, Margaret Atherton (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) delivered The John Dewey Lecture titled...

Demystifying Wittgenstein at APA Central

This post is the first in a series of reflections on the APA Central Division Meeting in March 2017 in Kansas City.   In an...

Is Philosophy Dead?

Have you not heard of the foreigner who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the conference and cried incessantly: I...

On Writing Seriously Good Philosophy

The APA Blog and Aeon magazine have launched a partnership for cross-publishing ideas.  I spoke with Aeon editor Sam Dresser about writing seriously good philosophy for broad audiences, the sort...