Monthly Archives: May, 2017

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Bisexuality and the Culture of Professional Philosophy

“Feminist blogging is basically the 21st Century version of consciousness raising.” Courtney Martin, Feministing At the start of the film The Lobster, we learn that the...

What Are You Reading…On Hedonism

Starting with this post, the “What Are You Reading” column will be moving to a bi-weekly schedule for the rest of the Summer. Part...

APA Member Interview: Michael Brent

Michael Brent is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver, after having been a Bradley Postdoctoral Fellow at Carthage College. His...

How to Improve the Situation for Women in Philosophy

The Demographics in Philosophy project (women-in-philosophy.org) evaluates the proportion of women at various ranks in approximately 100 departments for the past ten years as...

APA Newsletters, Spring 2017 Edition – Part One

The latest edition of the APA newsletters was posted online recently. In case you haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, I’m...

Rolf-Peter Horstmann to Deliver the 2017–18 De Gruyter Kant Lecture

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Rolf-Peter Horstmann (Humboldt University of Berlin) will deliver the 2017–2018 Walter De Gruyter Stiftung...

To be happier, focus on what’s within your control

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. This is...

AHA and APA Receive Joint Mellon Grant, “Extending the Reach of Scholarly Society Work to HBCU Faculty”

The American Historical Association (AHA) and the American Philosophical Association (APA) are pleased to announce the receipt of an $80,000 grant from the Andrew...

What Are You Reading…On Atomism

Last week, at bar trivia, the host asked which nineteenth century English scientist is credited with formulating the modern theory of atomism. Unfortunately, my...

Philosophy in the Bedroom

For 250 years, the Marquis de Sade's writing was outlawed. Yet Fifty Shades has turned the exploration of pain and pleasure into an oddly...

Referee Reports: A Beginner’s Guide

There are many aspects of professional academic life that are seldom explicitly taught to graduate students.  Among them are some of the responsibilities involved in service...

APA Statement on Valuing Public Philosophy

The APA board of officers has approved the following statement, which was proposed by the committee on public philosophy and the committee on the...

The Humanities go to Washington: An Interview with Robert Bowen

On March 13, 2017, I joined approximately 200 humanities advocates in downtown DC to receive training in effective lobbying (the event was organized by...

Moral grandstanding: there’s a lot of it about, all of it bad

We’ve done it. You probably have, too. No matter what we believe about morality or politics, we’ve all used moral talk to project an...

APA Blog’s Journal Survey Project: Update

Recently, the Blog introduced the Journal Survey Project, which helps philosophers navigate the journals submission process by collecting and presenting data about each journal...