Monthly Archives: June, 2017

Unexplained Events

We assume all events are caused by something. Yet we happily refer to random chance be it a freak accident, or the state of...

Results of the Recent APA Elections

Over the last few weeks, members of the APA elected new divisional officers, a new at-large member of the APA board of officers, four...

Recommendations: How Can We Advance Open Access In The Humanities?

This is the third and final post in the Open Access in the Humanities series, a slightly revised reprint of Peter Suber’s 2004 article,...

Gwen Bradford wins the 2017 Book Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Gwen Bradford (Rice University) has been awarded the 2017 Book Prize for her book,...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Lessons from Aristotle about Truthfulness

President Donald Trump has been called many things. But one scarcely noted label is what’s most obvious—President Trump boasts. He’s a braggart who endlessly...

APA Member Interview: Antonio Capuano

Antonio Capuano was born and raised in Italy. While finishing his Ph.D. at Universita’ di Bologna he spent an academic year at UCLA where he went back...

Call for Applications: APA Blog Associate Editors

The APA Blog is looking to take on an Associate Editor this fall, as well as continuously to maintain a pool of applicants interested in...

A Novelist’s Tips for Writing Philosophical Fiction

The APA grant funded Fiction Writing for Philosophers Workshop was held at Oxford Brookes University on June 1-2, 2017.  It was organized by Helen...

What Are You Reading…On Differences Between Generations?

Yesterday morning I read an interesting op-ed in The Washington Post which made the argument that more leaking is done by millennials because employers...

APA Member Interview: Daniel Hutto

Born and raised in New York, Daniel Hutto began his worldly adventures in St Andrews, Scotland visiting the land where his maternal roots lie. After living and...

Why Is Open Access Moving So Slowly In The Humanities?

  This is the second post in our new series on Open Access in the Humanities, a slightly revised reprint of Peter Suber's 2004 article, Promoting...

Is beauty hardwired into our world?

Beauty is in the eye of beholder. Yet from animal plumage to the grandeur of nature, beauty also seems curiously hardwired into reality. Is...

Early Career Research Spotlight: Joseph Stenberg

This installment of the early-career research spotlight series looks at the work of Joseph Stenberg, who is beginning the second year of a two-year...

The Deviant Philosopher – A Teaching Resource

In a wonderful keynote address at the Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Conference this year, Professor Michael Puett warned against the dangers of ideological...

Awards Roundup: Spring 2017

APA Awards Edward Zalta, Stanford University Winner of the 2016 Barwise Prize Joshua Glasgow, Sonoma State University Winner of the 2017 Baumgardt Memorial Fellowship Marina Folescu, University of Missouri Winner...