Monthly Archives: September, 2017

MARGY: Up and Running

David Faraci and Graham Leach-Krouse are pleased to announce that MARGY, a free management system for confidential letters of recommendation, is up and running for the 2017...

APA Member Interview: Catherine Legg

Cathy Legg holds a BA (hons) from University of Melbourne, a MA in Philosophy from Monash University and a PhD from ANU, where her...

The Philosophy of String Theory

In this week's talk from the Institute of Art and Ideas, we look to unravel the secrets of the universe. Over 40 years have passed...

Maximizing Well-Being?

In the final pages of Reason and Persons, Derek Parfit asks, “What would be best for someone, or would be most in this person’s...

What Undergraduate Millennial Women Want

Whether it’s in philosophy professions, journals, or undergraduate level classrooms, the ratio of men to women is unequal in philosophy.  For example, the American...

On Asking Dangerous Questions About Spinoza

Rachel Kadish recently published her third novel The Weight of Ink (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) in which the protagonist is a female philosopher in the...

What Are You Reading…On Marriage

Commitment is a powerful thing. The moment we make a commitment—whether it is to another person, an institution, an ideology, or something else—our lives...

APA Member Interview: Amy Leask

Amy Leask is a children’s interactive media producer, and founder of Red T Media and co-founder of Enable Education. She’s a former college professor...

Philosophy on the Small Screen

Ethics Matters is a new television philosophy series that addresses philosophical issues including freedom of expression, ethical consumption, rights, animals, and the environment.  The twelve...

Humans versus Nature

From the call of the mountains to the preservation of wilderness, we wish to celebrate and protect nature as something precious. But what separates...

Jerzak, Basu, and Kintz Win the 2018 Sanders Graduate Student Awards

The APA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Sanders Graduate Student Awards: Ethan Jerzak (University of California, Berkeley),...

Open Letter on the Termination of Duquesne University Press

Duquesne University announced earlier this year that it will soon be closing Duquesne University Press after 90 years of operation.  In response, one of...

Interview with Philosophical Fiction Writer Frances Howard-Snyder

Frances Howard-Snyder teaches philosophy at Western Washington University, but she prefers to explore ideas through fiction. She has been writing philosophical fiction for about five...

What Are You Reading…On Pedagogy

Now that the 2017-2018 academic year has begun, it is time to return to some tasks and projects that we’ve set aside for a...

Nominations are now open for APA leadership positions

The American Philosophical Association is now accepting nominations for APA leadership positions for terms beginning July 1, 2018. Visit the online nominations system. There will be...