Issues in Philosophy

Enjoying Vicious Artists

The #MeToo movement has exposed a number of men in Hollywood as sexual predators. Starting with Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, #MeToo’s momentum kept...

So You Want to Teach Some Islamic Philosophy?

If I had to place a bet as to the biggest changes we’ll see in the philosophy profession over the next several decades, I...

Mistakes and objectivity. Myths in the history of philosophy (Part II)

“It’s raining.” While reading or writing this sentence now, I think many things. I think that the sentence is a rather common example in...

The Partially Examined Life Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

Here's my routine for the last nine years: Every two or three weeks, I read some philosophy, take some notes, and talk for two...

The Integrity of Thinking

When we look at our political landscape today, I wonder where has our integrity gone? Teachers want to know how to explain (if that’s...

Who are we? Myths in the history of philosophy (Part I)

“Instead of assuming that the historical figures we study are motivated by the same philosophical worries that worry us, we need to understand why...

Embrace the Void Podcast: Life Outside Academia

There’s an Agora born every minute. It’s hard not to feel bad for Socrates, stuck with one measly Agora to philosophize in. Imagine if he’d...

Philosophy Phriday: A Museum, Ants, and an APA Central to Remember

By Benjamin D. Blanchard Every year, the American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting features stellar presentations on philosophy by philosophers hailing from a wide range...

A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality

Philosophies of history tend to assume one form or another of directionality. For an important number of philosophers, History has been understood to have...

The purpose of the canon

Inspired through a blog post by Lisa Shapiro and a remark by Sandra Lapointe, I began to think about the point of (philosophical) canons again: in...