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Evil in Narrative Fiction
Imagine you read Kant. You may disagree with him, you may be bored by his style, but you will persevere, for after all, he...
Socrates Would’ve Absolutely Adored ChatGPT
Go on, admit it—you use ChatGPT (or something like it) more than you are willing to admit. You use it for all sorts of...
Foraging Thoughts
Few joys in my childhood memory rival the picking of blackberries under the scorching Greek sun. The rising dust, the dry and hot wind,...
When Society Stops Knowing How to Know
Over the past two decades, we have watched the pillars of public knowledge gradually weaken. John Stuart Mill is probably turning in his grave...
APA Members Interview, Megan Craig
Megan Craig is an artist, essayist, and Associate Professor Philosophy at Stony Brook University. She is the author of Levinas and James: Toward a...
Immanence All the Way Down (and Across): Horizontal Transcendence in First Reformed
Paul Schrader crafted his 2018 film First Reformed to be, among other things, an extended phenomenological argument that transcendence requires moving beyond the physical...
AI and Teaching: Inviting Reflections on Teaching in the Age of AI
In my recent discussion sections for Philosophy of Science at UCLA, we’ve been working through Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn famously lays...
Sisyphus in the Kitchen: The Tradwife Brand and the Closed Menu of Women’s Lives
Nostalgia, “Again,” and Who Gets to Count
The slogan: “Make America Great Again” works by inviting us to long for a past that was ordered,...
Philosophy?! Here’s What to do with That
Students are not typically taught philosophy during their K-12 years, so few know what to expect when they sign up for my Introduction to...
2022 Pacific Division Presidential Address: Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation
Below is the audio recording of Seana Shiffrin’s presidential address, “Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation,” given at the 2022 Pacific Division Meeting. The full...
