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How Chinese Youth Engage with Vulnerability Theory: A Reflection
Vulnerability theory, which has gained considerable traction in Western legal and philosophical discourses, particularly in Europe and North America, remains relatively unknown in Chinese legal academia. Despite various attempts to introduce the theory in China—including efforts by prominent scholars, such as my former supervisor, who launched the country’s first...
Philosophy Meets the Gendertrash from Hell
“You don't look like a poet. You look more like one of those people they're always writing about in the Times.” - Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren.
The discipline of philosophy is both professional and playful. It plays at deceiving and make-believing about what it is.
This is a confrontational start for...
Taking Advice as a Graduate Student
As a graduate student, I’ve received plenty of advice, much of it contradictory. I’ve been told to attend as many conferences as possible, while others have warned me to avoid them. Some suggest picking a dissertation topic I’m passionate about, while others recommend choosing one that is more marketable....
Questioning Questions
I struggle mightily with the question of what it’s fair to explore in a philosophy class. First, I teach in a state that recently made news for weighing in on what is and is not appropriate for a college classroom. Second, the material I teach—social and political philosophy with...
Get Organized
I love doing my PhD in philosophy. I love the autonomy I have over my work. I can write about anything from basically anywhere. Seeing my students develop as thinkers and understand what it means to engage with arguments is one of the most rewarding things I do. My...
Mary Warnock at 100, Public Philosophy at its Finest
This year is a good one for several related anniversaries. It is forty years since the first issue of the Journal of Applied Philosophy was published, the journal having been created by the Society for Applied Philosophy founded in 1982 with the remit of offering rigorous philosophical analysis of...
Chatting with the Dead
For millennia, bereaved people have tried to continue their relationship with the deceased through various artifacts, practices, and rituals. 2,300 years ago, the Confucian philosopher Xunzi described a ritual that enabled bereaved persons to interact with an impersonator of the deceased. When the telegraph was invented in the United States...
Gun Owning Philosopher Speaks Out
I am a professor of philosophy. I am also a gun owner. And I think that advocates of gun control need to stop all this nonsense about banning “assault rifles.”
True "assault rifles" in the technical sense are not used in mass shootings in the US. A “necessary condition” (as...
Cryonics, Survival, and the Irreversibility of Death
During a recent trip back home, one of us (Adam) was invited for a tour of the facilities of the oldest and best-known cryonics organization, Alcor (located in Scottsdale, Arizona). It was a highly informative, mostly propaganda-free, visit; there was no hard sell or Kool-Aid to be found (although...
Navigating the Intersection of AI, Science, and Society
In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape of scientific inquiry and public discourse, philosophers find themselves at a critical juncture. As public intellectuals, we are called upon to illuminate the ethical dimensions of technological progress and its impact on society. However, this role comes with...