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How Graduate School Confirmed My Passion for Philosophy
My first semester as a graduate student at San Jose State University reassured me that pursuing a career in academic philosophy was the right choice. A common question when committing to graduate school is, Am I making the correct choice? While I still do not know what the future...
Blame and Dread
The capacity for the practice of blaming roots itself deep in the core of the human condition. “Core” here should be understood as, in some sense, metaphorical: the human condition is not a space with inner and outer localities, such that some would be core and others peripheral. Nonetheless,...
Loneliness and Philosophy: An Interview with Dr Ben Lazare Mijuskovic
This post is part of a new series exploring philosophical perspectives on loneliness. If you are interested in contributing to this series, please submit a pitch.
Ben Lazare Mijuskovic is a retired professor of philosophy and humanities at California State University at Dominguez Hills. He has also worked as a...
Reflections on My Undergraduate Experience in Philosophy
In my first year at Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada), I had originally planned to study psychology in the hopes of becoming a therapist. I quickly realized during that year that I was not an adequate psychology student by any means. In the back of my mind, I remembered the...
Asking Humanly Historical Questions in Philosophy Classrooms
My students were mad the day I told them they’d have to debate the merits of The Origin of Species. Obviously, they told me, the pro-Darwin group would just automatically win. They were enthusiastic future doctors, eager almost engineers, the next generation of STEM researchers and professors. They’d taken...
BMI Restrictions & Reproductive Justice in the “Ozempic Baby” Era
* Content note: Please note that this article addresses sensitive topics related to body mass index (BMI), weight stigma, infertility, and mental health. BMI is referenced critically within the context of reproductive healthcare and its impact on access to fertility treatments.
In recent months, stories of so-called “Ozempic babies” have...
APA Member Interview: Yanrui Chong
Yanrui Chong is a graduate student in the Department of Philosophy at Seoul National University. Originally from China, he has been studying abroad in South Korea for nine years. His recent research focuses on Formal Epistemology, including topics like Normality, Awareness Growth, Skepticism, and Ideal Epistemology. This is the...
Would our lives be more meaningful if the universe had a purpose
History was once commonly understood to be a tale of progress. The idea received its best known, if not most easily understood, expression in the work of W.F. Hegel, who saw in the course of world events a universal “spirit” striving towards self-realization. Today, philosophers are more inclined to...
On the Several Shapes of Loneliness
Loneliness is gaining increasing attention both as a subject of scientific investigation and as a social problem. In part, this is motivated by an increasing body of empirical literature suggesting that loneliness has harmful effects on health and well-being. In turn, this has prompted calls for interventions to reduce...
Sexism, Inattention, and Moral Responsibility
Consider an all-too-familiar scene. John and Martha are visiting Barry—their adult son—and his family for a holiday. After a delicious dinner he played no role whatsoever in helping to prepare, John promptly seats himself comfortably in an armchair in front of the living room television and ignores what goes...
