Monthly Archives: April, 2016

Changes to the Editorial Team

I am writing with two updates to the composition of the editorial team. I am sad to announce the departure of our copy editor, Cherie...

APA Member Interview: Julia Bursten

Julia Bursten is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and is Co-chair of the Philosophy of Science Association Women’s Caucus....

The Teaching Workshop: Encouraging Participation in Large Lectures

Welcome again to The Teaching Workshop, where your questions related to pedagogy are answered. Each post features questions submitted by readers with answers from...

MAP: An Introduction

Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) began in 2013 as a handful of grad students who wanted to discuss issues related to diversity in philosophy. Three...

Speaking Pro Re Publica in Ancient Rome and Today (Part 5)

The Philippics Relationship The “advice to tyrants” genre is a recognized part of the rhetorical tradition. Less-recognized is the individual who publicly criticizes the people...

A Serious Proposal to the Professors

The applicant pool for Philosophy department faculty positions, makeup of graduate Philosophy cohorts, and undergraduate Philosophy enrollment statistics depend on the existence of undergraduate...

Pacific APA 2016 – Hume and Rawls

In addition to the great work being done on Virtue Theory at the Pacific APA (the subject of the last Pacific APA post), there...

What Are You Reading? (April 25-May 1)

Since the last post of the "What Are You Reading?" column, I have begun work on a new paper about civil disobedience. It will...

APA Member Interview: Soraj Hongladarom

Soraj Hongladarom is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Ethics of Science and Technology at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. His...

Pitted Against Yourself: Credibility and False Confessions

For the past eight months, I’ve been teaching courses at a maximum-security men’s prison in a suburb of Chicago. One of the many surprising...

Inside the APA: Statements, Resolutions, Letters, and Censures

Over the last couple of years, you may have noticed that the APA board has become more responsive to issues of public interest, releasing...

Early Career Research Spotlight – David Ripley

The purpose of the early-career research spotlight is two-fold. First, the aim is to bring attention to an early-career APA member who is doing...

Speaking Pro Re Publica in Ancient Rome and Today (Part 4)

Debates, Games, Veterans’ Events, and Republican Values Whether it is police misconduct or political correctness on college campuses, the current mood is populist and even...

APA Central and Eastern Divisions announce appointments of new secretary-treasurers

Beginning in January 2017, two of the APA's divisions will have new secretary-treasurers. Secretary-treasurers are the administrators for the divisions and are primarily responsible...

Recent Trends in Philosophy Degrees (1987–2014)

The number of new philosophy degrees at the baccalaureate and doctoral levels fell sharply from 2013 to 2014, according to a new report from...