Monthly Archives: September, 2016

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Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: David V. Johnson

Skye Cleary -
David V. Johnson is a philosopher turned journalist. In 2002, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University with a specialty in ancient...
Teaching

The Teaching Workshop: Icebreakers

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

Beyond Academia, the APA’s guide to non-academic careers, is now available

APA Communications -
The APA is pleased to announce the 2016 edition of Beyond Academia: Professional Opportunities for Philosophers. Originally published as Careers for Philosophers in 1984,...
Issues in Philosophy

How to Meet People Where They Are

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We should do a better job of letting the public know what we’re up to. More specifically, philosophers should do a better job of...
Issues in Philosophy

Socrates On Flatbush Avenue: Reflections on the LIU-Brooklyn Faculty Lockout

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On September 3, 2016, three days before a proposed contract was to be put to a vote, the unionized faculty of LIU-Brooklyn was locked...
Research

Do You Get the “Tingles”? The Philosophy of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

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In April 2013 I diagnosed myself with a weird neuropsychological condition after listening to an episode of one of my favorite podcasts, This American...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Discovery

Nathan Eckstrand -
Since arriving in Fond du Lac, I have been exploring my new setting in my spare time to try and learn more about the...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Carolyn Dicey Jennings

Skye Cleary -
Carolyn Dicey Jennings is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the University of California, Merced working on the topic of attention. She did...
Issues in Philosophy

Writing Thoughtfully In Unthinking Times

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If these are, as they seem, unthinking times, then what, if anything, can we do? I have an idea that writing can help thinking…...
APA

Johann Frick Has Been Awarded the 2017 Kavka/UCI Prize

APA Communications -
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Johann Frick (Princeton University) has been awarded the 2017 Gregory Kavka/University of California, Irvine...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Diplomacy

Nathan Eckstrand -
President Obama is on what will likely be his last tour of Asia as President. Most recently, this has taken him to China for...
Research

Taking Employment Seriously: Amending Rawls’s Theory of Justice

Nathan Eckstrand -
By Larry Udell John Rawls commented in A Theory of Justice that a just society will ensure “full employment in the sense that anyone who...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Quayshawn Spencer

Skye Cleary -
Quayshawn Spencer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes on topics that intersect philosophy of...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

The Teaching Workshop: Diversifying the Syllabus

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It’s the start of a new academic year and The Teaching Workshop is back to answer your pedagogy related questions. Welcome back! Each post...
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