Yearly Archives: 2016

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...

What Are You Reading? (April 18–24)

There have been several posts on the blog recently about the role philosophy should play in public affairs. That philosophy should speak out about...

APA Member Interview: Berislav Marušić

Berislav Marušić is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University. His research interests lie at the intersection of ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind....

The Teaching Workshop: Diversity and the Canon

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

Pacific APA 2016 – Developments in Virtue Theory

This year’s Pacific APA featured numerous scholars of virtue theory. Perhaps the most prominently featured was Linda Zagzebski, who works on Virtue Epistemology. Zagzebski...

Speaking Pro Re Publica in Ancient Rome and Today (Part 3)

Donald Trump and Mark Antony’s Playbook Marco Rubio suspended his campaign—and perhaps ended his political career—after his defeat in Florida on March 15. During the...

What are You Reading? (April 11-17)

Because April is recognized as Earth Month in the US and Canada, and features Earth Day on April 22, it seems appropriate to use...

APA Member Interview: Robin Zheng

Robin Zheng received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan (2015). She is currently a Visiting Junior Research Fellow at Newnham College,...

To Podcast, or Not to Podcast?

As I mentioned in a previous post here, I have, since 2010, been producing a weekly podcast series on the history of philosophy. Podcasts are an increasingly...

What Are You Reading? (April 4–10)

This year, the Dewey Lecture at the Pacific APA was given by Linda Zagzebski, the George Lynn Cross Research Professor and Kingfisher College Chair...

How Can Philosophy Contribute to Public Debates and Discourse?

Really? What kind of question is that anyway? I mean, where do I even start? Personally, I cannot imagine doing philosophy in any other way....