Yearly Archives: 2016

2016
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Colin Klein

Skye Cleary -
Colin Klein is an ARC Future Fellow and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University in Australia. He works on...
Issues in Philosophy

Philosophy as Love of Wisdom and in the Public Sphere

Blog Contributor -
Some years ago, the economic downturn inspired me to put aside my business endeavors and return to school to study philosophy. I had loved...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

MAP Chapter Profile: University at Albany, SUNY

Blog Contributor -
In May 2014, I sent out the first email to gauge interest in a University at Albany Minorities and Philosophy chapter. More students and faculty...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Irony

Nathan Eckstrand -
In preparing for class this week, I reviewed Rousseau’s Discourse on Origin of Inequality, otherwise known as the Second Discourse. For the first time,...
Research

Climate Change and Our Relationship to the Environment

Blog Contributor -
We live in two ages. The first is the Anthropocene, where human activity is the primary catalyst of climate change, and concerns for human...
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

Blog Contributor -
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

Blog Contributor -
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

Blog Contributor -
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

Blog Contributor -
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...
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