Monthly Archives: January, 2017

Does comedy hold the key to truth and morality? (IAI video)

To be taken seriously is an accolade for the thinker. But from Nietzsche to Derrida, big ideas have been expressed through irony, satire and...

Is Journalism Anti-Philosophical?

Joe Humphreys is a journalist with The Irish Times, for which he produces the weekly ‘Unthinkable’ philosophy column.  I spoke with Joe about philosophical journalism, philosophy for...

The Real Question Is, ‘Why Not Pre-College Philosophy?’

Over the past decade I’ve attended and/or presented at many conferences, both academic and professional, on issues in pre-college philosophy, or, broadly, theories supporting...

How to be Fair in Academic Voting

Here’s a common situation. A department plans to invite six candidates to interview for one opening. At the meeting where the vote is to...

Eastern APA 2017: Outsider Perspectives and Compatibilist Philosophy

By Nathan Eckstrand Note: The Dewey Lecture was recorded by the APA Blog, and a transcript is forthcoming.  This is a summary of the main...

What Are You Reading…On Featured Books at the Eastern APA, Part 1

As part of the Blog’s coverage of the Eastern APA, I am using the What Are You Reading column this week and the next...

APA Member Interview: Carol Hay

Carol Hay is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Gender Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her work focuses primarily on issues...

Eastern APA 2017: Whence Moral Personhood?

By Nathan Eckstrand Note: The Presidential Address was recorded by the APA Blog, and a transcript is forthcoming.  This is a summary of the main...

Owning Ourselves (IAI Video)

"My body, my choice" has been the rallying cry for social justice movements around the world, since in an equitable and just world we...

Interdisciplinarity in Practice: Directing a Gender Studies Program

At the University of Central Arkansas, the Gender Studies Program is an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor, but it is also a home for student organizations,...

What Are You Reading…On New Beginnings

Even as life presents itself as a continuous stream of experiences, we must perpetually wrestle with the problem of beginnings. Without beginning somewhere we...

Limited Access: 2016 Eastern APA Dewey Lecture

One thing we are hoping to do with the APA blog is to enable people who are not able to attend APA sessions in person...

APA Member Interview: Elizabeth Minnich

Elizabeth Minnich, Senior Scholar, Association of American Colleges and Universities, teaches moral philosophy at Queens University. She has taught and been a dean at...

Limited Access: 2016 Eastern APA Presidential Address

One thing we are hoping to do with the APA blog is to enable people who are not able to attend APA sessions in person...

Committee-Sponsored Sessions at the APA 2017 Eastern Division Meeting

The 2017 Eastern Division Meeting will take place January 4–7 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore. For those able to attend the...