Monthly Archives: November, 2017

Badiou, the Event, and Psychiatry, Part 2: Psychiatry of the Event

The first piece in this two-part series is here. What will philosophy say to us? It will say: “We must think the event.” We must...

APA Awards Grants to Eight Projects for 2017–2018

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that it will provide grants to eight philosophy-related projects for 2017–2018. For more information on these...

Enlivening the Public Discourse with Ram Neta

Lots of people bemoan the incivility of public discourse.  But what I find even more dispiriting than its incivility is its predictability and its...

Black Issues in Philosophy: An Interview with Cornel West

In 2009, I interviewed a group of black intellectuals in the United States while I was researching for my doctoral degree on a study...

APA joins 30+ organizations to issue statement opposing US proposal to tax tuition waivers

Today the American Philosophical Association, along with more than 30 other learned societies, issued a joint statement in opposition to the proposal to tax...

Women and Philosophy on Wikipedia

International Women's Day has become an occasion for philosophers to edit and contribute entries on Wikipedia. I asked Ege Yumusak about the edit-a-thon she...

A Bright Diversity Idea from Naomi Zack

Administrators in higher education are often ahead of faculty in understanding the need for greater demographic diversity on campus. However, often their efforts do...

What Are You Reading…On Applied Ethics

The multitude of scandals associated with the #MeToo movement indicate how far society needs to go to achieve equality. Like many current events, the...

APA Member Interview: Nick Riggle

Nick Riggle is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of San Diego, specializing in aesthetics, ethics, and moral psychology. He has a...

Badiou, the Event, and Psychiatry, Part 1: Trauma and Event

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on Evental Psychiatry.  The second part can be found here. Philosophy is either reckless or...

Can Philosophy with Children be an Antidote to Radicalized Thinking?

After Brexit became a reality in the UK and Trump became a reality in the United States, many thought that this was perhaps the...

What Are You Reading…On Post-Aristotelian Philosophy

Aristotle unquestionably changed the discipline of philosophy. As an undergrad, I remember one of my professors telling me that, if time constraints were no...

APA Member Interview: Maegan Fairchild

Maegan Fairchild is a PhD Candidate at the University of Southern California, working primarily on metaphysics and philosophical logic. Her dissertation is on material...

What is Philosophy?

This November marks the 12th anniversary of World Philosophy Day, a moveable feast endorsed by UNESCO and aimed at underlining the significant and often...

Engaging children and teens with philosophy

Sharon Kaye is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University...