Yearly Archives: 2017

Ineffable facts, deep ignorance, and the sub-algebra hypothesis: Part 1

This post originally appeared on OUPblog and appears here as part of our partnership with them. There are many things we do not know, but...

Peter Carruthers to Give the 2017–2018 Romanell Lecture

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Carruthers (University of Maryland) will give the 2017–2018 Romanell Lecture at the 2018...

What Are You Reading…On Recognizing the History of Blacks

This morning I read an op-ed from George Yancy in the New York Times. Written for Black History Month, it discusses how to understand...

New Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching

The American Philosophical Association (APA), the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), and the Teaching Philosophy Association (TPA) are pleased to announce the establishment...

If Aquinas is a philosopher then so are the Islamic theologians

Maybe I’m just an optimist, but I think people today mostly acknowledge the importance and originality of philosophy in the Islamic world. Would any...

APA Member Interview: Jacob Rump

Jacob Rump is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Kilachand Honors College at Boston University. His research focuses on topics in mind, epistemology, and the...

Reinventing Philosophy, Rethinking Art & Politics

Interventions in Contemporary Thought: History, Politics, Aesthetics covers a variegated terrain and engages with a number of debates and thinkers. Two guiding threads nonetheless...

On Facebook Bubbles: Greg Salmieri’s Night of Philosophy

Greg Salmieri was part of the Night of Philosophy and Ideas held at the Brooklyn Public Library in January.  I spoke with Greg about public philosophizing and the...

What Are You Reading…On Protests and Civil Disobedience

It has been fascinating to watch the response to Trump’s first couple of weeks in office. As numerous people predicted, the president’s historically high...

Journal of the APA receives PROSE Award

The American Philosophical Association and Cambridge University Press are pleased to announce that the Journal of the American Philosophical Association has been selected as...

Brooklyn’s Night of Philosophy: Interview with Ian Olasov

A Night of Philosophy and Ideas was an all-night marathon of philosophy, including 20-minute lectures, readings, ethical dilemma discussions, musical and dance performances, and philosophical yoga...

APA Member Interview: Charlotte Witt

Charlotte Witt is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of New Hampshire. She is interested in social ontology, feminist theory and Aristotle....

The Teaching Workshop: Experiments in Grading

Another thing we can do to improve our pedagogy, along with reflecting on our failures, is to experiment. So, for this installment of the...

The Universe Code: Is information more fundamental than matter? (IAI video)

We think information provides facts about the world around us. Yet some in quantum physics now claim that information is primary, more fundamental than...

Eastern APA 2017: Biological Complexity and Race in Pop Culture

By Nathan Eckstrand This is the last post about the 2017 Eastern APA for the Blog.  While thus far the posts have either just covered...