Yearly Archives: 2017

2017
Issues in Philosophy

Which is more fundamental: processes or things?

Aeon-APA Partnership -
by Celso Vieira Metaphysics is the attempt to understand how existence works by examining the building blocks of reality, the distinctions between mental and physical entities,...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Thinking Globally

Nathan Eckstrand -
This past week I took two exciting trips. A delegation from Fort Hays State University came to China to evaluate the program here with...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Micah Tillman

Skye Cleary -
Micah Tillman is a Core Division instructor at Stanford Online High School, teaching philosophy of science courses to 9th and 10th graders. He is...
Uncategorized

The Agony and the Ecstasy

David Maclean -
We take it for granted that eradicating pain is desirable. And since De Quincey remarked that a quarter of human misery was toothache, remarkable...
Teaching

Writing for My Students

Blog Contributor -
For whom do I write philosophy? Personally, more and more the answer is for my students; I want to write about things that can...
Research

Does Neuroscience Say Madonna is a Material Girl?

Blog Contributor -
In her 1985 hit song Material Girl, Madonna summed up the prevailing view in philosophy of mind: “We are living in a material world...
APA

Jennifer Morton wins inaugural Scheffler Prize for insights into student and teacher behaviors

APA Communications -
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Jennifer Morton (City College of New York) has been selected as the winner of...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Wonder

Nathan Eckstrand -
The idea that philosophy begins with wonder is credited to several Ancient Greek philosophers, and has been held since that time by many other...
APA

Elon’s Bloch-Schulman wins inaugural philosophy teaching prize for transformative college courses

APA Communications -
The American Philosophical Association (APA), the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), and the Teaching Philosophy Association (TPA) are pleased to announce that Professor...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Alida Liberman

Skye Cleary -
Alida Liberman is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Indianapolis specializing in theoretical and applied ethics. She received her Ph.D. from...
Issues in Philosophy

The Limits of Reason

David Maclean -
We think reason helps lead us to knowledge. But from our political views to finding our way home what we know and believe is...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Cultivating Inclusiveness: The PIKSI Institute

Blog Contributor -
Any night that an inspirational philosopher like Sally Haslanger tells me I belong in philosophy is a good one in my book. A starry-eyed...
Service

Applying to Grad School: What should I say in my Personal Statement?

Blog Contributor -
As the graduate adviser for my department's terminal MA program at NIU, I answer a lot of questions about applying to PhD programs in...
Issues in Philosophy

A Philosopher-Poet Experiments in Literature

Skye Cleary -
Mara-Daria Cojocaru is a lecturer in practical philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy, working in the tradition of philosophical pragmatism on issues of...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Featured Philosopher: Donna-Dale Marcano

Blog Contributor -
What is black feminist philosophy? To raise this question, argues Donna-Dale Marcano, an associate professor of philosophy and Director of the Human Rights Center...
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