Yearly Archives: 2017

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Disordered Soul and Presidency of Donald J. Trump

By chance the 2016 presidential season found me teaching a course I regularly offer called "Person and Society."  The animating idea behind the course...

What Are You Reading…On Roleplaying

This week in my Business Ethics class the students will learn about Utilitarianism and Deontology. In addition to the lectures I’ve prepared, I’ve designed...

Welcome to our new Associate Editor: Jennifer Baker

I'm pleased to announce the addition of a new member of the editorial team, Jennifer Baker, as associate editor.  Jennifer joins us from the...

APA Member Interview: James South

James South is Professor of Philosophy, Associate Dean for Faculty in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, and Director of...

What Machines Can’t Do

In this week’s talk from the Institute of Art and Ideas, the panel considers the potential of artificial minds. Turing has been joined by Hawking...

Philosophy for Business Students

Business schools are one of the more unusual locations to find philosophers, and yet there are quite a few business schools that do integrate philosophy into...

Early Career Research Spotlight: Ashley Dressel

This edition of the Early Career Research Spotlight features the work of Ashley Dressel. She is an Assistant Professor at the College of St....

What Are You Reading…On Capitalism

This past week I attended the Henan Provincial Banquet in honor of the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China....

MARGY: Up and Running

David Faraci and Graham Leach-Krouse are pleased to announce that MARGY, a free management system for confidential letters of recommendation, is up and running for the 2017...

APA Member Interview: Catherine Legg

Cathy Legg holds a BA (hons) from University of Melbourne, a MA in Philosophy from Monash University and a PhD from ANU, where her...

The Philosophy of String Theory

In this week's talk from the Institute of Art and Ideas, we look to unravel the secrets of the universe. Over 40 years have passed...

Maximizing Well-Being?

In the final pages of Reason and Persons, Derek Parfit asks, “What would be best for someone, or would be most in this person’s...

What Undergraduate Millennial Women Want

Whether it’s in philosophy professions, journals, or undergraduate level classrooms, the ratio of men to women is unequal in philosophy.  For example, the American...

On Asking Dangerous Questions About Spinoza

Rachel Kadish recently published her third novel The Weight of Ink (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) in which the protagonist is a female philosopher in the...

What Are You Reading…On Marriage

Commitment is a powerful thing. The moment we make a commitment—whether it is to another person, an institution, an ideology, or something else—our lives...