Monthly Archives: January, 2018

The Case Against Education?

Princeton University Press recently published a book by the economist Bryan Caplan titled The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a...

The PLATO Philosophy Fund

by Jana Mohr Lone Applications are now being accepted for the PLATO Philosophy Fund (PPF), supporting a wide range of innovative philosophy programs around the...

What Are You Reading…On Human Nature

At lunch recently I had an interesting discussion with two friends. It started with the issue of taxes, and moved through several other smaller...

Black Issues in Philosophy: The Frantz Fanon Foundation’s 2nd Rencontres

The Frantz Fanon Foundation celebrated its 10th Anniversary in the “2nd Rencontres” of the Foundation. The activity took place on December 8th, 2017 in...

APA Member Interview: Marcy Lascano

Marcy P. Lascano is a Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach. She works in 17th and 18th century philosophy – mainly...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Educating The Just Citizen In The Cave of Charlottesville

When one reflects upon the terrorist attack that occurred in Charlottesville Virginia that resulted in one death and nineteen injuries, it is of the...

The Problem with Scientism

Science is unquestionably the most powerful approach humanity has developed so far to the understanding of the natural world. There is little point in...

I Am a Teacher, Not a Job Trainer: A Philosophy Teacher Pushes Back

I love to teach first-year classes or, as I like to call them, my New York City classes because "If I can make it...

Philosophy and Pop Music

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

Welcome to our Associate Editor: Nathan Oseroff

I’m pleased to announce the addition of a new member of the editorial team, Nathan Oseroff, as associate editor.  Nathan is a graduate student...

Issues Concerning Faculty Appointments

Searching for a new colleague is rarely a smooth process. Indeed, it can intensify departmental friction or create it where none existed. Once a department...

What Are You Reading…On Hinduism

The philosophy underlying Hinduism contrasts in many interesting ways with the various philosophical traditions that come from the Western world. There is a search...

A Classroom Game for Teaching Climate Ethics

I’d known, in some sense, that games could be effective teaching tools. But, appropriately enough, it took playing a game at a conference to...

Statement from the Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins Philosophy Department is immensely grateful to Bill Miller for his truly spectacular $75 million gift. The fact that a very successful...

APA Member Interview: Stephen Bloch-Schulman

Stephen Bloch-Schulman is an Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Elon University. He works at the intersection of political philosophy and the scholarship...