Monthly Archives: March, 2018

The Self and the Selfie

With more data stored from one day's selfies than all the world's books, many have dismissed Generation Selfie as superficial and vain. Yet creative...

Normalizing Pronoun-Sharing at Philosophy Conferences

Last month, I attended the Central APA meeting in Chicago to be part of a panel on queer productions of knowledge.  I do not...

Excerpt from Tar for Mortar: The Library of Babel and the Dream of Totality

The following is an excerpt from Tar for Mortar: The Library of Babel and the Dream of Totality, just released by punctum books. It...

What Are You Reading…On the Philosophy of Religion

The philosophy of religion has been a big topic since philosophy’s beginning, with Plato talking about religion’s role in The Republic. The field has...

Hartry Field to Give the 2018–2019 Romanell Lecture on Philosophical Naturalism

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Hartry Field (New York University) will give the 2018–2019 Romanell Lecture at the 2019...

New APA Blog Series: Including Trans Athletes in Competitive Sport

An issue increasingly on people’s minds and in the public eye is whether—and how—transgender women should be allowed to compete in sport in women’s...

APA Member Interview: Carol Bensick

Carol Bensick has a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Early and Nineteenth-Century American Literary and Intellectual History and the Nineteenth-Century European Novel.  As a...

The APA joins 20+ associations to issue statement opposing proposed program cuts at UW Stevens Point

Today the American Philosophical Association, along with more than 20 other learned societies, issued a joint statement in opposition to the proposed program cuts...

Aporia and the Implications for the Intuitive Knowledge of Children

When rationality fails us we are puzzled and left with a sense of aporia (απορια) meaning puzzlement or wonderment. We are “at a loss,”...

The Austerity Argument for Compatibilism

Editors note: Because of a major snowfall in Savannah, GA during the recent Eastern APA, the Blog of the APA will be hosting papers...

On Public Philosophizing: A Conversation with Caleb Harrison and Macy Salzberger

After the controversial decision not to announce a winner for Marc Sanders Foundation 2017 Public Philosophy Award, I spoke with Caleb Harrison and Macy Salzberger...

What Are You Reading…On Happiness

An idea found in virtually every society is that of happiness. Despite the concept’s ubiquity, defining the term is incredibly difficult. It is hard...

On Truth, Ethics, and the Importance of Non-Western Perspectives: An Interview With Jay Garfield

Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, and Visiting Professor in Buddhist Philosophy at...

APA Member Interview: Bence Nanay

Bence Nanay is a BOF Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He...

APA Eastern: Do Visual Hallucinations Involve Perception?

Editors note: Because of a major snowfall in Savannah, GA during the recent Eastern APA, the Blog of the APA will be hosting papers...