Monthly Archives: April, 2018

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Research

An Unknown American Contribution to the German Pessimism Controversy: Amalie J. Hathaway’s ‘Schopenhauer’

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

Women in Philosophy: Notes from philoSOPHIA Conference 2018

Adriel M. Trott -
By Jennifer Scuro The academy is risk-averse. Joy James, philoSOPHIA 2018 keynote speaker It might be too ambitious of me to imagine that, for those of us who...
Issues in Philosophy

MAP: The Power of Just Doing Philosophy

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I started the Villanova chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) in the Spring term of 2017. Our chapter is just turning a year old,...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Questioning the Language of Service

Blog Contributor -
During my tenure at St. Olaf and other colleges, there has always been a lot of earnest talk about “giving back,” “serving others,” “working...
Teaching

Diversifying the Canon: An Interview with Peter Adamson

Michaela Maxwell -
With this post, the blog is kicking off a new series of interviews dedicated to diversifying the canon. We'd love for you to share...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Ecology

Nathan Eckstrand -
Ecology as a field overlaps with pretty much every other field of study, sometimes directly, other times indirectly. As the field that looks at...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Owen Schaefer

Skye Cleary -
Owen Schaefer is a Research Assistant Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. His...
Research

Early Career Research Spotlight: James Bahoh

Nathan Eckstrand -
James Bahoh is a VolkswagenStiftung and Mellon Foundation Postdoc Fellow at the University of Bonn’s International Centre for Philosophy. He received his PhD from...
APA

UCR’s Graham is Awarded Research Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh

APA Communications -
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter J. Graham (University of California, Riverside) has been awarded the 2018–2019 Edinburgh Fellowship....
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Black Issues in Philosophy: A Conversation on Get Out

Lewis Gordon -
Having recently viewed Jordan Peele’s award-winning Get Out (2017), political theorist Derefe Kimarley Chevannes was prompted to discuss the film with philosopher Lewis Gordon,...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Belief

Nathan Eckstrand -
Belief is both powerful and dangerous. It provides meaning to our lives and motivates great works, but when wielded unintelligently can be deadly. I’ve...
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