Monthly Archives: May, 2018

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Existentialist’s Survival Guide

Gordon Marino took his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He is currently Professor of Philosophy and Director...

Black Issues in Philosophy: On Teaching Anna Julia Cooper’s “What Are We Worth” in Introductory Courses

By Thomas Meagher Anna Julia Cooper begins her essay, “What Are We Worth?”—a chapter from her classic book A Voice from the South (1892), considered...

Are we better off giving up the myth of perfect rationality?

“There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have great admiration for stupidity” – the sentiment behind Oscar Wilde’s...

What Are You Reading…On the Debate Surrounding Identity Politics

The very polarized views people have about identity politics have been on my mind recently. I have had several conversations about Jordan Peterson, exchanged...

APA Member Interview: John Kaag

John Kaag is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and author of American Philosophy: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus...

Women in Philosophy: The Work of the APA Graduate Student Council

By Zoë Johnson King Graduate school in Philosophy can be hard, in many ways, for everyone. But some of the ways in which graduate school...

Results of the Recent APA Elections

Over the last few months, members of the APA elected new divisional officers, a new at-large member of the APA board of officers, and...

The Ugly Truth of Being a Black Professor in America

Editor’s Note: Some of the language used in this article is racially sensitive. The Blog of the APA is publishing it because we believe...

Diversifying the Canon: Interview with Andrew Janiak

Andrew Janiak is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Duke University, where he is also a Bass Fellow. He received graduate degrees from the University...

What Are You Reading…On Aesthetics

Earlier today I read an article in The Guardian about a movie premier at Cannes. The film in question, called The House that Jack...

APA Member Interview: Luis Favela

Luis (“Louie”) H. Favela is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Central Florida. He earned graduate degrees in...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus

W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz is one of Poland's most renowned philosophers and political thinkers. He is the author of Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus, a book that has been inspired,...

University of Houston’s Cameron Buckner Awarded the Article Prize

NEWARK, Del. — May 15, 2018 — The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Cameron Buckner (University of Houston) has been...

Doctoral Student Orientation

For many years I attended my department’s opening week orientation for new doctoral students. While most arrived unsure or even apprehensive, all were eager...

What Are You Reading…On Nuclear Weapons

Though the timing would suggest otherwise, the idea for this post was not conditioned by the Trump administration’s decision to withdrawal from the JCPOA...