Monthly Archives: May, 2018

Philosophy Goes to the Future: An Interview with K.K. Edin

The Measurements of Decay is K.K. Edin's debut novel. Described as both "a tortured love letter to philosophy and a space opera spanning centuries,"...

APA Member Interview: Howard Williams

Howard Williams is a Distinguished Honorary Professor in the School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University. From 1979-2011 he taught Political Philosophy at Aberystwyth University...

Women in Philosophy: Publishing Ethics in Philosophy

By Kris Sealey I’m the lead PI on a Mellon grant to develop a code of ethics for publishing in philosophy. Our team came to...

Michael Shermer on utilitarianism, deontology, and “natural rights”

You may have noticed that I don’t opine on quantum mechanics. Or jazz. The reason for this is that — although I’m very interested...

SOMA and I

The game “SOMA” is a first-person sci-fi horror game. I study philosophy of mind and cognitive science, so I was thrilled to find that...

What Are You Reading…On Hallucinations

Hallucinations are difficult to explain, given that they have no objectively verifiable cause in the way many of our other experiences do. There are...

APA Member Interview: Mariam al-Attar

Mariam Al-Attar teaches philosophy at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. Her main interests include Arabo-Islamic philosophy and Moral Philosophy.  She is the author...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Double Consciousness of a Black Muslim American

I shudder to think what the backlash against the Muslim community would have been if Mark Anthony Conduitt, the Austin bomber and the domestic...

2018 Lebowitz Prize Awarded to Kit Fine and Stephen Yablo

The American Philosophical Association (APA), along with the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK), is pleased to announce that Kit Fine, Silver Professor of Philosophy...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: New Television

Martin Shuster teaches at Goucher College, in the Center for Geographies of Justice, and where he also directs the Judaic studies program. In addition...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Interview of Alan Pelaez Lopez

By Brooks Kirchgassner   Alan Pelaez Lopez is a PhD student in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Lopez’s preferred third-person...