Monthly Archives: September, 2018

MSU’s Toolbox Dialogue Initiative Wins the 2018 Prize for Excellence and Innovation

The American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC) are pleased to announce that the 2018 Prize for Excellence and Innovation in...

Gendered Language: Why Preserve the Status Quo?

When it comes to language, how much gender is too much? In particular, how many gender-specific terms should our language have, and what sorts...

Mental Health In Music: Does It Need To Be Censored?

After years of discrimination, people with mental health disorders are slowly becoming more accepted within modern society. Because of this, mental health disorders are...

Welcoming Our New Editors: David V. Johnson and Sabrina D. MisirHiralall

I’m very pleased to announce two new editors will be joining the APA Blog team as of October 1st: David V. Johnson and Sabrina...

Women in Philosophy: The Words to Say It

by Subrena E. Smith The title of this essay, borrowed from Marie Cardinal, addresses the act of writing. I write to give a view into...

The Stoic Meditations Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

We live in a time of new media, when many people -- for better or for worse -- get their news from social media...

Humanities for All: Scholarly Societies Column

As campuses across the country fill with the renewed energy of the fall semester, it is a good time to pause to reflect on...

What It’s Like to Be a Philosopher: Steff Rocknak

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews with...

Philosophy’s Orphans

The divide--and, at times, the fight--between "Continental" and "Analytic" philosophical traditions has been going on for quite some time. Even the very fact that...

Diversifying the Canon: Interview with John Ramsey

John Ramsey is an assistant professor in philosophy at the University of Northern Colorado. He specializes in early Chinese philosophy and contemporary social philosophy....

APA Member Interview: Luke William Hunt

Luke William Hunt is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Radford University, where he works in political philosophy, jurisprudence, and criminal justice.  Prior to...

The Philosopher Queens: Why Two Ex-Philosophy Students are Crowdfunding for a Book on Women Philosophers

As many things do, it started with a Twitter rant. As ex-philosophy students, we know that, when it comes to the history of philosophy, women...

Diversity and Philosophy Journals: Reforming Philosophy

There are several reasons why a low representation of women, minorities, and people from low-income families is a serious problem in higher education. Equal...

James and the Giant Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

"I read philosophy so you don’t have to."We know the particular kind of headache studying philosophy can be. The language can be so tangled,...

Black Issues in Philosophy: The APSA’s Foundations of Political Theory 2018 Book Awards

by Jane Anna Gordon The American Political Science Association’s Foundations of Political Theory awards books that contribute to re-thinking canonical work and theoretical concerns in...