Monthly Archives: September, 2018

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Hiking with Nietzsche

John Kaag is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at University of Massachusetts Lowell.  He is the author, most recently, of Hiking with...

What Are You Reading…On Phenomenology

As it was first introduced by Husserl, the phenomenological method represented a significant departure from earlier philosophies. Concepts about subjectivity and objectivity which had...

UVA’s Deborah Hellman Wins the 2019 Fred Berger Memorial Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Deborah Hellman (University of Virginia School of Law) has been awarded the 2019 Fred...

Philosophy is History (Part I)

The relation between philosophy and history of philosophy is controversial. Some believe that history is of mere instrumental value; reading the odd classic might...

Diversity and Philosophy Journals: Some Comments on Diversity

I have been invited, as the Editor of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy (AJP), to say something about how the journal has been trying...

Women in Philosophy: Table Talk, or On the Possibility of Real, Open Conversation

by Asia Ferrin There has been some online discussion recently about how, or if, people can have open conversations about policies that aim to create...

This is Not a Pipe Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

Philosophy works like a drug. It’s mind-altering. It’s addictive. And there have always been certain groups vying to monopolize the market. If we stick...

Laboratory for Innovation in Philosophy Teaching

by Russell Marcus This past summer, the philosophy department at Hamilton College hosted a new two-week program for undergraduate students. In developing the program, we...

Diversifying the Canon: Interview with Alison Peterman

Alison Peterman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rochester.  She received her PhD from Northwestern University in 2012. She works on...

APA Member Interview: Marlin Sommers

Marlin Sommers recently defended his dissertation “Participating with the Known and the Value of Craft as Knowing” at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. His philosophical...

Diversity and Philosophy Journals: Sophia’s History of Encouraging Diversity

Sophia was founded in 1962 by Max Charlesworth, a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne  (Australia), and served...

The Making of the Happier Hour Podcast: Life Outside Academia

My love for philosophy began my freshman year at Pepperdine University in a program called in The Great Books Colloquium. I was a Theater...

Enjoying Vicious Artists

The #MeToo movement has exposed a number of men in Hollywood as sexual predators. Starting with Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, #MeToo’s momentum kept...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Remembering Samir Amin

by Lewis Gordon and Thomas Meagher This issue reprints a recent memorial article on the passing of Samir Amin, written by Lewis R. Gordon for...

So You Want to Teach Some Islamic Philosophy?

If I had to place a bet as to the biggest changes we’ll see in the philosophy profession over the next several decades, I...