Monthly Archives: October, 2018

How Kavanaugh’s Virginity Defense Normalizes Sexual Assault

*Content warning: contains graphic depictions of sexual assault The past weeks have witnessed a number of arguments raised in Brett Kavanaugh’s defense that are all...

Exploring Plato’s Cave With Young People

On October 3, 2018, twenty-four people explored themes from one of the most important thought experiments in the history of philosophy: the Allegory of...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Banality of Rumor

“Since choice as a decisive factor in self-preservation has to do with appearances, and since appearance has the double function of concealing some interior...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Dwayne Tunstall as Africana Philosopher

by Thomas Meagher One of the preoccupations of Africana philosophy could be characterized in terms of axiology. Africana philosophy emerges out of a context of...

The Brainstorm Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

I’ve always felt like a rookie when it comes to philosophy. I grew up in a blue-collar home where work was done to put...

Teaching Gen Ed Students the Value of Philosophy

The news of philosophy departments under threat is disturbingly familiar to many of us. We bemoan the latest news of the elimination of a...

A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance

The duality mind-body has ancient roots in philosophy, most notably with Plato, Descartes and others. In dualism, mind and body are contrasted as two...

What Are You Reading…On the Philosophy of Technology

Technology constantly poses us challenges. The opportunities it offers come with dangers attached. Social media encourage envy and depression when we see the fun...

Jean Gebser’s Structures of Consciousness and Biological Evolution

In The Ever-Present Origin, Jean Gebser suggests that both cultural and psychological processes can be parsed into five nonhierarchical “structures” or “mutations” of consciousness,...

Leonard, Schoenherr, and Springle Win the 2019 Sanders Graduate Student Awards

The APA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Sanders Graduate Student Awards: Matt Leonard (University of Southern California),...

Women in Philosophy: Reflections on the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings

The investigation into Brett Kavanaugh's past behavior raised questions about consent, privilege, and embodiment with the American people. Many object to rewarding the actions...

A Puzzle Concerning Affirmative Action

Years ago the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Hispanics sponsored a symposium at the Eastern Division Meeting where a puzzling case was discussed....

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Trump at the Border

On Thursday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 24, 2018, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley philosophy department held roundtable events on Donald Trump....

Women in Philosophy: Reproductive Politics Old and New

by Sara Brill When women are policed according to the public perception that they are insufficiently attentive to their children, criminally prosecuted for miscarriage, and...

The Panpsycast Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

APA blog: Thanks so much for agreeing to be interviewed, Jack. For readers that may have never heard of the Panpsycast Podcast, what is...