Yearly Archives: 2018

2018
Research

What Are You Reading…On Heroism and Community

Nathan Eckstrand -
One of the biggest stories of the last couple weeks has been the ongoing saga of the teenage soccer team trapped in a cave...
Issues in Philosophy

Philosophy by the Public: A Response to David Johnson

Blog Contributor -
David V. Johnson recently proposed a “vision of public philosophy” in a post for this blog. While this was a thoughtful article, containing a...
Teaching

Diversifying the Canon: Interview with Bryan W. Van Norden

Michaela Maxwell -
Bryan W. Van Norden is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professor at Yale-NUS College and also professor of philosophy at Vassar College.  He is...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Women in Philosophy: Online Misogyny and Our Profession

Adriel M. Trott -
By Cassie Herbert This winter anonymous commenters on a philosophy blog wanted to ridicule a ‘liberal’ professor. In order to do this, they wrote about...
Research

Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times

Nathan Eckstrand -
This year's Central APA featured an author-meets critics session on Alexis Shotwell's new book Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times. Below, I interview...
Issues in Philosophy

Politics and Appointments

Blog Contributor -
A widely accepted principle of academic ethics is that candidates for appointments should not be asked questions that do not bear on performance...
Uncategorized

A Farewell Post

Lewis Powell -
After three years as the Lead Editor of the APA Blog, as my term comes to an end, I am writing to say goodbye,...
APA

Kristopher McDaniel (Syracuse) Wins the APA’s 2018 Sanders Book Prize

APA Communications -
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Kristopher McDaniel (Syracuse University) has been awarded the 2018 Sanders Book Prize for his...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Elyse Purcell

Skye Cleary -
Elyse Purcell is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta and the Secretary-Treasurer of the APA...
Issues in Philosophy

Against Lynching as a Case “Against Empathy”

Blog Contributor -
When I first heard about Paul Bloom’s book, Against Empathy, I was keen to be persuaded to his view. I knew the bare outline...
Issues in Philosophy

Post-Truth and Philosophy

Blog Contributor -
We live with truth all around us and yet some people readily embrace lies. Everywhere you turn among the academics and pundits, we constantly...
Research

What Are You Reading…On Islamic Philosophy

Nathan Eckstrand -
There was a time when knowledge from Ancient Greece was studied primarily by the Islamic World. Philosophers like Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and Ibn Sina...
Research

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Hiddenness Argument

Blog Contributor -
This week's Recently Published Book Spotlight was written by Andrew Moon, an assistant professor of philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Because Andrew and his...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Women in Philosophy: The Ethical Call to Decolonize the Philosophical Canon

Adriel M. Trott -
By Miranda Pilipchuk “You go to women? Do not forget the whip!” I was an undergraduate philosophy major when I first read those infamous words...
Issues in Philosophy

Does Philosophical Language Have to Be Difficult?

Blog Contributor -
Readers have sometimes asked why my books aren’t more accessible, why they can’t be easily understood by non-academics. At first, I was surprised that these...
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