Yearly Archives: 2018

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Totalitarianism in Our Time

By Nathan Eckstrand Several dystopian classics became bestsellers—1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and The Handmaid’s Tale—following Donald Trump’s election, presumably by people who wished...

New APA Blog Series: Women in Philosophy

The APA is excited to announce a new series of the APA Blog called “Women in Philosophy,” which will operate under the auspices of...

Teaching Outside the Classroom: Dena Shottenkirk on Think Olio

Think Olio is a New York-based interdisciplinary lecture series founded by CUNY students Chris Zumtobel and David Kurfirst in March 2015, who started with...

Committee on the Status of Women Sponsored Panels at Pacific APA

The Committee on the Status of Women is pleased to announce two panels that it is co-sponsoring at the Pacific APA. Saturday, March 31, 2018,...

The Self and the Selfie

With more data stored from one day's selfies than all the world's books, many have dismissed Generation Selfie as superficial and vain. Yet creative...

Normalizing Pronoun-Sharing at Philosophy Conferences

Last month, I attended the Central APA meeting in Chicago to be part of a panel on queer productions of knowledge.  I do not...

Excerpt from Tar for Mortar: The Library of Babel and the Dream of Totality

The following is an excerpt from Tar for Mortar: The Library of Babel and the Dream of Totality, just released by punctum books. It...

What Are You Reading…On the Philosophy of Religion

The philosophy of religion has been a big topic since philosophy’s beginning, with Plato talking about religion’s role in The Republic. The field has...

Hartry Field to Give the 2018–2019 Romanell Lecture on Philosophical Naturalism

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Hartry Field (New York University) will give the 2018–2019 Romanell Lecture at the 2019...

New APA Blog Series: Including Trans Athletes in Competitive Sport

An issue increasingly on people’s minds and in the public eye is whether—and how—transgender women should be allowed to compete in sport in women’s...

APA Member Interview: Carol Bensick

Carol Bensick has a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Early and Nineteenth-Century American Literary and Intellectual History and the Nineteenth-Century European Novel.  As a...

The APA joins 20+ associations to issue statement opposing proposed program cuts at UW Stevens Point

Today the American Philosophical Association, along with more than 20 other learned societies, issued a joint statement in opposition to the proposed program cuts...

Aporia and the Implications for the Intuitive Knowledge of Children

When rationality fails us we are puzzled and left with a sense of aporia (απορια) meaning puzzlement or wonderment. We are “at a loss,”...

The Austerity Argument for Compatibilism

Editors note: Because of a major snowfall in Savannah, GA during the recent Eastern APA, the Blog of the APA will be hosting papers...

On Public Philosophizing: A Conversation with Caleb Harrison and Macy Salzberger

After the controversial decision not to announce a winner for Marc Sanders Foundation 2017 Public Philosophy Award, I spoke with Caleb Harrison and Macy Salzberger...