Yearly Archives: 2018

What Are You Reading…On Happiness

An idea found in virtually every society is that of happiness. Despite the concept’s ubiquity, defining the term is incredibly difficult. It is hard...

On Truth, Ethics, and the Importance of Non-Western Perspectives: An Interview With Jay Garfield

Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, and Visiting Professor in Buddhist Philosophy at...

APA Member Interview: Bence Nanay

Bence Nanay is a BOF Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He...

APA Eastern: Do Visual Hallucinations Involve Perception?

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

B. Jack Copeland Awarded the 2017 Barwise Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Distinguished Professor B. Jack Copeland FRS NZ (University of Canterbury) has been selected by the...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Ecopolitical Homelessness

With this post, the Blog of the APA is starting a new series that interviews authors of recently published books. The series seeks to...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Losing Ground as Existential Reflection on Philosophy

“The aesthetic moment is, so to speak, after the fact.” Losing Ground (1982) is a film about a black female philosophy professor. It is among...

Logic-Based Therapy and Civil Discourse in Fractious Times

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role that Dr. Elliot D. Cohen’s Logic-Based Therapy might play in restoring civil discourse in...

What Are You Reading…On Time

Regular readers of this series will know I missed last week’s deadline. While I have a good reason (I presented at the Central and...

Barbara Herman to Deliver the 2018–2019 de Gruyter Kant Lecture

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Barbara Herman (University of California, Los Angeles) will deliver the 2018–2019 de Gruyter Kant...

Interview with Former Philosophy Graduate Student and Investor Bill Miller

William H "Bill" Miller III is a former philosophy graduate student at Johns Hopkins University; he is also a well-regarded investor, fund manager, and philanthropist....

APA Member Interview: Monica McCarthy

Monica McCarthy is an actress and impressaria of hundreds of events in New York City, including her latest monthly show The Happier Hour: Philosophy...

Philosophical Counseling and the Network Theory of Well-Being

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

Women Philosophers Get No Agency: Elisabeth of Bohemia

By now we all know the tune. On the whole, women thinkers get less acknowledgement for their work. When they speak in meetings, their...

Epistemic Vices and Conspiracy Theories

Another school shooting, another conspiracy theory. In 2012 it was the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that sparked a wave of conspiracy theories. This...