Yearly Archives: 2018

Happiness and Ignorance

In Sense and Sensibilia, J. L. Austin warned philosophers against the “constant obsessive repetition of the same small range of jejune ‘examples.’ ” We place...

The Post-Truth Condition

  Post-Truth Is More about Justification Than Truth It is popular, even among philosophers, to think about ‘post-truth’ as entailing a disregard for the truth, as...

What Are You Reading…On Cultural Identity

Cultural identity is constantly being torn down and rebuilt. Though both processes always occur, sometimes one is dominant. It seems to me that the...

APA Member Interview: Nathan Bauer

Dr. Nathan Bauer is an Instructor of Philosophy at Rowan University. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2008. He works...

What It’s Like to Be a Philosopher: Barry Lam

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews with...

Philosophizing in the Streets

One of the big discussions of our time centers on the nature of what is often called “public philosophy.” What is it? How do...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Wittgenstein in the Digital Age of Communication

In 2014, Sue Shellenbarger, writing for The Wall Street Journal, described the frustration and stress we often feel when trying to decipher a cryptic...

Women in Philosophy: Feminism and the F-Bomb

by Leigh M. Johnson This past September, Judge (now Justice) Brett Kavanaugh appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in a bid for confirmation to...

An Act of Racist Terrorism

Doing her best to offer Republican spin on the horrific October 27 shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, Counselor to President Donald Trump...

In the Face of Climate Collapse, Resist Hope

The United Nations’ Paris Agreement, which went into effect in 2016, set a goal of containing global temperature increases between 1.5 and 2° Celsius...

1,000-Word Philosophy: Philosophy for Everyone

“Professional philosophy can seem abstract, esoteric, and hyper-specialized. But we all ask and try to answer philosophical questions myriad times daily: philosophy is the...

Diversifying the Canon: Interview with Julia Jorati

Julia Jorati is an associate professor of philosophy at the Ohio State University. She works on early modern philosophy and, within that, mostly on...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Anthony J. Steinbock’s Moral Emotions

by Lewis R. Gordon Phenomenology, Maurice Natanson often reminded us, is an infinite task of beginnings, of starting over, of re-doing—again and again. A critic...

Serious Illness: Reconciling Scientific and Subjective Vantage Points

“Congratulations on becoming a long-term survivor!” cheerily exclaimed my radiation oncologist during a follow-up visit 18 months after the conclusion of my six-week,...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy

Justin Sytsma is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Programme at Victoria University of Wellington in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand. He's interested in a...