In Sense and Sensibilia, J. L. Austin warned philosophers against the “constant obsessive repetition of the same small range of jejune ‘examples.’ ” We place...
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...
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...
In 2014, Sue Shellenbarger, writing for The Wall Street Journal, described the frustration and stress we often feel when trying to decipher a cryptic...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
“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,...
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...