Monthly Archives: January, 2019

Mother Forkin’ Morals: Doing Philosophy in Online Video Snippets

“The Good Place,” an NBC television comedy series that often employs philosophical themes and jokes, just concluded its third season and has been renewed...

Women in Philosophy: Ask a Senior Woman in Philosophy About Disclosing A Disability

by Audrey Yap The Women in Philosophy series is running a mini-series called “Ask a Senior Woman Philosopher.” The first installment was posted last August,...

Clear and Present Danger Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

by Jacob Mchangama It's a great privilege to be able to share the ideas behind my podcast “Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech”...

Syllabus Showcase: Eugene Kelly, Philosophy of Love and Sex

I teach at the New York Institute of Technology, which has campuses in Manhattan and in Nassau County. Despite its mandate of preparing students...

Public Philosophy, “Dumbing Down,” and the Demands of Justice

When an academic philosopher takes her first steps into public philosophy, she quickly confronts a challenge: We are used to writing in a slow,...

The Journal of Controversial Ideas: An Interview with Jeff McMahan and Francesca Minerva

Recently, Jeff McMahan, Francesca Minerva, and Peter Singer created a new Journal of Controversial Ideas where scholars concerned about possible reactions to their work...

APA Member Interview: Ann Cahill

Ann J. Cahill is a professor of philosophy at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. Her research areas focus on feminist philosophy and philosophy...

David Foster Wallace and the Challenge of Fatalism

Recently I had occasion to consult major reference works to compare their accounts of fatalism. What I found was disappointing. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy,...

What It’s Like to be a Philosopher: Oliver Thorn

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...

Examples of Aporia Questions Using Picture Books

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and...

The Middle Way Society Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

The Middle Way Society is an international society, hitherto based in the UK, to develop understanding of the Middle Way and support its practice....

Reflections on the Art of Teaching Philosophy: A Participant’s Experience at an AAPT Seminar

If you’re not familiar with the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), the organization’s self-description as “dedicated to the advancement of the art of...

Interview with Louise Antony about the Mentoring Program for Early-Career Women in Philosophy

Update: Mentoring Workshop Application Deadline Extended The Mentoring Program for Early-Career Women Philosophers still has openings for the 2019 Mentoring Workshop, and so we are extending...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Stain Removal’s Metaethical and Metaphilosophical Implications

Reid Miller’s Stain Removal: Ethics and Race is a philosophical examination guided by the task of troubling ethics through an examination of its relation...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them

Facts, as the old saying goes, are “stubborn things.” But what about our attitude towards facts? When one’s feelings about facts drive a decision,...