Monthly Archives: April, 2019

The Culture of Assessment

Not a day passes without an invitation to assess some service, usually by filling out a form, with scales from 1 to 5 to...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Black Women Philosophers Conference at the CUNY-Graduate Center

by Heather Muraviov and Taylor Tate The Black Women Philosophers Conference took place last month on March 15th and 16th, 2019 and was hosted by...

What Are You Reading…On Justice

In the wake of the Muller report, I have seen many debates about what constitutes “obstruction of justice.” Some, like our Attorney General, argue...

APA Member Interview: Kristina Dukoski

Kristina Dukoski is a 22-year-old soon-to-be graduate of the University of Toronto where she is currently enrolled in a specialist philosophy program. She is...

Can We Reproduce The Woolly Mammoth?

Note: This essay is based on a paper given at the 2019 Eastern APA in New York City. Media reporters often announce that we are...

Women in Philosophy: The Limits of Consent in Sexual Ethics

by Ellie Anderson When it comes to sex, public discourse today revolves around consent. ‘Affirmative’ consent, ‘enthusiastic’ consent, and “Yes means yes!” movements abound. Consent...

Philosophers on Medicine Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

It is no revelation that there is philosophy in medicine. Bioethics contains ethics, and bioethics is a booming enterprise. But what about metaphysics, epistemology,...

Talking Teaching: Building an Online Community

This post developed from a Blog Contributor who presented for the Talking Teaching discussion series hosted by the APA Committee on Teaching. On March...

Documenting the Impact and Reach of the NEH

In 2017, in response to the Trump administration’s threat to cut funding to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Humanities Alliance launched...

How Do You Approach Public Philosophy?

Drawing on early childhood education, I developed a community discussion group with an emergent inquiry in order to practice autonomy and sympathy. It fostered high quality relationships between the university and the city.

APA Member Interview: Stephanie Rivera Berruz

Stephanie Rivera Berruz is an Assistant Professor of philosophy at Marquette University. Despite nomadic movements across the US, she proudly calls Puerto Rico home....

Poststructuralist Tent Revival Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

Podcasts have been an indispensably important resource for my own philosophical education. I attended a small, religious undergraduate institution where we had exactly one...

Syllabus Showcase: Robin L. Zebrowski, Cyborg Brains and Hybrid Minds

This course came about in a special program at Beloit College, a small liberal arts college where I currently teach. I hold a cross-disciplinary...

What It is Like to Be a Philosopher: Simon Critchley

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...

Black Issues in Philosophy: Media Representations of Immigrants from African Countries in Italy

There is a nationwide fear of the amount of people that have been coming from African countries into Italy. This fear is caused by...