Monthly Archives: May, 2019

APA Member Interview: Tamsin Kimoto

Tamsin Kimoto is a PhD student in the Philosophy Department at Emory University and a member of the APA’s Graduate Student Council. Their primary research...

Yoga Philosophy, Part 1

After twenty years of research in and on the European and Indian traditions of philosophy, peer reviewed publications in and on both traditions, translating...

Tent Talks Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

I am baffled as to why the discipline of philosophy does not occupy a more prominent position in pop culture. Socrates was hailed as a...

Syllabus Showcase: Sahar Joakim, Introduction to Philosophy

This course is an alternative to typical introductions in philosophy. We study mainly the work of Plato and students are required to write almost...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Nike’s “Dream Crazier,” A new brand of Self Objectification

Editor's note: This piece is cross-posted at Engenderings, the gender studies blog of the London School of Economics. You can see their most recent...

Extraordinary Racial Politics: Four Events in the Informal Constitution of the United States Discussed by Fred Lee and Lisa Lowe

by Carol Gray On April 5, 2019, eighty students and faculty at the University of Connecticut participated in a discussion between University of Connecticut’s Fred...

What Are You Reading…On Game of Thrones

The pop culture topic of the hour is undoubtedly Game of Thrones’ ending, which according to conventional wisdom was a disappointment, though a survey...

APA Member Interview: Getty Lustila

Getty Lustila is a PhD candidate (ABD) at Boston University; he works on the intersection of early modern philosophy and ethics, and has written...

A Neuro-Philosophy Of Global Order: The Case for Symbiotic Realism, Multi-Sum Security and Just Power

International Relations (IR) developed as a distinct discipline after World War II but its theoretical and philosophical foundations predate the 20th century. During the Cold...

Who Shall We Invite? Improving Department Research Seminar Invitation Practices

Most departments have regular research seminars, usually weekly during term-time with an invited speaker, who talks for about an hour, followed by another hour...

Women in Philosophy: Who Cares About Women in the History of Philosophy?

by Sarah Tyson The place of women in the history of philosophy tends to be most interesting to people who already have an interest in...

The Epistemic Case for the Genuine Diversification of Academic Philosophy

Most justifications of the diversification of academic philosophy tend to appeal to arguments along the following lines: i) there exist problematic norms and values...

Is #MeToo Good for Women?

Editor's note: The following article contains explicit language about sexual assault and sexual violence. Back when Anita Hill was testifying at Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearing...

APA Member Interview: Zoë Johnson King

Zoë Johnson King is a Bersoff fellow at NYU. She will be a fellow until August 2020.  At that time, she will head West...

Saba Fatima: What It Is Like to Be a Philosopher?

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...