Monthly Archives: June, 2019

APA Member Interview: Vida Yao

Vida Yao is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. She received her Ph.D. at UNC Chapel Hill in 2016 and did her undergraduate...

2019 Lebowitz Prize Awarded to Philosophers Bratman and Gilbert

The American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK) are pleased to announce that Dr. Michael E. Bratman (ΦBK, Haverford), the...

Monty Python Witch Trial: Validity, Soundness, and the Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle

In the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), there is a scene involving a Witch Burning Trial that I use in my critical thinking...

Student Reflection Snapshot: Savannah Pearlman

This series of Student Reflections is based on interviews conducted by Elyse Purcell and Sarah Horne during the APA's 2019 Central Division Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Savannah Pearlman received her...

The Question of Revolutionary Responsibility and Erica Burman’s Fanon, Education, Action

by Nigel Gibson What I want to present here is a part of a larger ongoing discussion of the centrality of Frantz Fanon’s work as...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Cunning of Imagination

Eugene Garver Ph.D.'s is from the Committee for the Analysis of Ideas and the Study of Methods at The University of Chicago. Since then,...

APA Member Interview: Annette Martin

Annette Martin is a PhD candidate in philosophy at New York University. She works in social philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of race, and her...

We Have a Crisis in U.S. Higher Education

The teaching structure of higher education has altered drastically in the past two decades and those in power do not want to talk about...

Women in Philosophy: Joan Callahan (1946-2019)

by Kate Norlock We note with sadness the death of Joan Callahan (1946-2019). Joan was Emerita Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. She...

Talking Teaching: Giving Supportive and Effective Feedback

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

What is the role of the history of philosophy nowadays? An interview with Lisa Shapiro

The  I International Conference Women in the History of Philosophy will take place from June 17 to 20 at the Universidade do Estado do Rio...

Science as Process Versus Science as Behemoth

I live on a small island off the southwest coast of Ireland. When I want to go out, I get a boat to the...

APA Member Interview: Héctor Ricardo Hernández

Héctor Ricardo Hernández is a senior at Yale University from Bogotá, Colombia majoring in Philosophy and German Studies. He is interested in Critical Theory,...

The Limit of Responsibility: The Ethical Paradox of the Anthropocene

In this post I will try to describe the ethical paradox emerging within the framework of the so-called Anthropocene: the ‘new aspirant geological epoch’,...

Instagramming the Self

If you scroll through the average Instagram user’s account, you will undoubtedly see an endless parade of photographs featuring fancy drinks, delectable food, serene...