Monthly Archives: August, 2019

Student Reflection Snapshot: Katherine Sweet

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. Katherine Sweet...

Yoga Philosophy, Part 2

Part 1 of this series can be found here.  After twenty years of research in and on the European and Indian traditions of philosophy, peer...

The Buzz Aldrin Fallacy

During my time as a Philosophy PhD student at Purdue, Buzz Aldrin came and gave a talk on Purdue’s campus. I thought going to...

Blake Hereth Awarded the APA’s 2019 Frank Chapman Sharp Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Blake Hereth (University of Washington) has been awarded the 2019 Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize...

APA Member Interview: Tomas Albergo

Tomas Albergo is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He is mainly interested in metaphysics, (meta)ethics, and perception, with keen...

The Power of Generous Questions

I’ve started a podcast about philosophy called Generous Questions. Why is it called “Generous Questions”? Ha, great question, thanks for asking! There are lots of...

On Philosophical Scholarship of Gender: A Response to “12 Leading Scholars”

Editor's note: The letter below was penned in response to another letter titled “Philosophers Should Not Be Sanctioned Over Their Positions on Sex and...

Syllabus Showcase: Blake Hereth, The Rainbowed Divine: Diverse Voices in Philosophy of Religion

This philosophy of religion course is one I designed for the job market. My hope was to design a philosophy of religion course that...

Working Intersectionally to Abolish White Supremacy: An Interview with Alyosha Goldstein

by Luis J. Beltrán-Álvarez Dr. Alyosha Goldstein is Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Goldstein dedicates his research to the study...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Dashboard Indicators and Well-Being Public Policy

On May 30th, 2019, the Government of New Zealand delivered for the first time a budget that was explicitly focused on implementing policies that...

Pain Testimonies, Testimonial Injustice, and the Burden of Trust

For years, science writer Abby Norman reported to doctors that sexual intercourse ached “like a dull pinch that resonated to my pelvis.” Norman suffered...

UEA’s Robert Sugden Wins the 2019 Joseph B. Gittler Award

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Robert Sugden (University of East Anglia) has been awarded the 2019 Joseph B. Gittler...

APA Member Interview: Simona Aimar

Simona Aimar is an Assistant Professor at University College London. She works on ancient and contemporary philosophy, mainly focussing on metaphysics and semantics. Sometimes...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy

Fred Evans has authored three single-authored books, each on a different topic: Psychology and Nihilism: A Genealogical Critique of the Computational Model of Mind;...