Yearly Archives: 2019

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...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Moral Nexus

R. Jay Wallace is a professor in the philosophy department at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 2000. Wallace is...

Syllabus Showcase: Eugene Kelly, The Philosophy of Human Nature

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

How do we pry apart the true and compelling from the false and toxic?

When false and malicious speech roils the body politic, when racism and violence surge, the right and role of freedom of speech in society...

For/giving and Other Existential Challenges in Nathalie Etoke’s Melancholia Africana

by Lewis R. Gordon The English translation of Nathalie Etoke’s Melancholia Africana comes to print this year through Rowman & Littlefield International’s Creolizing the Canon series. To say that this...

The Invisible Philosopher: Hans Blumenberg

Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) is a posthumous celebrity in post-war German philosophical circles, partly thanks to Sibylle Lewitscharoff’s 2011 novel, Blumenberg. Now, without irony, a...

What Are You Reading…On Human Nature

Human nature is one of the most controversial yet significant topics that philosophy has traditionally taken up. Just as the study of it has...

APA Member Interview: Blake Hereth

Blake Hereth is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington and current Chair of the APA Graduate Student Council. Ze works primarily in the...

Choosing a Textbook for Problems of Philosophy

Here’s a common situation: A doctoral student or recent PhD is asked to teach a standard introduction to the problems of philosophy. No single...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The McDonaldization of Philosophy

As societies have evolved beyond the preindustrial era, they have become more and more dominated by bureaucracies. However, the ultimate form of bureaucracy is...

Women in Philosophy: Philosophy for Pre-College Students

by Zoe Lawson On Friday, April 19th, the Philosophy Outreach Project, POP, held the second annual Conference for Pre-College Philosophical Engagement, or CPPE, at Ball...

Entitled Opinions: Philosophy Outside Academia

The task of making the case for philosophy and the humanities has never been more urgent. Nevertheless, it has become the province of a...