Yearly Archives: 2019

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Obligated Self

Mara Benjamin is the Irene Kaplan Leiwant Associate Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College.  She is the author of Rosenzweig’s...

Statistics Wars: Interview with Deborah Mayo

What is your work about? The “statistics wars” reflect disagreements on one of the deepest, oldest, philosophical questions: How do humans learn about the world despite...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Philosophy of Quantum Physics

As an expert in physics, metaphysics, and logic, Tim Maudlin is well qualified to talk about how discoveries in quantum physics are influencing established...

The Two Philosophers, One Podcast, No Problems Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

https://open.spotify.com/show/5s1nMLywY5L23z3zKT2W27?si=SW_n66_sTcWvzD1CxoEYKg I’m Liv and I am a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. My research involves the philosophy of time travel, looking at how...

Syllabus Showcase: Stephen Bloch-Schulman, Ethical Practice

Ethical Practice is an introductory level class at Elon University, a small-to-mid-sized Masters level Liberal Arts University, with about 5,500 undergraduates, mostly from the...

Two Factors in Choosing a Dissertation Topic

From their first day in graduate school, doctoral students are aware that to earn a degree they must complete a dissertation, and they are...

Public Philosophy Is Good—For Philosophy and For the Public

Academic philosophers frequently dismiss the value and legitimacy of public philosophy—i.e. philosophy that engages issues of public concern and works collaboratively with civic and...

Nkiru Nzegwu: Philosopher, Artist, Art Historian, and Trail Blazer

by Lewis R. Gordon The best testament to a scholar’s work is its necessity for the continued life of one’s own.  I have taught Professor...

What Are You Reading…On the Cynics and Cynicism

The ideal Cynic acts as a critic of society, exposing its excesses and encouraging a healthier relationship with nature. This is the virtue Diogenes...

Announcing the Winners of the APA Blog Undergraduate Public Philosophy Award

After reviewing 96 submissions, we are pleased to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the APA Blog's first Public Philosophy Award for Undergraduates,...

APA Member Interview: Ben Bayer

Ben Bayer is a fellow and instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute and an adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He received his Ph.D. from the University...

Barry Lam Awarded a Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship for 2019–2020

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Barry Lam, associate professor of philosophy at Vassar College, has been awarded a 2019–2020 Whiting...

Is There a Bat in Your Bias?

by Brian Glenney Are philosophical thought experiments activating biases or intuitions? The very thing that makes a thought experiment powerful, how it attracts an actively...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Debating Race, Ethnicity, and Latino Identity

Iván Jaksic directs the Santiago Program for the Bing Overseas Studies Program and works at the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University....

Women in Philosophy: Aiming for Greater Inclusiveness in Academic Philosophy

by Helen De Cruz I’ve shifted institutions several times over the years (from Leuven to Oxford University to the VU Amsterdam to Oxford Brookes University)....