Yearly Archives: 2019

Call for nominations: Inaugural Ernest Sosa Prize Lecture

The APA invites nominations for the inaugural Ernest Sosa Prize Lecture. The winner of the prize must be an outstanding contributor to epistemology, and...

Kant for Kids

Kant for kids? “The mind reels,” Michael Dirda says. You might as well imagine Einstein for babies. At first blush, such a project sounds...

The Assisted Reproduction of Race

by Camisha Russell In 2009, I was just starting to outline what would become my first book, The Assisted Reproduction of Race. I wanted to...

Student Reflection Snapshot: Brian Hanley

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. Brian Hanley...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Arc of Love

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is about Aaron Ben-Ze’ev's book The Arc of Love. Aaron is Professor of Philosophy at the...

Thriving and Surviving Grad School

Assuming no disasters, this will be the last year of my PhD program. Before the final push, I want to share some hard-earned wisdom...

APA Announces 2020 Lecturers

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Patricia Kitcher (Columbia University), Daniel Dennett (Tufts University), and David Chalmers (New York University) have...

APA Member Interview: Michael M. Kazanjian

Michael M. Kazanjian teaches college philosophy at Triton College. He is revising toward the third edition of his third book, Unified Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Metaphysics,...

Indigenizing International Law, Part 3: Ethnographies of Ethnic Militancy

This three-part series, Indigenizing International Law, explores the encounter between Western and Indigenous jurisdictions, paying particular attention to the way in which post-colonial rule...

Early Career Research Spotlight: Trip Glazer

This edition of the Early Career Research Spotlight is about Trip Glazer. He is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton,...

Student Reflection Snapshot: Sara Fleming

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. Sara Fleming...

Graduate Students on Diversity and Inclusivity in Philosophy

Many philosophers recognize that the field has a “gender problem,” and maybe even a “race problem,” but I have come to believe that it...

What Incivility Gets Us (And What It Doesn’t)

What does civility actually serve? In an age of increasing political polarization, Amy Olberding’s recently published The Wrong of Rudeness defends politeness, with some...

LaRose Parris’s Being Apart as a Contribution to Existential Phenomenology

There are certain books that make a significant impact upon initial reading but that, over the course of time, reveal themselves to have had...

APA Member Interview: Efren Alverio II

Efren Alverio II is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University in Melbourne.  His research focuses...