Monthly Archives: April, 2020

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Teaching

A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the Is/Ought Problem

William Parkhurst -
A Bit of Fry & Laurie lets us ask: just because this is a way that I can make money, is it something that I ought to do?
Research

Philosophy and the Novel: 6 Points of Contact, Part 2

Nathan Eckstrand -
Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part series. The first part can be found here. Six Points of Contact With these stipulations in...
Public Philosophy

Coronavirus and Re-enchanting Nature

David V. Johnson -
Ancient Thebes, Greece: An epidemic disease is ravaging the city. Its king, Oedipus, has sent his brother Creon to the oracle of Delphi in...
Black Issues in Philosophy

Dawn of Darkness

Nathan Eckstrand -
(Composed on 24 March 2020) I know, I know, It threatens the common gestures of human bonding The handshake, The hug The shoulders we give each other to cry...
Research

Philosophy and the Novel: Six Points of Contact, Part 1

Nathan Eckstrand -
Editor's Note: This is the first part of a two-part series. The second part can be found here. Philosophy, Literature, Fiction, and the Novel Ever since...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Introducing the Associate Editor of the Women in Philosophy series: An Interview with Julinna Oxley

Adriel M. Trott -
The Women in Philosophy series is pleased to announce that Julinna Oxley is coming onboard the APA Blog team as the Associate Editor of...
Teaching

Teaching Philosophy and Teaching ‘Philosophically’

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
When I was first hired at Mira Costa High School in 2012 as an English Teacher, I was already a semester-deep in a Masters...
COVID-19

Coronavirus Is Everyone’s Problem, But Not Everyone’s Problem to Solve

David V. Johnson -
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are all told that we have duties to maintain social distance, remain at home, and so on....
Research

A Neurophilosophy of Power and Constitutionalism

Nathan Eckstrand -
With this post, the Blog of the APA is beginning a new short-term series by Prof Nayef Al-Rodhan titled "Neurophilosophy of Governance, Power and...
Work/Life Balance

Spencer Case: What is it like to be a philosopher?

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
This is an excerpt from an interview with Spencer Case, international research fellow at the Wuhan University This is an excerpt from an interview...
COVID-19

Thinking Our Way Through Coronavirus: Hannah Arendt’s Insights for Dark Times

David V. Johnson -
The novel coronavirus has managed to spread to all corners of the globe, altering our ways of life profoundly, bringing sickness and death everywhere...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: A Society of Strangers

Nathan Eckstrand -
On a cold December day, I walk in Manhattan. I see a man face down on the ground. As he turns, I see his rough, gaunt features....
Black Issues in Philosophy

“Let me take it from the top. Hello. I’m The Doctor”: Sakena Young-Scaggs and Lewis R. Gordon on Doctor Who, Race, and Re-memory

Lewis Gordon -
On March 19th, Lewis Gordon came across this article by Mel Perez on the surprising development of a Black female incarnation of The Doctor,...
APA

2020 Lebowitz Prize Awarded to Philosophers Callard and Paul

APA Communications -
The American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK) are pleased to announce that Dr. Agnes Callard, Associate Professor of Philosophy...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Kaitlyn Creasy

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Kaitlyn Creasy is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, San Bernardino. She works primarily on 19th century European philosophy, especially the work...
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