Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Deborah Boyle Is Awarded the APA Edinburgh Fellowship

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Deborah Boyle (College of Charleston) has been awarded the 2020-2021 Edinburgh Fellowship. The Edinburgh Fellow...

APA Member Interview: Eva Feder Kittay

Eva Feder Kittay is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Stony Brook University/SUNY. Her pioneering work interjects questions of feminism, care and disability (especially...

Michael Friedman to Deliver the 2021 de Gruyter Kant Lecture

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Michael Friedman (Stanford University) will deliver the 2021 de Gruyter Kant Lecture at the 2021...

Results of the Recent APA Elections

Over the last few months, members of the APA elected new divisional officers and a new at-large member of the APA board of officers,...

Jason Yonover Wins the 2020 Baumgardt Memorial Fellowship

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Jason Yonover (Johns Hopkins University) has been selected by the APA committee on international cooperation...

The Problem of Protesting at People’s Homes

Protesters have targeted the private homes of public officials. This is dangerous and misguided. It risks violence and misunderstands political power and political protest. In...

Aaron Sloman Awarded the 2020 Barwise Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Aaron Sloman (University of Birmingham, UK) has been selected by the APA committee on philosophy...

A Life that Is Not One

I am dreaming a lot right now. Often nightmares that bring me back to the world of my childhood as a little Jewish girl,...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Two Thumbs Up

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is about Stephanie Ross's Two Thumbs Up: How Critics Aid Appreciation. Stephanie Ross is Professor Emerita...

APA Announces Spring 2020 Prize Winners

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the following seven prizes for the first half of 2020. APA prizes recognize...

Through a Glass, Whitely: Ideal Theory as Epistemic Injustice

Below is the audio recording of Charles W Mills’ 2017-2018 Central Division Presidential Address. The talk is titled “Through a Glass, Whitely: Ideal Theory...

APA Member Interview: Rebecca Bamford

Rebecca Bamford is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy & Political Science at Quinnipiac University, and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at...

A Neurophilosophy of Big Data & Civil Liberties, and the Need for a New Social Contract

This is post three in a short-term series by Prof Nayef Al-Rodhan titled “Neurophilosophy of Governance, Power and Transformative Innovations.” This series provides neurophilosophical perspectives and multi-disciplinary analyses on topics related...

Is Harvey Weinstein blameworthy? A feminist logic of blame

In March of 2020, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and rape. Prosecutors cited his “lifetime of abuse” and “lack of...

Teaching Asian Texts through Bridge Concepts

Bridges give us access to unconnected places, places we would have found unreachable or difficult otherwise. Bridge concepts, too, give us access to spatially,...