Monthly Archives: June, 2020

#AgainstPoliceViolence

Editor's note: This special edition of Black Issues in Philosophy is being run to provide insight into the recent killing of George Floyd by...

Why We Shouldn’t Shrink Our PhD Programs

Every so often—especially on Twitter—academic philosophers call to reduce the size of philosophy PhD programs. The reasoning is usually altruistic, if also a bit...

Mitigating the Harms: Policy Possibilities under the New Title IX Rule

On May 6, the federal government released its final rule under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972. Already, commentators have noted that...

David Christensen to deliver inaugural Sosa Prize Lecture

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that David Christensen (Brown University) will deliver the inaugural Ernest Sosa Prize Lecture at the 2021...

Graduate Teaching in a Time of Crisis: Some Successes and Some Areas that Need Improvement

In a previous post, we three members of the Graduate Student Council of the APA offered general recommendations to all departments about how they...

UCLA’s Tyler Burge to Deliver the 2021 Sanders Lecture in New York City

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Tyler Burge (UCLA) will deliver the 2021 Sanders Lecture at the 2021 Eastern Division...

Announcing Nathan Eckstrand as Next Editor-in-Chief

It is with great pleasure that I announce Nathan Eckstrand's appointment as Editor-in-Chief of the Blog of the APA, starting July 1st, 2020.  Nathan...

Crisis, COVID-19, and Democracy

Although the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis are both provoked by natural phenomena, the dangers they present are political. The size, scope, and...

A Neurophilosophy of Governance of Artificial Intelligence and Brain-Computer Interface

This is post four in a short-term series by Prof Nayef Al-Rodhan titled “Neurophilosophy of Governance, Power and Transformative Innovations.” This series provides neurophilosophical...

Helen Longino to Give the 2021 Romanell Lecture on Philosophical Naturalism

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Helen Longino (Stanford University) will give the 2021 Romanell Lecture at the 2021 Pacific Division...