July, 2020 | Blog of the APA

Research

Recently Published Book Spotlight: On Being Me

Nathan Eckstrand - July 2, 2020

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is about the book On Being Me, written by J. David Velleman and illustrated by Emily...

APA

Call for Nominations Reminder: 2020 Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching

APA Communications - July 2, 2020

The nomination deadline for the APA’s 2020 Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching is one month away. Don’t wait to submit your nomination! The Prize...

Issues in Philosophy

How Can I Be a Philosopher in a Non-Academic Career?

David V. Johnson - July 2, 2020

Answers from Gina Helfrich, PhD, Program Officer for Global Technology in International Development Gina Helfrich (photo right) earned a doctorate in philosophy from Emory University...

Diversity and Inclusiveness

Frances Power Cobbe and Nineteenth-Century Moral Philosophy

Adriel M. Trott - July 1, 2020

Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) was an Anglo-Irish reformer who wrote about moral theory and moral epistemology, religion, evolution, duties to animals, feminism, welfare, mind...

Public Philosophy

Doctors Need to Step Back from the Movement to Defund the Police

David V. Johnson - July 1, 2020

On June 6, 2020, protesters in Dallas, Texas, rally against police violence. (by Matthew T Rader, MatthewTRader.com, License CC-BY-SA) Since the end of May, scholars, doctors, and...

Teaching

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: Centenary College of Louisiana

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall - July 1, 2020

I started teaching at Centenary College of Louisiana in August 2001. It was oppressively hot in Shreveport. I was just getting to know my...