Monthly Archives: August, 2020

Kierkegaard on Being Happy Again After You’ve Lost Everything

Risk is central to any meaningful life, according to Kierkegaard. If we want our lives to have significance, we must commit to projects that...

APA Member Interview: William Behun

William Behun received a Ph.D. from De Paul University in Chicago in 2006, where he focused on Philosophy of History and German Idealism. Since...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is on John Kaag's Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life. John...

Haptic Skepticism: The Crisis of (Not) Touching

The last three years spanned two global events that centered around the crisis of (not) touching: the #MeToo movement and the Covid-19 pandemic. These...

Philosophical Thought and a Sea of Time

This post is a part of The COVID-Chronicles series. This series is dedicated to giving voice to graduate student experiences and needs during the...

A Neurophilosophy of Fake News, Disinformation and Digital Citizenship

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

Time Will Tell: A Series on the Philosophy of Time

The Blog of the APA is happy to announce "Time Will Tell," a series of interviews about the philosophy of time. The interviews were...

APA Member Interview: Sam Berstler

Sam Berstler is currently thinking about the nature, dynamics, and ethics of conversation.  She is the inaugural Desai Family Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer...

Tautologies Can Create Dead Worlds

The tautology “It is what it is” made headlines when President Donald Trump uttered it during a recent interview with Axios’ Jonathan Swan. The...

A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Philosophy of Language

“Concerning Language” is a fast-paced and hilarious comedic act in which Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie raise questions that are at the heart of philosophical...

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: North Carolina State University

Allow me to tell you a little about the Philosophy Club at NC State. The club has been active for at least a quarter...

Viral Colonization

Our time is one of multiple pandemics. I propose the term “viral colonization” to understand some of the dynamics that we are currently living. During...

Philosophy and Civilization: An Interview with Rupert Read, Spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion

Philosopher Rupert Read is active in the climate change movement Extinction Rebellion, and has recently released a new book about his work there. He...

APA Member Interview: Samuel Bennett

Samuel Bennett is a PhD Candidate in the Philosophy Department at Purdue University working on ancient Greek philosophy and virtue ethics. In his spare...

Think Like a Feminist

Something has changed. Only a few years ago, we found ourselves collectively able to live with those who would explain away the “locker-room talk” of...