Monthly Archives: September, 2020

Some Good News, Some Bad News in the APA’s State of the Profession Report

We were recently provided with a report from the APA that recounts work by Debra Nails and John Davenport to collect, organize, and analyze...

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy for Children, Alex Sager

We’re sitting in a circle on the floor with a group of elementary Montessori students, waiting for the cello concert to start. Ara, who...

Consider the Presidential Management Fellowship

In the fall of 2016, I was facing very insecure job prospects. I was on the final year of a post-doc position at Fordham...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Confronting Orientalism, A Self-Study of Educating Through Hindu Dance

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is about Dr. Sabrina D. MisirHiralall’s text Confronting Orientalism: A Self-Study of Educating Through Hindu Dance.  MisirHiralall is...

APA Member Interview: Dylan Bailey

Dylan Bailey is a PhD candidate at Fordham University. His research is centered in 19th-20th century continental philosophy, particularly as it intersects with ancient...

The Legacy of Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics

The general attitude towards Arthur Schopenhauer’s metaphysics is rather fiercely critical and at times even tendentious. It seems that the figure of Schopenhauer as...

Challenges for Women in Online Philosophy: Performativity and Clout

Despite believing in the value of online philosophy, I myself have limited philosophical engagements online. Online philosophy is a vast terrain, spanning from philosophy...

Boredom and Injustice

The emotional price of being poor: How boredom harms those who are less affluent It seizes us at home or at work, in open...

No Online, Ed-Tech Tool Will Save The Fall Semester

The fall semester promises to change the game in education.  With many colleges and universities going either completely or partially online, the gates have...

APA Member Interview: Janella Baxter

Janella Baxter is a philosopher of science. Her work focuses on epistemological issues in experimental areas of biology. She is beginning to branch out...

Time Will Tell: An Interview with Boram Jeong

Boram Jeong is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Denver, U.S. She received her PhD from Duquesne University and Université...

Syllabus Showcase: Apologetical Ethics, Mark Coppenger

My doctoral seminar in Apologetical Ethics grew out of a commissioned book I did for B&H, Moral Apologetics for Contemporary Christians: Pushing Back Against Cultural...

Nominations are open for APA leadership positions

The American Philosophical Association is now accepting nominations for APA leadership positions for terms beginning July 1, 2021. Visit the online nominations system. There will be...

A Happy Immoralist: The Case of Richard Rich

A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt’s 1960 play about Sir Thomas More, is usually interpreted as a defense of living and dying in...

“Planetarity,” “Planetarism,” and the Interpersonal

How can we approach the “planetary” in such a way that everyone is part of the story?