Monthly Archives: September, 2020

Skepticism’s Cure for the Plague of Mind

This post is part two of a two-part series on skepticism and ethics in the Women in Philosophy series. The first part can be...

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of Race, Eric Bayruns García

I will teach two sections of this philosophy of race course at California State University, San Bernardino this coming Fall 2020 semester. I have...

The Warped Epistemology of Conspiracy Theories

The novel coronavirus pandemic has spawned numerous conspiracy theories, sometimes replicating faster than the virus itself. Some people have rumored that SARS-CoV-2 was engineered...

Time Will Tell: An Interview with Kristie Miller

This is the second post in the Time Will Tell series. You can read the first post here, or see all the posts in...

APA Member Interview: Marcus Wang

Marcus Wang is pursuing his M.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities (Philosophy Specialization) at Trinity Western University in Vancouver, Canada. Marcus comes from Beijing, China and...

Virtual Reading Rooms: A New Way to Read

The Blog of the APA is pleased to announce that we are partnering with Exact Editions and several academic publishers to make philosophy books...

How Can I Be a Philosopher in a Non-academic Career? (Part 3)

Answers from Ryan Stelzer, MA, Management Consultant and Executive Coach Ryan Stelzer (photo right) earned a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of...

Welcome to New Blog Editor Heidi Schmidt

The Blog of the APA is pleased to announce that a new editor will be joining the APA Blog team as of September 4th:...

Syllabus Showcase: History of Modern Philosophy, Julia Jorati

As a scholar of early modern philosophy, I regularly teach early modern survey courses. Until last year, I worked at The Ohio State University,...

On “Systemic Racism”

The term “racism” does not at present have a definite, shared public meaning. But many people associate it with individual wrongful attitudes and behavior...