Monthly Archives: November, 2020

Welcome to New Public Philosophy Editor Ashley Bohrer

The Blog of the APA is proud to welcome Ashley Bohrer as the new Public Philosophy editor. Ashley is an Assistant Professor of Gender...

Philosophy as a Way of Life: Julia Gibson

Dr. Julia D. Gibson lives on the family farm with history stretching back to 1795 and the colonial dislocation of Indigenous peoples.

APA Member Interview: Alessandra Buccella

Alessandra Buccella finished her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in April 2020 and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University. Her...

Call for Nominations: 2021 Lebowitz Prize

The nomination deadline for the 2021 Lebowitz Prize has been extended to January 5, 2021. For information on the prize and the nomination process,...

Thinking about African resilience in the face of Covid19

By Hady BA  Many of us in Africa complained a lot about the fact that not only the Western press, but also the...

Adrian Moore: What is it Like to be a Philosopher?

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews with...

Chat-based Alternatives to Online Discussion Forums

The following is an overview of my presentation for the APA Webinar, Pedagogies for Teaching Philosophy Online that took place on September 25, 2020....

Call for applications: 2021–2022 Edinburgh Fellowship

The APA sponsors one visiting research fellowship per year at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh....

Genealogies of Philosophy: Susan Neiman (part I)

We interviewed Susan Neiman, high school drop out and Harvard grad, about her path to becoming a public intellectual.

APA Member Interview: Aaron Bentley

Aaron Bentley grew up in a very small town in California. Growing up there, he had no exposure to philosophy. He then attended UC...

How Inclusive and Accessible Is Your Statement on Inclusion and Accessibility?

As I was preparing for this new semester, I found myself copying and pasting the ‘Statement on Inclusion and Accessibility’ from my previous syllabi....

THE INHERITED SHADE OF MY SKIN

For George Floyd By Chandramohan S. I join an entourage into the past wide-eyed, curious, like a child checking himself in the mirror ascertaining how shiny his skin could get in...

My Adventure with Trauma-Informed Gameful Pedagogy

“Dr. T! You can’t do that! I totally buzzed in first for the Plotinus question!” I’m standing in one of my campus’s largest auditoriums...

APA Member Interview: Rowan Bell

Rowan Bell is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Syracuse University, where they serve as President of the Philosophy Graduate Student Organization. They work...

The Interview from Hell and the Ad Hominem Fallacy

This video shows an interview of Reza Aslan by Fox News host Lauren Green that demonstrates the Ad Hominem Fallacy.