Yearly Archives: 2020

A Neurophilosophy of Big Data & Civil Liberties, and the Need for a New Social Contract

This is post three in a short-term series by Prof Nayef Al-Rodhan titled “Neurophilosophy of Governance, Power and Transformative Innovations.” This series provides neurophilosophical perspectives and multi-disciplinary analyses on topics related...

Is Harvey Weinstein blameworthy? A feminist logic of blame

In March of 2020, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and rape. Prosecutors cited his “lifetime of abuse” and “lack of...

Teaching Asian Texts through Bridge Concepts

Bridges give us access to unconnected places, places we would have found unreachable or difficult otherwise. Bridge concepts, too, give us access to spatially,...

What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member: Anika Simpson

The purpose of this APA Blog series, What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member, is to spotlight faculty members in our profession...

APA Member Interview: Kurt Blankschaen

Kurt Blankschaen, Assistant Professor of philosophy, primarily teaches courses in medical ethics and is the director of the Medical Humanities Program at Daemen College....

The Conceivability Trap: Analytic Philosophy’s Achilles Heel

The possibility of objective knowledge is a contentious topic that continues to be debated. However, no reasonable practitioner will deny that, in practice, both...

How to Support Graduate Student Teaching in the Time of COVID-19 

The recent transition to online learning has negatively impacted many of us in higher education. We know that those who are currently teaching or...

True Brazilian Democracy

My book How Fascism Works was published in September 2018. In it, I discuss many countries—the United States, Germany, and Italy, of course, and...

Support Philosophy—Give to the APA

The coronavirus pandemic has turned much of the world upside down, created and deepened anxieties, and thrown existing inequities into sharp relief—especially in academia....

Talia Mae Bettcher: What’s it like to be a philosopher?

This is an excerpt from an interview with Talia Mae Bettcher, professor and former Chair of the department of philosophy at California State University, Los...

How to do ‘Jazzy Philosophy’: An Interview with Maria daVenza Tillmanns

Maria daVenza Tillmanns does philosophy with children in an underserved school in San Diego. She says of her work, "Doing philosophy with young children...

Presidential Powers and Captive Maternals: Sally, Michelle, and Deborah

I smile rarely, but I am surviving. — Deborah Danner Introducing the Captive Maternal Captive Maternals are self-identified female, male, trans or ungendered persons feminized and...

49 Days: Thinking Creatively, Living Creatively

COVID 19 is closing down so much of the world's activities. I teach at Montclair State University. Our doors are shut and most classes...

A Neurophilosophy of Legitimacy in National and Global Politics

This is the second post in a short-term series by Prof Nayef Al-Rodhan titled “Neurophilosophy of Governance, Power and Transformative Innovations.” This series provides neurophilosophical perspectives and multi-disciplinary analyses on topics...

Call for Nominations: 2020 Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching

We are pleased to open nominations for the 2020 Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching, sponsored by the American Philosophical Association (APA), the American...