Yearly Archives: 2020

How Philosophy for Children Improves Me as a Philosopher

We live in urgent times, and thoughtlessness seems to prevail. “We need to do philosophy in the world,” C. Thi Nguyen wrote this past...

Dating Online Masculinities

I started using online dating sites in 2005, after I met a woman on a plane who told me she met her boyfriend on a site...

Philosophy Student Superheros

Origins I am fortunate to teach in a district which supports choice in all aspects of its English/Language Arts curriculum. Our students must take English...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Overdoing Democracy

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is about Robert Talisse's book Overdoing Democracy. Robert Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy...

APA Member Interview: Jamie Phillips

Professor Jamie Phillips received a PhD with Honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1999. He has been working at Clarion University of Pennsylvania...

Media Justice in the Post-Truth World

At the Eastern meeting of the American Philosophical Association in January, the five winners of the 2019 public philosophy writing award were recognized. One...

Syllabus Showcase: Renée Smith, Philosophical Writing

PHIL 271 Philosophical Writing at Coastal Carolina University became a requirement for philosophy majors about 7 years ago. We hoped to give students an...

Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2020 Award Winners

The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and mentorship: Nicolás Cristóbal...

What It’s Like to be an HBCU Faculty Member: Brandon Hogan

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: Kyle J. Barbour

Kyle J. Barbour is a PhD student at the University of Guelph, Canada. He received his M.A. from Memorial University of Newfoundland and wrote...

Vulnerability, Freedom, and Political Transformation

by Laura McMahon On January 9, 1961 in Athens, Georgia, 19-year-old Charlayne Hunter-Gault and 19-year-old Hamilton Holmes became the first African American students to enroll at the University...

Michael Scott and Standpoint Epistemology

In this video, Michael Scott reveals his utter ignorance about the structure of the socialworld in a diversity training in The Office’s second episode,...

A Good Place for Philosophy?

At the beginning of the 21st century, the philosophical discourse concerning good and evil seems to be subsumed into three major areas; meta-ethics which...

Study the Humanities: Articulating Career Pathways

Commentators have offered a variety of explanations for the widely observed decline in humanities majors and enrollments. Evidence suggests the primary cause is a dramatic reordering of student priorities away...

APA Member Interview: Christopher A. Riddle

Christopher A. Riddle is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utica College, where he is also the Director of the Applied Ethics Institute. He works in...