Monthly Archives: January, 2021

Black Spaces in Britain: On the Windrush and Small Axe

By James Cantres Steve McQueen’s five-part film anthology Small Axe portrays various strains of Black British life from the 1960s through 1980s. Each film gives...

Heather Spradley Wins the APA’s 2021 William James Prize

The APA is pleased to announce that Heather Spradley (Harvard University) has been awarded the 2021 William James Prize for her paper, “Inquiring While...

The Siege of the Capitol and ‘Civil War’

One of the many controversies precipitated by the January 6th unrest at the Capitol has been a terminological controversy around words like ‘sedition’, ‘insurrection’,...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s View of Metaethics and Normative Ethics

It’s January 18, 2021. The 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, has just been impeached for a second time...

New Book Spotlight: Critique & Praxis: A Critical Philosophy of Illusions, Values, and Action

Bernard E. Harcourt is a critical theorist and a social justice advocate who tries to confront philosophical thought with political and legal action—and vice...

APA Member Interview: Teresa Bruno Nino

Teresa Bruno Nino is a philosophy PhD candidate at the Syracuse University philosophy department. She is currently living in State College, PA, working on...

Battich, Connelly, and Ransom Win the 2021 Sanders Graduate Student Awards

The annual Sanders Graduate Student Awards are three prizes awarded to each of the three best papers in mind, metaphysics, epistemology, or ethics submitted...

‘Ideas are Medicine’: An Interview with Leon and Alen from Seize the Moment

Below is an edited and heavily condensed transcript of the interview. To watch the full, unedited interview, go over to the Seize the Moment...

Writing on the Threshold: Philosophy for Girls

Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to the Life of Thought is an unusual philosophy book. It straddles academic and general audiences, is intended to...

Using Discussion Cards to Balance Philosophical Conversations

Classroom discussion is our bread and butter as philosophy teachers. Here we model productive disagreement and collaborative problem solving while wrestling with philosophical arguments....

Philip Kitcher, Robin Smith, and Naomi Zack to deliver the 2021 John Dewey Lectures

The John Dewey Lectures, in memory of John Dewey, were established in 2006 by the John Dewey Foundation and the APA. They are three...

Storming the Capitol Building Is Not a Privilege

By Lewis R. Gordon Among the critical responses to white supremacists’ attack on Congress on the 6th of January 2021 was the cry of “white...

Absolute Banana Republic Crap: Reflections on the “Assault” on the Capitol

As scenes of Trump supporters storming the US Capitol filled media outlets and social media on January 6th, shocked journalists repeated again and again...

Genealogies of Philosophy: Michael O. Eze

"I am because you are." Michael O. Eze discusses ubuntu philosophy and decolonization.

Parable of Change

Georgia is where my sister lives with her family. Her oldest child, my goddaughter, epitomizes Black girl magic. She is a leader. She is...