Monthly Archives: February, 2021

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Posthuman Bliss? The Failed Promise of Transhumanism

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Posthuman Bliss? The Failed Promise of Transhumanism This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is about Susan B. Levin’s Posthuman...

APA Member Interview: Jaime Castillo-Gamboa

Jaime Castillo-Gamboa is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Southern California. Prior to USC, he attended the Pontifical Catholic University of...

New Series: Climate Matters

The Blog of the APA has developed a new series, Climate Matters. Research Editor H.L. Schmidt sat down with Series Editors Rebecca Millsop and...

Sarah Moss Wins the APA’s 2020 Sanders Book Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Sarah Moss (University of Michigan) has been awarded the 2020 Sanders Book Prize for...

The Politics And Metaphysics Of Freedom: Does Oppression Undermine Autonomy?

In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014), the United States Supreme Court considered whether religious corporations could refuse to abide by the contraceptive mandate in...

Robert Hartman Wins the 2020 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Hartman (PhD, St. Louis University) has been awarded the 2020 Routledge, Taylor &...

Individual Responsibility and the Structural Harm of Climate Change

The world needs to rapidly phase-out its reliance on fossil fuels. Although there are many policies aimed at creating greener infrastructure, arguably no country...

On Flight: Bin Song (part I)

A scholar holds the tensions in his cultural and political history, seeking to understand his experience and to convert it to public benefit.

APA Member Interview: Chetan Cetty

Chetan Cetty just completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and will be teaching at the Penn College of Liberal and...

Kwame Anthony Appiah awarded the Quinn Prize in recognition of service

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that the board of officers has selected Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York University) as the...

How do you bring candidates “to campus” during the COVID-19 pandemic? Part 2

The APA Best Practices for Interviewing and the APA Good Practices Guide, Chapter 5 on Interviewing and Hiring serve as invaluable resources for candidates...

Submission deadline reminder: The inaugural Alvin Plantinga Prize

The American Philosophical Association is currently accepting submissions for the inaugural Alvin Plantinga Prize. The submission deadline is March 30, 2021. The APA’s newest prize...

Syllabus Showcase: Classical Indian Philosophy, Malcolm Keating

At Yale-NUS College in Singapore, my students are international—roughly sixty percent are Singaporean, and forty percent come from all around the world, hailing from...

APA Announces Winners of the 2020 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest: Jonathan Ellis and Francesca Hovagimian, “Are School Debate...

The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2021 Award Winners

The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and mentorship: The Frantz...