Monthly Archives: April, 2021

The Philosophy of Computer Science

What is the subject matter of the philosophy of computer science? I believe that the philosophical questions lurk everywhere, even beyond those areas conspicuously...

Go the F**k to Sleep? A Feminist Philosopher Reads Advice to Parents

The genre of parenting advice books that focus on children’s sleep might seem like a strange archive for a feminist philosopher. Like many of...

Dismantling Kantian Frames: Notes toward a Feminist Politics of Location and Accountability

Kant’s philosophical system is one of those master discourses in the discipline of philosophy (and beyond) – a whole architecture – that everyone, including...

Virtue Experiments: Cultural Appropriation or Engaged Learning?

For a class on the good life I’m teaching this semester, I’m asking students to experiment with the concepts we’re exploring. In some cases,...

2021 Lebowitz Prize Awarded to Philosophers Block and Phillips

The American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK) are pleased to announce that Dr. Ned Block, Silver Professor of Philosophy,...

Introduction to “Reports from Abroad”

Hi everyone, and welcome to “Reports from Abroad”!  The new series “Reports from Abroad” is aimed at giving you a glimpse of philosophical research outside...

Enjoy a new book on Chinese Philosophy

As part of the Blog of the APA‘s partnership with Exact Editions, we are offering one new book by Princeton University Press in its...

Genealogies of Philosophy: Lynne Huffer (part II)

We explore the "thought of the outside" through the "historical a priori," Sapphic fragments, and the moral ambivalence of eros. QAnon makes an appearance.

APA Member Interview: Tiffany Campbell

Tiffany Campbell is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Utah. Currently, her research is funded through the Utah Center of Excellence ELSI Research...