Monthly Archives: July, 2021

Immunoprivilege: Past, Present and Future

With the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, more and more countries and companies are turning to immunity passports (or certificates) to verify whether one...

APA announces new strategic plan

The American Philosophical Association board of officers is pleased to present a new strategic plan for the association. It is the culmination of a...

APA Member Interview: Heeyoon Choi

Heeyoon Choi is nearing the completion of her Master’s degree in philosophy at Seoul National University. She is currently working on issues at the...

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Q&A with Michael Della Rocca

The following interview is the first in the "Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology" series. In this Q&A, Charlie Taben interviews Michael Della Rocca...

Graduate Student Reflection Series: The Value of Group Work

The Graduate Student Reflection Series invites current students to share reflections on their experience in a philosophy graduate program. Reflections should focus on a...

Changing Identities: Are Race and Gender Analogous?

Analogies don’t compare two identical things—if they did, they wouldn’t be analogies. Analogies compare things similar in certain important respects. Analogies can illuminate latent...

Enjoy a New Book about Ethical Reasoning

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

More Than an Oculus

Did racism exist in the Renaissance? Can art teach us about morality? The standard answer to both questions seems to be “no”. In fact, although...

Missing and Diverging Information in COVID-19: Complex Causes, Built Environments, and Public Engagement

Information changes, and, often, divergence is involved in the process—perhaps as a catalyst for more adequate information, or maybe just as fuel for the...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Parmenidean Ascent

Michael Della Rocca is a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University who has written extensively on early modern philosophy and contemporary metaphysics. He spoke...

John Doris: What Is It Like To Be a Philosopher?

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews with...

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: A Blog Series on Science, Philosophy and Faith

The Blog of the APA is happy to announce “Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology”, a series of authored articles and interviews about the impact of...