Monthly Archives: September, 2021

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Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Nicholas Colgrove

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Nicholas (Nick) Colgrove currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in bioethics, philosophy, and religion at Wake Forest University and will be working as a...
Philosophy and Technology

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Interview with Christopher Tollefsen

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
One of the goals of this series is to explore the impact of technology on ordinary lives, especially the underappreciated negative aspects of the...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

A Feminist in the Forest

Julinna Oxley -
Like many others this past year, my children and I sought refuge from the pandemic in the great outdoors. Instead of traveling far from...
Teaching

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: New York University

Paul Rezkalla -
Our Tea and Philosophy club formally began in the Spring of 2012. It sprang from regular, after-class discussions with some of my students. I suggested starting...
Issues in Philosophy

Giving the Finger to the Philosophical “Finger”

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
If you’ve come within hailing distance of a philosophy talk in the past several years, you’ve no doubt become acquainted with the “finger.”  No,...
Reports from Abroad

Vindicating Moral Progress?

Ilaria Flisi -
Strange as it might be, I will start this post on moral progress by talking briefly about the Thirty Years War. This devastating war,...
Recently Published Book Spotlight

Recently Published Book: Michel Foucault’s Sexuality: The 1964 Clermont-Ferrand & 1969 Vincennes Lectures,

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Bernard E. Harcourt is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and a chaired professor...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Duke Cruz

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Duke Cruz is a Ronald E. McNair Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Missouri - Columbia. As a graduate instructor...
Research

Understanding Morality and No-Self in the context of Western and Buddhist Themes

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Can there be morality without self? Do we need a sense of self for morality and ethics to work? The question of selfhood or personhood...
Graduate Student Reflection

Graduate Student Reflection Series: On the Upside of Zoom Courses

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
The woes of zoom fatigue have become a popular chorus oft heard ringing ‘round the halls of academia. The term refers to the cognitive...
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