Monthly Archives: October, 2021

Reason & the Life to Come: Caleb Cohoe on Spiritual Exercises

John Cooper was right that truth and reason matter to philosophy as a way of life; but not only truth and reason matter.

APA Member Interview: Tylor Cunningham

Tylor Cunningham is a Ph.D. student at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently researching how we can use various kinds of art...

Ethical Dilemmas in the Pharmacy (Teaching on TikTok)

This video is of an ethical dilemma posed by a Pharmacy student and illustrates the conflicts between respecting autonomy (by keeping medical information confidential)...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: George Yancy: A Critical Introduction

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight features George Yancy: A Critical Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), publishing November 15, 2021.  Edited by Kimberley Ducey...

APA Member Interview: Travis Darnold

Travis Darnold recently completed his graduate work in philosophy from San Jose State University. He is currently living in San Jose while he prepares...

Socially Sustainable, Thoroughly Democratic Power

The people of California were understandably angry to learn that PG&E, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, ignored fire risks...

Black Women, Black Feminism, and Universalism

I first learned about universal egalitarianism and inclusion from my aunts and my momma. When these women prepare meals, they always consider how they...

Deadline for APA leadership nominations is October 31

There are just under two weeks left to nominate qualified candidates for APA leadership positions. The deadline for nominations is October 31. The terms for these...

Savarin, Pelluchon, and the Gastronomic Ego

(Image taken by Masahiro Ihara) Many recent readers of jurist and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, including Carolyn Korsmeyer, Jessica Jacques, Roland Barthes, and Michel Onfray,...

Recently Published Book: Other Lives: Mind and World in Indian Buddhism

Sonam Kachru, Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, considers himself a historian of philosophy without borders. His research centers on...

APA Member Interview: Jesse Hamilton

Jesse Hamilton is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. His primary research areas are in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy...

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: The Limits of Objectivity

A goal of this series is to explore the relationship among science, philosophy and faith.  Previously, I made the case that modern physics is...

Book Excerpt: “The Proper Study of Psychiatry”

The following is an excerpt from Vincenzo Di Nicola and Drozdstoj Stoyanov's Psychiatry in Crisis: At the Crossroads of Social Science, The Humanities, and...

Syllabus Showcase: Family and Philosophy, Brynn Welch

Here is how I put this to students: Frankenstein is not a good story. You don’t read about Dr. Frankenstein just creating a monster...

The Crisis of Psychiatry Is a Crisis of Being: An Interview with Vincenzo Di Nicola

Vincenzo Di Nicola is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Montreal where he co-directs a postgraduate course on psychiatry and the humanities. His...