Monthly Archives: December, 2021

Understanding Academic Precarity with Iris Marion Young: Who’s Responsible?

The question management and tenured staff should ask when using non-tenure track labor isn't, "did I create this situation?" but, "given where I am, how can I support you?"

APA Member Interview: Eric de Araujo

Eric de Araujo is an instructional designer in Teaching and Learning Technologies at Purdue University, where he works with faculty to develop online courses...

Misandrogyny and Cisgender Discomfort

In this post, I want to explore a few ideas about a system of oppression that targets gender non-binary and non-conforming persons. I begin...

What is it Like to be a Philosopher: Jonathan Ichikawa

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...

Is it Better to Be Socrates Dissatisfied or Homer Simpson Satisfied? Higher and Lower Pleasures and The Simpsons

A clip from The Simpsons Emmy-award winning episode HOMR (Season 12, Episode 9) provides a vivid illustration—and critique of—the contrast between higher and lower...

Interview with Sean D. Kelly: A Genealogy of Redemption in the Western Tradition (Part 2)

This edition of Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology is the second installment of a two-part interview with Sean Kelly. Read the first part...

Two Sixtieth’s for Fanon

Frantz Marguerite Victor Fanon, whose adopted middle name was “Omar” during his participation in the struggle for national liberation in Algeria, died on December...

Graduate Student Council: Appointments and Elections

The American Philosophical Association has made four new appointments to the APA Graduate Student Council (GSC). Congratulations to the new appointees, who will begin...

Affirming Accountability: Confessions of a Cyber-Sex Addict

My name is John Altmann, and I'm a recovering sexist and more pointedly, a recovering cyber-sex addict of over twelve years. During the course...

APA Awards Grants to 10 Projects for 2021–2022

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that it has reinstated all grant funding programs and will provide grants to 10 philosophy-related projects...

APA Member Interview: Mercedes Corredor

Mercedes Corredor is currently finishing her PhD at the University of Michigan, where she is advised by Elizabeth Anderson. She is also currently a...

Interview with Sean D. Kelly: A Genealogy of Redemption in the Western Tradition (Part 1)

This edition of Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology is the first installment of a two-part interview with Sean D. Kelly. The next installment...

Individualism, Structuralism, and Climate Change

Introduction The climate crisis is incredibly daunting. It is driven by an unsustainable international system for energy production. It indicts the fundamental organizing principles of...

Roe v. Wade and the Need for a Feminist Theory of Borders

In early December, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in what may prove to be one of the most significant migration cases of our...

Syllabus Showcase, Philosophy of Women, Soon-Ah K. Fadness

One of the joys of teaching at San Diego City College, the oldest community college in San Diego, is the lived experience the students...