Yearly Archives: 2021

2021
Teaching

Virtue Experiments: Cultural Appropriation or Engaged Learning?

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
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,...
APA

2021 Lebowitz Prize Awarded to Philosophers Block and Phillips

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

Introduction to “Reports from Abroad”

Ilaria Flisi -
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...
Research

Enjoy a new book on Chinese Philosophy

APA Blog -
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

Genealogies of Philosophy: Lynne Huffer (part II)

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

APA Member Interview: Tiffany Campbell

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
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...
Teaching

Teaching Practiced Liberatory Virtue Ethics

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Epigraph: “All I’m saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a...
Black Issues in Philosophy

Reflections on the Erasure of Violence Against Sex Workers Pre- and Post-Atlanta

Heidi Schmidt -
By Erica MacDonald In the hours following the horrific murders at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on March 16, 2021, journalists and other commentators attempted to...
Public Philosophy

Is Effective Altruism Inherently Utilitarian?

Ashley Bohrer -
If you find this tweet to be as pointed as I do, Effective Altruism may be for you. Effective Altruism is a social movement whose...
Recently Published Book Spotlight

Recently Published Book: A Life of Compassion beyond Boundaries

Heidi Schmidt -
Tell us a little bit about the book. This work is about the life and philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti . Born in the small...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Michael Carrick

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Michael Carrick is a Ph.D. student studying philosophy at the University of Rochester. Before moving to Rochester to pursue a doctorate, Michael received an...
Climate Matters

The Next Questions on the Climate Philosopher’s Agenda

Heidi Schmidt -
When it comes to climate change, what questions, exactly, should we philosophers put our minds to answering? There is overwhelming consensus that justice requires...
Women in Philosophy

Are They All Stupid and Irrational?

Julinna Oxley -
Why do people believe the election was rigged, refuse to wear face masks, suspect vaccines are a government plot, or vote for politicians who...
Teaching

The Argument Clinic

William Parkhurst -
This video excerpts the “Argument Clinic” provides a rich basis from which to introduce and explore the philosophical conception of argumentation.
Public Philosophy

Being an Ally Online

Ashley Bohrer -
Last year, when particularities of my living situation prevented me from heading out to protest against anti-Black racism, I was struggling to best manifest...