Yearly Archives: 2021

UCL’s Jeffrey Howard Wins the 2021 Fred Berger Memorial Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeffrey Howard (University College London) has been awarded the 2021 Fred Berger Memorial Prize...

G.I. JANE: For Feminists, Language is Half the Battle

Discussions of feminism and its practical social and political goals often take on a military language and framework: feminists say that we need to...

Teaching and Learning Video Series

Index of posts from the Teaching and Learning Video Series

C. Thi Nguyen Awarded the 2020 Article Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah) has been awarded the 2020 Article Prize for...

Solidarity, Not Charity: Mutual Aid’s An-archic History

Cover image: Molly Costello Although mutual aid has long been practiced by community organizers and activists, it gained prominence in U.S. media over the last...

Changing our Institutions: PfS

Rebecca Millsop & Eugene Chislenko founded Philosophers for Sustainability in order to change the profession. With 150 members in 17 countries in its first two years, PfS is going strong.

APA Member Interview: Spencer Case

Spencer Case is an international research fellow at Wuhan University in China. He finished his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2018....

The P4C/Aggie School of Athens Philosophy Summer Camp for Teens Wins the 2020 APA/PDC Prize for Excellence and Innovation

The Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs has been jointly sponsored by the APA and the PDC since 1999. It recognizes philosophy...

Enjoy a book about Moral Philosophy

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...

A Coup by Any Other Name: Reflections on Democracy, Defense, and White Supremacy

1:40 PM CST. I am writing this on January 6, 2021, the day of the Electoral College vote certification, while watching ABC News through...

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of Science, W. John Koolage

I teach an upper level General Philosophy of Science course every other year. My institution is a mid-sized R2 that primarily serves the local,...

APA Graduate Student Council: Appointments and Elections

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

Black Spaces in Britain: On the Windrush and Small Axe

By James Cantres Steve McQueen’s five-part film anthology Small Axe portrays various strains of Black British life from the 1960s through 1980s. Each film gives...

Heather Spradley Wins the APA’s 2021 William James Prize

The APA is pleased to announce that Heather Spradley (Harvard University) has been awarded the 2021 William James Prize for her paper, “Inquiring While...

The Siege of the Capitol and ‘Civil War’

One of the many controversies precipitated by the January 6th unrest at the Capitol has been a terminological controversy around words like ‘sedition’, ‘insurrection’,...