Monthly Archives: January, 2022

Everywhere You Look: On the Conspiracy of Experience and the Demands of Philosophy

The title of Adam McKay’s allegory for global warming and media satire, Don’t Look Up, is, in the end, quite literal in terms of...

Can You See Something Better than Philosophy?

For a new mini-series on interpersonal relationships in philosophy, I explain why it's important not to identify with the discipline of philosophy.

APA Member Interview: Katie Deaven

Katie Deaven is a Ph.D. student at The University of Wisconsin-Madison. She specializes in philosophy of biology and philosophy of science. Before coming to...

On Being a Community of Women Philosophers: SWIP-TR Conferences in Isolation

“I came to theory because I was hurting–the pain within me was so intense that I could not go on living. I came to...

What if Refugees Designed Asylum?

Polish soldiers met the people seeking asylum at the Poland-Belarus border with water cannons. As refugees froze to death in the woods, Poland declared...

International Climate Negotiations: A Guide for Ethics Teachers

Many of us want our teaching to connect to public affairs. Engaging with international climate negotiations can provide a rich array of examples of...

Introducing: Law and Philosophy Series

The APA is excited to launch its new blog series, Philosophy and Law, with Sabeen Ahmed as series editor. In this introductory post, Sabeen...

Syllabus Showcase: Proseminar, Daniel Wodak

In many respects, the way I taught Proseminar – the first-year graduate seminar – in Fall 2020 was very down the line. We read...

So You Want to Teach Some Women Philosophers?: Nineteenth-Century Britain

Building on blog posts from Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, and Karyn Lai with suggestions for introducing Islamic, Indian, and Chinese philosophy into thematic courses,...

APA Member Interview: Jason DeWitt

Jason DeWitt is a PhD student at The Ohio State University.  His primary research areas are in philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology, and history...

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Beyond Space and Time

Exploring the evolving relationship among science, philosophy and faith, I have previously attempted to recast Spinoza’s challenging doctrine of Parallelism, suggesting that quantum artificial...

Ask A Senior Woman Philosopher: Advice for New Faculty Leaders

I’m a new administrator and I’m interested in developing and advocating for inclusive policies to better support junior women in the discipline of Philosophy....

Why Philosophers Should Become Academic Leaders

The department chair is one of the most maligned and misunderstood positions in academia. Department chairs are university leaders but they can also experience...

Ten Theses on Race and Neoliberalism

The body of thought commonly known as "neoliberalism" has been subjected to much scrutiny. Its critics have reconstructed its development, identified its leading lights,...

Do We Have a ‘Bias Bias’?

How rational are we? And if we are not rational, how could we tell, since we would have to rely on our reasoning to...