Monthly Archives: March, 2022

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Public Philosophy

Eligible to Travel? Who Knows?

Ashley Bohrer -
My younger self was struck by seeing tourists in movies, zipping from one country to another. I wondered: When did they find the time...
Precarity and Philosophy

Wall-to-Wall Unionizing on Campus: A Powerful Way to Change

Sidra Shahid -
This is a story of how Alex Wolf-Root and United Campus Workers Colorado have made some progress against precarity.
Issues in Philosophy

So You Want to Teach Some Africana Philosophy?

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
This is the fifth in a series of posts on the APA Blog aimed at helping philosophy instructors include authors, texts, and topics that...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Josh Dolin

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Josh Dolin is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Virtue epistemology, virtue ethics, and their...
Research

Could the Free Energy Principle provide insight into philosophy of mind?

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
“We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. When we think to attach ourselves to any point...
Teaching

A Boring Class and Philosophy of Education

William Parkhurst -
A Boring Class is a short animated film about the monotony of traditional education, viewed in a comic and relatable way. The video raises...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Doomscrolling and the Unspeakable

Adriel M. Trott -
I’m greeted by my social media timeline, filled with equal parts dystopian memes and political calls for action. I have five minutes between tasks,...
Syllabus Showcase

Syllabus Showcase: Ethics Bowl and Democratic Deliberation, Michael Vazquez

Matt Deaton -
This post is about an experiential education course I redesigned and have taught two times at UNC-Chapel Hill (Fall ‘20 and ‘21). As an...
Public Philosophy

Doubt and Disability: Pedagogical Reflections on Public Philosophy

Ashley Bohrer -
Most of us have had the experience of teaching Introduction to Philosophy and, in that capacity, of teaching the ball of wax example from...
Teaching

Learning to Teach

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Just as graduate faculty aid doctoral students in strengthening their research efforts, so the faculty should provide students with assistance in enhancing their teaching skills. For...
Recently Published Book Spotlight

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Disruption: Why Things Change

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
The purpose of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is to disseminate information about new scholarship to the field, explore the motivations for authors’ projects,...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Lauren Edwards

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Lauren Edwards, JD is a PhD Candidate in Philosophy, a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholar, a recipient of the York...
Public Philosophy

The absurdity and necessity of rules during war

APA Blog -
During the invasion of Ukraine, we have heard frequently terms like ‘war crime’ and ‘just war’. In a fight to the death, when your...
Law and Philosophy

The State of Climate Exception

Ashley Bohrer -
In the two decades since the enactment of the Patriot Act, the concept of the “state of exception” has become common parlance in the...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy Profile

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy is a seven-day program on the Rutgers University Campus in New Brunswick designed to encourage students from...
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