Monthly Archives: March, 2022

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Syllabus Showcase

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophical English, Peter Finocchiaro

Matt Deaton -
For some students, the first day of my course might be the first time they see a numbered-premise argument. It might also be the...
Black Issues in Philosophy

An Elegy for Bat-Ami Bar On

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Bat-Ami Bar On was the Director of the Binghamton University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Women, Gender, and...
Public Philosophy

Epistemic Injustice and Psychotherapy

Ashley Bohrer -
(The following post is based on my talk, Epistemic Injustice in Psychotherapy, which was part of an APA Eastern symposium on Agency and Epistemic...
Philosophy and Technology

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Spinoza’s Religion – Interview with Clare Carlisle

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
The central goal of this series is to explore the evolving relationship among faith, science and philosophy, with a focus on the import of...
Research

The Psychology of Political Power: Does Power Corrupt or is it Magnetic to the Most Corruptible?

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
In January 2022, I attended a conference on ‘Political Power, Morality and Corruption’. A Socratic dialogue with fellow scholars led me back to one question...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Celia Edell

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Celia Edell is finishing her doctorate in philosophy at McGill University. She works in social philosophy with focus on feminist social epistemologies. What excites...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Interview with new Associate Editor of the Women in Philosophy series

Adriel M. Trott -
The Women in Philosophy series at the APA blog would like to thank Julinna Oxley for her service as Associate Editor from 2020-2021. We...
Teaching

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: Cornell University

Mia Wood -
We were founded in 2004, and have been publishing a journal annually since! All officers are voted for by the general body. During the first...
APA

APA Announces New Committee Appointments

APA Communications -
The APA board of officers is pleased to announce the committee appointments for terms starting July 1, 2022. Committee members serve three-year terms ending...
Public Philosophy

Mistreatment of Pregnant Women in US Immigration Detention

Ashley Bohrer -
In this post, I share the main findings of my research on the mistreatment of pregnant women in US immigration detention. I presented these...
Black Issues in Philosophy

In Celebration of Margaret (Peg) Simons

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Professor Emerita Margaret A. (Peg) Simons of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville is the recipient of the 2021 Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Matthew J. Delhey

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Matthew J. Delhey is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, where he works on German idealism and critical social theory. He completed...
Research

Medusa Moments in Psychoanalysis

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
It wasn’t long before Lev and I had what I call a Medusa moment. In such moments, the clinical atmosphere becomes stone-like, frozen in...
Graduate Student Reflection

Graduate Student Reflection Series: Ode to Chalk

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Nothing sounds more like a classroom to me than the rhythm of chalk on a chalkboard. Really, I associate very few sounds with education at...
Teaching

Should Robots Have Rights? Lt. Commander Data v. The United Federation of Planets

William Parkhurst -
In the following clip from “The Measure of a Man,” episode nine of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989), we...
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