Monthly Archives: September, 2022

Think What Academia Does to People: Beauvoir contra Precarity

Under what conditions can your academic work be meaningful? De Beauvoir has an unsettling and extreme answer.

APA Member Interview: Mariana Gomez

Mariana Gomez is a Ph.D. student at Georgetown University studying Latina feminist philosophy, critical philosophy of race, and decolonial philosophy. As a first-generation college...

The Faces of Death: More than a Macabre Rite of Passage

Last year it was announced that the gruesome cult classic, Faces of Death (1978), would be remade by the team responsible for the film...

Of Validity, Soundness, and Sarah Palin as a Russian Spy: A Critical Thinking Lesson.

I employ a segment from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart titled “From Russia with Gov” (2011 season) in my critical thinking class to...

A Pessimism Primer

This post is a part of an ongoing biweekly series on philosophical pessimism and related positions. You can find other posts in the series...

Strong Black Nihilism and Existential Maturity: On Devon Johnson

Some books are so rich that it is difficult to articulate an entry point for discussion; any choice of a starting point seems to...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Why Machines Will Never Rule the World

In this video interview, Charlie Taben, editor of the Blog's Philosophy and Technology series, interviews the authors of Why Machines Will Never Rule the...

Audrey Yap: What is it Like to Be a Philosopher?

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews with...

Sugar Babies: When “Feminism” Looks Like Online Misogyny

In 2019, the dating website Seeking.com reported having 365 University of Edinburgh students registered as members. Seeking.com is not just any dating platform. It’s...

Syllabus Showcase: Business Ethics, Cecilea Mun

To listen to audio recordings of Dr. Mun teaching Business Ethics click here, here and here. Some philosophers might regard an introductory business ethics course...

Does charitable Kant interpretation buttress Eurocentrism?

In this post, I want to raise a worry about Kant and Eurocentrism. As someone who writes about Kant, it’s a worry I’ve been...

APA Member Interview: Luca Gasparinetti

Luca Gasparinetti is a graduate student from Venice. He completely loves philosophy because it satisfies his voracious thirst for knowledge. Although Luca is currently...

Careers in Ontology: An Interview with Professor Barry Smith

In this interview, the Blog’s Philosophy and Technology Series Editor Charlie Taben interviews Barry Smith, who is a Distinguished Julian Park Professor of Philosophy and Professor...

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: University of California, San Diego

UC San Diego’s philosophy club was originally a reading group within the Philosophy department. Led by selected students, the Undergraduate Reading Group quickly broadened...

Philosophical Pessimism: Varieties, Importance, and What to Do

This article is the first of five biweekly blog posts exploring philosophical pessimism and related positions. This piece is about philosophical pessimism. It is...