Yearly Archives: 2022

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...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue

In his new book, Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue, Christian B. Miller provides an account of honesty that addresses some...

APA Member Interview: Huzeyfe Demirtas

Photo Credit: Laye Kerzazi Huzeyfe Demirtas is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Syracuse University. He primarily works in normative ethics and moral responsibility, but...

Professors as Teachers

When elementary and secondary school teachers are asked what they do for a living, they typically reply, “I’m a teacher.” The usual follow-up, “What...