Yearly Archives: 2022

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: College of Southern Nevada

The College of Southern Nevada’s philosophy club has been active since 2016. Professor John Min served as the faculty advisor during the first year,...

Pessimism and Human Extinction

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

Metabolic & Modal in White Reconstruction

By definition, security means the freedom from danger, fear, and anxiety. —Safiya Bukhari, The War Before Stephen closed his eyes to hear...

Reports from Abroad: Dr. Mouhamadou El Hady Ba

This series questions and complicates what ‘reporting from abroad’ can mean in a globalised world that faces interconnected and local crises alongside forces grappling...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Decolonial Ecology

Malcom Ferdinand is an environmental engineer from University College London and doctor in political philosophy from Université Paris Diderot. He is currently a researcher...

APA Member Interview: Kelly Gawel

Kelly Gawel (she/they) is a feminist philosopher and activist living in New York. Her political and intellectual work centers on radical care, social reproduction...

Starting Where They Are at: Teaching Intro to Philosophy to Today’s Students

I was going to spend my career teaching the history of philosophy. I was off to a good start when I landed a tenure...

The Free Syllabus System: A New Course Paradigm for Theory-Based Philosophy Classes

Since the dawn of time undergraduates have used "fluff" to addend their work in the classroom. Students bemoan the busy work that comes with...

Interview with John Tasioulas: The Institute for Ethics in AI

The Philosophy and Technology series attempts to construe the question of technology in the broadest possible sense, assessing the impact to the discipline, as...

Syllabus Showcase: Thrills, Chills, and Some Spills: The Philosophy of Horror, Kenneth Brewer

About ten years ago, I started idly musing about how horror movies are able to frighten and disgust viewers when they know that what...

How Intergenerational Is the Academy? Into the Planetary Project

Intergenerational integrity reshapes the academy, beginning with the Earth that gave rise to us.

APA Member Interview: Claire Field

Claire Field is a philosopher working in epistemology and ethics, and a postdoctoral research fellow at the AHRC-funded project Varieties of Risk. Currently, her...

The Philosophy of Inception

Inception (2010) raises philosophical questions throughout the film, but especially at the end. The protagonist, Cobb, returns home after completing his mission. Seeing his...

Special Pleading in Fox and Friends’ Lingerie Football Romp: A Critical Thinking Lesson.

I employ a segment from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart titled “Fox & Friends’ Lingerie Football Romp” (2009 season) in my critical thinking...

Is it okay to have kids if they would be better off not existing?

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