Yearly Archives: 2023

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Substance of Consciousness

Brandon Rickabaugh is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Research Scholar of Philosophy of Technology and Culture at Palm Beach Atlantic University and J. P....

APA Member Interview: Dallas Havens

Dallas Havens is a Ph.D. student at Rice University, whose research primarily focuses on moral and political philosophy, but also has interests in epistemology....

Do Philosophers Feel Bad For You?

A theoretical physicist, Sabine Hossenfelder, and a philosopher, Philip Goff, recently got into a Twitter spat about electrons. Hossenfelder advanced the view that physics...

In reciprocity, we fill our spirits as well as our bellies

Land is in the news these days, and along with claims to it, an unimaginable level of violence. So, this seems to be as...

I Don’t Read Enough

Steve: I don’t read enough. This thought plagues me. I don’t know how much reading would constitute enough, but I feel certain that I...

APA Member Interview: Victoria Min-Yi Wang

Victoria Min-Yi Wang has just completed her MA in philosophy (of science) with a specialization in bioethics at the University of Toronto. Originally, she...

APA announces Fall 2023 prize winners

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the following 16 prizes for the second half of 2023. APA prizes recognize many areas of...

Syllabus Showcase: Education and Justice, Brynn F. Welch

“In the treatment of the child the world foreshadows its own future and faith.” ~W.E.B. DuBois “The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: An Ethos of Blackness

Vivaldi Jean-Marie is Adjunct Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies Department (AAADS) at Colombia University. In his most recent book, An Ethos...

APA Member Interview: Sascha Settegast

Sascha Settegast is a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg University, where he coordinates a research group on genomic newborn screening....

The Multiverse and Anthropic Principle are not enough

The question: why are we all here? used to be the purview of religion. The Bible claims that God created the universe and human...

Complex Trauma and Trans Philosophy

Academia offers many models for engagement, with the teacher-scholar model being one of the most prominent among philosophers. Prioritizing student development over academic research,...

Women in Focus: How to Integrate Underrepresented Groups in the History and Philosophy of Physics and Mathematics

Andrea Reichenberger is currently leading a research group at the University of Siegen (with members Rudolf Meer, Julia Franke-Reddig, and Jasmin Özel) that investigates...

Why Am I So Tired?: How Work Email Makes Us Feel Overworked

Like most of us, I have been exhausted for the past few years. My workload went back to normal after the first crazy years...

Advocating for Abortion Rights while Respecting Grief for Pregnancy Loss

Before the United States Supreme Court overturned both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in its 2022 decision on Dobbs v. Jackson...