Monthly Archives: January, 2023

The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2023 Award Winners

The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, mentorship, and best...

Cultivation of Character for Ethical Leadership: The Transformative Goal of Leadership Education at Culver Academies

Susan Freymiller deVillier, Master Instructor and Chairperson in the Department of Leadership Education, connects with a student in class at Culver Academies. In the fall...

GRIEF-SPUN WISDOM IN THE DIRT: Of Popular Death Practices

A conversation about dirt becomes a discussion of death, grief, and philosophy.

APA Member Interview: Eric Shoemaker

Eric Shoemaker is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. His primary research interests are in democratic theory and the philosophy of law,...

R. Lanier Anderson elected next APA board chair

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that at its meeting last fall, the APA board of officers elected Prof. R. Lanier Anderson...

Nope’s Social Demons

In an interview that has gone viral in several places, Jordan Peele stated that he had five films planned on what he referred to...

Simone de Beauvoir and “Women’s Work”

1. Crisis of Reproduction In the short film, Loin du 16e (Far from the 16th), Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas evocatively portray what we might identify...

My Body, Not My Choice: The Complicated Ethics of Abortion

Editor's note: This post is part of the Blog of the APA's continued engagement with arguments related to the topic of abortion. Posts providing alternative...

Philosophy as a Team Sport

You’re having coffee with a colleague, and you mention a kernel of an idea you’ve been playing with. Your colleague responds, and their response...

Chat GPT and Student Writing: Some Practical Reflections

ChatGPT: What it is, how it works, the challenge it presents Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is an AI text generator that uses a large language...

No Skin in the Language Game

Image Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/oxford-england-great-britain-city-2361239/ One of the aspects of my undergraduate education that I found most disappointing was the orientation toward philosophy of my fellow truth-seekers....

APA Member Interview: Troy Seagraves

Troy Seagraves is a Ph.D. student in philosophy at Purdue University, entering his fifth year in the program. His research is in metaethics and...

Syllabus Showcase: The Buddhist Traditions, Purushottama Bilimoria

In some ways this is a standard course on Buddhist Philosophy & Religion. The title Buddhist Tradition (I expanded it to Traditions) was given...

Drucilla Cornell, in Memoriam

The following is a revised reflection of a post on Drucilla Cornell for the Frantz Fanon Foundation. It is posted here because of the...

Approaching Philosophy

This series invites seasoned philosophers to share critical reflections on emergent and institutionalized shapes of and encounters within philosophy. The series collects experience-based explorations...