Monthly Archives: January, 2023

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Syllabus Showcase

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy as Conversation, Matt Deaton

Brynn Welch -
Taking an oral-concentration philosophy class to avoid Public Speaking is like enrolling in Astrophysics to bypass Algebra. Yet misguided students do exactly that every...
Precarity and Philosophy

Growing Older and The Value of Intergenerational Bonds

Sidra Shahid -
For old age to be understood differently, our whole life needs rethinking. And so, too, the philosophy that is humanly satisfying.
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Cara S. Greene

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Cara S. Greene is a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. She’s a recipient of the 2022–2023 Bilinski fellowship and...
Philosophy and Technology

The Coming Robot Rights Catastrophe

Charlie Taben -
Time to be a doomsayer! If technology continues on its current trajectory, we will soon be facing a moral catastrophe. We will create AI systems...
Ethical Dilemmas in Public Philosophy

Is Writing for Robots?

Rachel Robison-Greene -
Ada opens her eyes at the designated time in the morning. She looks out her open window and notices that the sun is shining....
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Gender Together: Identity, Community, and the Politics of Sincerity

Alida Liberman -
Around 11:55 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2022—just moments before midnight on National Transgender Day of Remembrance—someone walked into Club Q, a queer nightclub...
Teaching

Undergraduate Philosophy Clubs: Kenyon College and Capital University (Re)Create Department Culture and Community

Mia Wood -
This will be an important year for your philosophy department’s culture.  Current seniors at four-year, undergraduate, residential institutions, have not had a typical college experience....
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Is it all in my Head? Institutional Sexism in Medicine

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
There is a world of poorly understood chronic illnesses of which only the afflicted themselves have an intimate knowledge. My journey into this world...
Current Events in Public Philosophy

Phronêsis, or, a Plea for Critical Thinking

Richard B. Gibson -
You know what I am sick of hearing and reading about? How facts, logic, and reasoning don’t matter to people. Likewise, if there’s one stereotype...
Recently Published Book Spotlight

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Self-Improvement

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Mark Coeckelbergh is Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna, and the former Vice Dean of the Faculty of...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Maximiliano Gutiérrez

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Maximiliano Gutiérrez is an International Student Advisor at the University of Texas at El Paso. He completed a master’s in philosophy at UTEP. His...
Graduate Student Reflection

Pandemic Ph.D. Preparedness or, I Don’t Know Things

Alexis Labar -
The first year of my Ph.D. was conducted entirely online and was something of a blur. This was punctuated by my first experience with...
Black Issues in Philosophy

Constituting Belonging: On Kris Sealey’s Creolizing the Nation

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Kris Sealey opens Creolizing the Nation, recent winner of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award, by relating the circumstances...
Everyday Lifestyle

Advice from an Emperor

Stephen Williams -
I am hard-pressed to recall the nuances of externalism and internalism on a late night with an old friend. The details of safety and...
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