Monthly Archives: March, 2023

Back to the Warm Home, Good Relationships, and Philosophy

Three years in, we stay true to the pulse underlying our philosophical work. Coming from memorable personal relationships, we end with free correspondence.

APA Member Interview: Rebeccah Leiby

Rebeccah Leiby is the Hoffberger Ethics Fellow at the University of Baltimore’s Hoffberger Center for Ethical Engagement (previously, the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics)....

Ableism and ChatGPT: Why People Fear It Versus Why They Should Fear It

Philosophers have been discouraging the use of ChatGPT and sharing ideas about how to make it harder for students to use this software to...

The Aesthetics of Perfection: The Value of Culinary Achievement in The Menu

“It needs an ending that ties everything together conceptually. Otherwise, it just tastes good and who cares?” Chef Julian Slowik, the villain of the film...

Planning a Successful Academic Conference

One of the very first conferences that I presented for when I was a graduate student at Montclair State University was the Mid-Atlantic Region...

The Fine-Tuning Argument Against the Multiverse

The Fine-Tuning Argument Against the Multiverse A striking phenomenon uncovered by contemporary physics is that the values of the fundamental parameters of nature, such as...

“Swing on, Swing On”: Blue Note Hope and JID’s Forever Story

Black American music has a long tradition of keeping hope alive. W.E.B. Du Bois highlighted the importance of the “sorrow song”—the “rhythmic cry of...

Meet the APA: Erin Shepherd

This APA Blog series is designed to help APA members to get to know APA staff and key leaders a little better. Two staff...

What It’s Like to be a Philosopher

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews...

The Virtuous Image: Femininity and Portraiture on the Internet

Images of bodies impact young people, especially young girls and women. The normative implications of those images—what a body ought to look like and...

Positive Propaganda: Dave Chappelle and his White Buddy “Chip”

This video highlights, via humorous understatement in a brief narrative, the very different experiences white and black people often have with the police. An...

Conference Coverage: Political Epistemology Network

This post is a part of the Blog's 2023 APA Conference coverage, showcasing the research of APA members across the country. The APA Eastern...

Navigating (Living) Philosophy: Playing in a Rigged Game

Dear Green BIPOC Philosophers, Thank you for having a mustard seed’s worth of faith that philosophy can diversify and for tenaciously continuing to show up....

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy on the Spectrum: The Philosophy of Autism and Autistic Philosophy, Travis LaCroix

Some have suggested that the “very idea of an autistic person is a philosophical one” (Murray 2011, 9) and that the “subject of autism...

Philosophy and Work: Helping Students Conceptualize Their Careers

Ask a student why they’re in college and their answer will most likely include something about securing a well-paying job, expanding their career options,...