Monthly Archives: August, 2023

At the Intersection of Philosophy and International Relations, Souffrant’s Global Development Ethics

Eddy Souffrant, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, stands among the leading professional philosophers...

Philosophical Dialogue 101: Building PWOL Communities through Reflective Conversations

If asked to imagine what a “philosopher” looks like, most people would probably picture someone a bit detached from the real world. The stereotypical...

Meet the APA: Amy Ferrer

Amy Ferrer has been Executive Director of the APA since 2012. She holds a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies and a master’s degree in...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Sustainable History and Human Dignity

Nayef Al-Rodhan is a philosopher, neuroscientist and geostrategist. He is an Honorary Fellow of St. Antony’s College at Oxford University, Head of the Geopolitics...

A conversation with Susan Neiman and friends around anti-fascist organizing

The occasion of this salon is Susan Neiman's short book, Left Is Not Woke. Joining Susan are Katherine Cassese, Julia Gibson, Stephen Rich, and Steven Vogel, as well as members of the emergent discussion group, Neighborhood.

What’s in a Name?

This is a good time for the area of philosophical inquiry after which this APA Blog Series is named (the reason for this circumlocution...

Philosophy of Mind Should Be a Feminist Place (And Here’s How)

Philosophy of mind and cognitive science is not yet a feminist place, but it should be. In the analytic tradition, philosophy of mind has...

Zeno’s Paradox Illustrated by an Impossible Dance

It can be difficult to teach Zeno’s paradox to a class of incoming freshmen. Therefore, I was delighted when a student of mine pointed...

Reflections on Making my Course Relevant for Students’ Lived Experience

I have always cared about making the connection between the classroom and the world abundantly clear for my students, who sometimes express the sentiment...

Reparations: What does benefiting have to do with it?

Recently, the issue of reparation for slavery and Jim Crow racism has received renewed interest, spurred in part by Ta Nehisi-Coates' 2014 article, “The...

Navigating (Living) Philosophy: Traditional Māori Knowledge and Post-qualitative Inquiry

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...

The Ancient Practice of Rest Days

They say Wall Street never sleeps, but that’s not entirely true. A more accurate idiom is,“Wall Street never rests.” Some people sleep. As a...

APA Member Interview: Eli Benjamin

Eli Benjamin is a PhD student at Temple University. He is interested in practical reasoning, agency, personal autonomy, sexual consent, and Kant's practical philosophy....

The Bravery Paradox: Society and Hidden Disabilities

Johnny Pelham, a British comedian who, in his own words, has “a bit of a messed-up body. Nothing too bad. Cleft lip, webbed toes,...

Syllabus Showcase: Bioethics

I teach Bioethics at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. I have been teaching this course for about 6 years. Marist College has offered this course for...