Yearly Archives: 2023

2023
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Yanrui Chong

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Yanrui Chong was born in Jining, China, the hometown of Confucius. He is studying abroad at Seoul National University and is pursuing his M.A....
Issues in Philosophy

Philosophers at the CIA? An Insider’s Account

Nathan Eckstrand -
Congratulations! You’ve finally completed the requirements for the PhD, including dissertation and oral defense, and graduation is only a few weeks away. Your folks will...
Syllabus Showcase

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of Sex and Love, Matthew Watts

Matt Deaton -
I find myself preoccupied with the question of how to reach non-philosophy majors in a way that meets them where they are and confronts...
Syllabus Showcase

Syllabus Showcase: Engineering Ethics, Vanessa A. Bentley

Brynn Welch -
Since I started my current position in Fall 2020, I’ve been teaching Engineering Ethics every fall. The Engineering Ethics course satisfies a general education...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview: Kayla Bohannon

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
Kayla Bohannon will be Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Alabama beginning in Fall 2023. Her primary research interests are in...
Philosophy and Technology

Overcoming Cognitive Bias with Algorithms

Charlie Taben -
This is a revised text of a lecture given at King’s College in March 2023 The judgments of human beings can be biased; they can...
Ethical Dilemmas in Public Philosophy

In the Name of the Climate: On Throwing Stuff at Art

Benjamin Randolph -
I recently paid a visit to a friend. After an obligatory catch-up, we found ourselves sitting comfortably on a sofa skipping through various international...
Teaching

Reflections from the Undergraduate Philosophy Club Series Editors

Matthew Clemons -
Disclaimer: Matthew Clemons is an editor at the Blog of the APA. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do...
Research

Failed experiments in sex and marriage: Dora Russell on the ‘right to sex’ for women

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
In the 1920s, Dora Russell, second wife of Bertrand, proclaimed that all women have a ‘right’ to sex, which she detailed in terms of...
Current Events in Public Philosophy

ChatGPT Reveals What We Value and What We Do Not

Richard B. Gibson -
The promise of automation has traditionally been that machines will handle the work that we do not want to do so that we can...
Recently Published Book Spotlight

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Philosophy and Science of Risk

Maryellen Stohlman-Vanderveen -
Philosophy and Science of Risk is a new book written by Isabelle Peschard, Yann Benétreau-Dupin, and Christopher Wessels. Combining insights from a variety of disciplines, it...
Member Interviews

Eric Winsberg: What is it Like to be a Philosopher?

Sabrina D. MisirHiralall -
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 with...
APA

Inside the APA: Reflections and Predictions from the APA Board Chairs

Erin Shepherd -
The dialogue below is between the outgoing and incoming chairs of the APA board of officers. Dominic McIver Lopes finished his three-year term on...
Graduate Student Reflection

Naming and Muddling: Messiness as Pedagogy

Alexis Labar -
In my first year of graduate studies I took a seminar called Feminist Methods taught by Elisabeth Paquette. This course was paradigm shifting for...
Syllabus Showcase

Syllabus Showcase: Ethics

Smrutipriya Pattnaik -
The syllabus below is for the course Ethics at the University of Michigan. Although much of the material is pretty standard in courses in...