Yearly Archives: 2023

APA Member Interview: Yanrui Chong

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....

Philosophers at the CIA? An Insider’s Account

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: Philosophy of Sex and Love, Matthew Watts

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...

Leading the Newest Wave of Feminism: An Interview with Author and Activist Cinzia Arruzza

With abortion rights under attack in the United States, activists all around the world are concerned about women’s bodily autonomy and social progress. The...

Syllabus Showcase: Engineering Ethics, Vanessa A. Bentley

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...

APA Member Interview: Kayla Bohannon

Kayla Bohannon will be Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Alabama beginning in Fall 2023. Her primary research interests are in...

Overcoming Cognitive Bias with Algorithms

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...

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

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...

Reflections from the Undergraduate Philosophy Club Series Editors

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

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

In the 1920s, Dora Russell, second wife of Bertrand, proclaimed that all women have a ‘right’ to sex, which she detailed in terms of...

ChatGPT Reveals What We Value and What We Do Not

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: Philosophy and Science of Risk

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...

Eric Winsberg: What is it 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 with...

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

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...

Naming and Muddling: Messiness as Pedagogy

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