Yearly Archives: 2023

Early Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Gendered Ideal of Human Progress

I am currently working on a book that examines how the gendered nature of Kant’s vision of the Enlightenment was challenged by several female...

In defense of scientifically and philosophically (not politically) critiquing neurobiological theories of consciousness

On September 16th, an open letter signed by a group of 124 researchers labeled the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness pseudoscience. As Nature...

APA Member Interview: Miguel Ángel G. Calderón

Miguel Ángel G. Calderón (known on the internet as @miguelangelgc) is the CEO of Filosofía en la Red, one of the most important platforms for philosophical...

Quantum Physics Reveals the Unity of the Universe

This article was originally published on August 23rd, 2023 in the online magazine of the Institute of Art and Ideas: https://iai.tv/articles. This essay is...

What Did the Opponents of Affirmative Action Get Wrong About Affirmative Action?

Affirmative action aims not just to repair the historical injustices that are sexism, slavery, and racism (and, to some extent, colonialism) but also aims...

Collective Memory at Canada’s Prison for Women

What does it mean to remember a past you did not experience personally, but which haunts the place where you live and the people...

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: University of Alabama at Birmingham

The Student Fellowship of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, colloquially known as Philosophy Club, was revived in 2022 after a brief...

In Defense of the CROWN Act

Material in this article reproduces previously published research by the author. This research appears in: Amir Jaima, “In Defense of the Crown Act,” Philosophia 51,...

Who Is Innocent? Thinking Morally Amidst the War Between Israel and Hamas

The conflict between Israel and Hamas embodies a complex interplay of historical and political factors alongside philosophical and ethical considerations. The visible manifestations of...

Anti-Nuclear Anti-Colonial Feminism

Nuclear has long been debated in terms of intergenerational justice. The rise of nuclear environmentalism that presents nuclear energy as the solution to decarbonize...

Syllabus Showcase: Ethical Issues in Health Care, Megan Dean

This is the most recent version of a healthcare ethics undergraduate course that I’ve been teaching since 2016. I first developed it as a...

Being One’s Self, Trusting One’s Gut

As I’m diving into my first full-time academic job, there is a part of me that really enjoys reflecting on my time in graduate...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Simone Weil’s Political Philosophy

Benjamin P. Davis is a postdoctoral fellow in African American Studies at Saint Louis University. His recent book, Simone Weil’s Political Philosophy: Field Notes...

APA Member Interview: Victor Carrington

Victor Carrington has practiced as a philosophical and pastoral counsellor for ten years with expertise in life-stage transitions, life crises, and relationships. He has...

Self-Invention, Worldmaking, and the Struggle for Another Revolutionary Event: A Review Essay of Jean Casimir’s The Haitians: A Decolonial History

In my estimation, the beauty that lies in existentialist thought manifests itself as a truthful, bare encounter with reality, and with it, an appraisal—in...