Monthly Archives: July, 2024

New Series: Perspectives on Democracy

In 2024, more than half of humanity will go to the polls, making this the biggest election year in history. Elections are taking place in...

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: Aporia at Lehman College

There used to be a philosophy club at Lehman College a couple of years ago, but this one was inactive for a while. It...

Developments in the Analytic Philosophy of Judaism

I would like to thank Alexander Zhang for his assistance in crafting this post. When my paper was accepted at the Rutgers Analytic Theology Seminar...

What Does it Mean to Die with Dignity?

Assisted dying has always been controversial, but lately, it seems ever more present in public and philosophical debate. The proposed expansion of Canada’s Medical...

Central APA Secretary-Treasurer Retrospective

I served in the role of the Central Division Secretary-Treasurer (S-T) from January 2017 through June 2024. The role is many times a behind-the-scenes...

Stoicism, Sandra Woien

Stoicism, an ancient school of thought originating with Zeno of Citium (334-262 BC), is experiencing a resurgence. Several thriving and robust Stoic communities exist...

Social Processes and Shifting Existential Burdens: A Nietzschean Reading of Zora Neale Hurston’s African-American Folktales

Mules carry other people’s burdens. Zora Neale Hurston's third book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, describes the condition of being a mule. They are...

Rebellion and Ethics: An Aperture to Possibilities

This post was originally published on Filosofía en la Red. It has been translated as part of the APA Blog’s ongoing collaboration with Filosofía...

Philosophical Childhoods

You don’t get to be a parent, by whatever means, without being a child first. This seems trivial, but there is something here to...