Monthly Archives: September, 2024

Feminist Philosophy, P.B. Hope

The header image for my Feminist Philosophy syllabus is collaged from two paintings by Mexican painter Diego Rivera. The first, Man at the Crossroads,...

The 4B Movement is a Labor Strike

Within the last year, the 4B movement has gained a large following in the United States, now boasting full social media accounts dedicated to...

To Cancel or Not to Cancel? – Questioning the Russian Idea

Nine months after the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin delivered a speech in which he argued that although Western leaders always claim to be...

Putin’s Use and Abuse of History as a Political Weapon

Introduction To draw upon different strands of history for the purpose of creating, strengthening, or re-imagining a national narrative is not in itself problematic and,...

Rejection Blues: Finding Purpose in the Graduate Experience

After completing my undergraduate thesis, I applied to four PhD programs at top US universities. I received blanket rejections. In hindsight, it was a...

The Philosophy Teaching Library: A Q&A, Wes Siscoe & Paul Blaschko

The Philosophy Teaching Library is a new teaching resource created by Wes Siscoe and Paul Blaschko. The Library is a collection of introductory primary...

Loneliness and Philosophy: The Philosopher’s Approach to Loneliness

This post is part of a new series exploring philosophical perspectives on loneliness. If you are interested in contributing to this series, please submit...

Against the Odds: Defending Defensive Wars

Introduction Peace is better than war. It takes two to fight. These are truisms: they’re true, but so obvious that they’re not usually worth stating....

Just War Theory and The Russia-Ukraine War

1. War, Unjust War, and Just War There are three wars currently in progress in Ukraine: the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian war...

Call for Blog Posts for the Question-Focused Pedagogy Series Written by Current Undergraduate Students

Blog posts due November 22nd, 2024 Please submit them at sschulman@elon.edu. Students have unique perspectives on teaching and learning that occur in philosophy classes. In addition,...

The End of the Universe

I have been thinking about time inversion and looked more carefully into arrow of time reversal experiments like the one published in Nature in...

Someone Else’s Story: Cultural Appropriation in Fiction

My novel, A Beautiful Land, tells the story of a land that is physically beautiful but once was a place of terror. As I...

Reviving Electoral Democracy

It sometimes seems that we approach the theory and practice of democracy with one hand clasped firmly behind our back. Although reams of ink...

Thinking in Dark Times: Life, Death, and Social Solidarity

In this article, Volodymyr Yermolenko examines the power of ideas to shape social and political events. He is particularly interested in the way misguided...

Thinking About Freedom in Wartime Ukraine

In this article, Timothy Snyder recounts his meeting with President Zelensky shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Snyder explores the...