Yearly Archives: 2024

Epistemic Refusal as a Form of Indigenous* Resistance and Respect

“Refusal is simultaneously a negation of access to information and resources, as well as an affirmation of sovereignties.” Rachel Flowers I am an Indigenous philosopher, and...

Dusty Slay and Zhuangzi’s Three in the Morning

Comedian Dusty Slay tells a story about trying to purchase some DVDs at a flea market. The DVDs are cheap: three for five dollars....

History of American Philosophy, Robin M. Muller

The origin story for this course is a bit unusual. State law in California requires students in the California State University system to engage...

How to Practice Embodied Pedagogy

When preparing my poster for the AAPT/APA conference in New York in January 2024, I had to consider not only what topics would interest...

Engineering and Embodiment

Ideas about technological knowledge (in contrast to technical knowledge and to scientific knowledge) in philosophy of technology provide a powerful lens through which to...

Why Arguments (Almost) Never Work: Motivated Reasoning And Persuasion

Were I writing this essay a year or two ago, I’d have started it this way: When disagreements arise, the first impulse for many...

Philosophy Club Vox: Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Astana

Somewhere almost in the middle of the Eurasian continent, on the wuthering planes of Central Kazakhstan, in Astana, our university arose just 13 years...

Forgiveness, Obligation, and Cultures of Domination: A Review of Myisha Cherry’s Failures of Forgiveness

Myisha Cherry has entitled her recent book Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better. The occasion for forgiveness is...

The Simpsons and AI(mmortality)

Since its 1989 debut, The Simpsons has been a leviathan in the entertainment ecosystem. With over 762 episodes over 35 seasons, the show holds...

APA Member Interview: Natalie Martin

Natalie Martin is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Toronto. Her primary interests are in the philosophy of medicine, moral philosophy, and feminist...

Barbie as Philosophy

If we want to understand the relationship between philosophy and film, what better place to start than the best film of 2023! No, I’m...

The Motherhood Identity

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision stripped women of the constitutional right to an abortion, setting up a showdown among...

Philosophy Argument & Exposition, Jimmy Alfonso Licon

This course is a staple in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University that aims to sharpen techniques for...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Green & The Blue

Luciano Floridi is the Founding Director of the Digital Ethics Center and Professor in the Cognitive Science Program at Yale University. His research focuses...

APA Member Interview: Brynn Welch

Brynn Welch is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has received several teaching awards during her career, including...