Monthly Archives: January, 2025

Pain is bad. It’s unpleasant to trip over and hurt your knees or be heartbroken by a breakup. These experiences are bad, and everyone...

In July 2024, I had the opportunity to attend the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) Teaching and Learning Seminar. The three-day, activities-packed seminar...

One of the many takeaways from Donald Trump’s re-election is that America is, has been, and will remain deeply divided along political lines. And...

For the last couple of months, I have been transitioning away from my role as editor of the Public Philosophy series at the Blog...

Over the American Thanksgiving holiday, I went to Hong Kong to see my mom. Due to geographical distance, I only get to see her...

Democracy is existential to its core, and the social question is key to its survival. Since large-scale transformations of society—including migration, climate change, war,...

I taught this course as a large lecture course with 300 students, most of whom were there to complete General Education requirements, at UC...

From Haverford’s Philosophy Department website: “Roger Lin '25 and Ben Fitzgerald '26, the 2024-2025 Philosophy Student Representatives, pose as Plato and Aristotle in homage to Raphael's fresco "The School of Athens" (1509-1511). Photo by Patrick Montero”

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Philosopher Philip Goff is omnipresent these days. Goff, who lectures on the philosophy of mind and consciousness at Durham University in the UK, is...