Monthly Archives: April, 2025

Musk’s Town Square Is Built on Sand

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity...

Wittgenstein and the Paradoxes at the Limits of Language

This post was originally published by the Institute of Art and Ideas and is republished here with permission as part of the Blog of APA’s partnership with the...

Nightclubs, Surveillance, and Nietzsche: The Dance Between Power and Freedom

Imagine you are walking into a nightclub in Berlin. You have waited in line for a while, and now there are two stickers on...

How Much Freedom of Speech is Too Much? (From a Philosophy of Language Point of View)

On February 14, 2025, the Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance, accused European countries of being too restrictive in their approach to...

APA announces Stephen J. White Prize

The American Philosophical Association (APA) is proud to announce the establishment of the Stephen J. White Prize. This prize is established in honor of...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Trans Philosophy

Perry Zurn is an associate professor of philosophy at American University and a visiting associate professor of feminist, gender, and sexuality studies at Cornell...

Introducing APA mini series: Professional Rights and Academic Freedom

Welcome to the APA Mini-Series Blog organized by the APA Committee on Professional Rights and Academic Freedom, formerly, the Committee on the Professional Rights...

APA Member Interview, Peter Alward

Peter Alward is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, he received his doctorate from The University...

The Restoration of Language and the Possibility of Peace

If a bridge is burning, it may not be the moment to cross it. Stay on your island—preferably with friends, with people you care for and trust. And keep up the work that gives language life.

Science and the Public

I was awarded my Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2007. Early in my Ph.D. program, I mentioned to a more senior graduate student that I...

The Cultural Case for Saving Endangered Languages

This post was originally published by the Institute of Art and Ideas and is republished here with permission as part of the Blog of APA's partnership...

Questions and Integration in the Introductory Philosophy Classroom

My institution, Regis University, is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). As such, our academic community is ethnically and economically diverse and welcomes students with a...

Reflections on Teaching Logic

Colleagues and friends of mine know I can often be found (usually after a pint or two!) bemoaning the fact that for a discipline...

Comedy’s Phenomenology

My research dwells at the intersections of philosophy, comedy, and politics. I am particularly interested in the liberatory and revolutionary potential of comedy. But,...

2019 Central Division Presidential Address: Epistemic Territory

Below is the audio recording of Jennifer Nagel’s presidential address, “Epistemic Territory,” given at the 2019 Central Division Meeting. The full text is available...