Monthly Archives: May, 2025

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Public Philosophy

All Rebels Risk Being Tyrants

Martina Valković -
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...
Bioethics

The Nature of Health and Disease in Clinical Settings

Richard B. Gibson -
Consider a 50-year-old man named Doug who notices that his energy level and libido are lower than they used to be. He feels something...
Teaching

Philosophers created academic freedom. It’s time to save it (again).

Smrutipriya Pattnaik -
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 of...
Member Interviews

APA Member Interview, Max Junbo Tao

Smrutipriya Pattnaik -
Max Junbo Tao is a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests encompass Chinese and comparative political philosophy,...
APA

APA announces Spring 2025 prize winners

APA Communications -
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the following seven prizes for the first half of 2025. APA prizes recognize many areas of...
Law and Philosophy

How to Preserve Privacy in the Age of Mass Surveillance: Democracy or Technology?

Eric Wilkinson -
It is obvious to most people that we live in an age of mass surveillance. The proliferation of digital technologies and the gadgets that...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Julia Kristeva’s Philosophical Revolutions

Elisabeth Paquette -
My title riffs on the article penned by Kelly Oliver called “Julia Kristeva’s Feminist Revolutions” in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, which aimed...
Perspectives on Democracy

Kant and Democracy: Problems and Possibilities

Martina Valković -
Year 2024 was a historic year for democracy. It is estimated that over 4 billion people—that is, roughly half of humanity—voted in national elections...
Research

Doing What’s Done

Richard B. Gibson -
Say what you like against civilization, it comes in dashed handy in a crisis like this. It may be a purely artificial code that...
APA

2019 Central Division Dewey Lecture: Academic Philosophy: What Is It? What Do We Want It To Be?

Erin Shepherd -
Below is the audio recording of Alison Jaggar’s John Dewey Lecture, “Academic Philosophy: What Is It? What Do We Want It To Be?,” given...
Graduate Student Chronicles

The STEM/Humanities Divide and Student Defeatism

Brianna Larson -
Throughout higher education, there is a palpable divide drawn between STEM and the humanities. Among students, I have noticed that many, both graduate and...
Current Events in Public Philosophy

Civil Capacity in the Age of Burnout

Virginia Moscetti -
It’s been an exhausting few months. Most days, I just can’t read or think about the news. When the latest story—someone in power doing...
Teaching

Academic Freedom, Including Free Discussion for Students

Smrutipriya Pattnaik -
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 of...
APA

APA Member Interview: Calvin Roosevelt Bell III

Jessica Castellani -
Calvin Bell III is a first-year Ph.D. student in Philosophy at Northwestern University as a Beinecke Scholar. Calvin’s intellectual interests are deeply rooted in...
Philosophy and Technology

The Philosophy of Space: The Value of Private Space Activity

Charlie Taben -
I can’t believe the Neanderthals weren’t intrigued by the stars. I’d go further and assume this about everyone before and since the Neanderthals, too!...
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