Yearly Archives: 2025

Madness, Mental Illness, and Emotional Distress, Emily R. Douglas

My course, Madness, Mental Illness, and Emotional Distress, is taught at Vanier College in St-Laurent, Québec, a CÉGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel). CÉGEPs...

Can We Blame Rioters?

Political riots raise important moral questions. When we see or hear about a riot, we are prompted to consider whether the cause is just...

Columbia University’s Self-destruction

In April, I wrote a plea for the Columbia University leadership not to appease the Trump administration by giving in to its demands for...

What is philosophy for?

This post was originally published on Filosofía en la Red. It has been translated as part of the APA Blog’s ongoing collaboration with them. The...

Hope, Argos, and Donna

The Tangier smoke cat catches a piece of meat in his front paws like a monkey…my little monkey beast. The white cat rubs his...

APA Member Interview: Jacob Browning

Jacob Browning is a substitute assistant professor at Baruch College. His work focuses on topics in the philosophy of mind and AI, from both...

The Ethics of Artificial Intimacy: Why Philosophy Must Enter the Chat

Headlines like “Man Proposed to His AI Girlfriend” and “She’s In Love With ChatGPT” reflect a cultural moment where romantic relationships with artificial intelligence are no longer...

Do Soulless Abominations Walk Among Us?  Or Are They Us?

I would like to suggest that they are, sometimes, but not always, us. Sometimes, people speak without thought. This is something that can happen to...

Second Shock: A Clinical Reading of Frantz Fanon’s Tabula Rasa

Frantz Fanon’s work has primarily been received through the lens of his political writings and the political aspects of his work. His psychiatric writings...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Moral Circle

Jeff Sebo is associate professor of environmental studies; affiliated professor of bioethics, medical ethics, philosophy, and law; director of the Center for Environmental and Animal...

APA Member Interview: Jonah Branding

Jonah Branding is a Dual PhD Candidate in Philosophy and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB) at Michigan State University, specializing in the history and...

Sensing the Planet with Kids Books and Climate Music

How can Earth system science reach us personally? A composer and science communicator, Judy Twedt has some ideas.

White Privilege and Antisemitism in James Gray’s Armageddon Time

In “Shannon Sullivan’s White Privilege and Antisemitism in James Gray’s Armageddon Time,” I delve into Shannon Sullivan's concept of white privilege as it manifests...

Teaching Medical Humanities as a Woman Philosopher: Notes from the Classroom

When I accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Humanities at the University of Texas at San Antonio, I was equal parts thrilled and uncertain....

Roe v Road: Freedom of Movement and the Future of Automated Travel

In February 2025, Adriana Smith, who was about nine weeks pregnant at the time, was declared brain dead by doctors. However, the state of...