Monthly Archives: June, 2026

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Diversity and Inclusiveness

Can the Historical Materialist Be a Woman? On the Woman Question in Walter Benjamin

Elisabeth Paquette -
This year I agreed to be a part of a translation project: alongside two fellow academics, the aim was to translate the fifty-something page...
Perspectives on Democracy

Who Defends Democracy and On What Grounds?

Martina Valković -
Democracies have been in decline, and many scholars are now rightly asking how this process can be halted. Much of the research on democratic...
APA

2022 Pacific Division Dewey Lecture: Philosophy as Personal Quest and Collective Enterprise

Erin Shepherd -
Below is the audio recording of Margaret Gilbert’s John Dewey Lecture, “Philosophy as Personal Quest and Collective Enterprise,” given at the 2022 Pacific Division...
Public Philosophy

Democratic Law in the State of Nature: A Kantian Reconstruction

Martina Valković -
A familiar puzzle sits at the heart of contemporary legal and political philosophy. On the one hand, rights are taken to exist prior to...
Current Events in Public Philosophy

Depression as a Philosophical Problem: Rethinking the Meaning of Suffering in the Era of SSRIs

Virginia Moscetti -
When I was sixteen, I was hospitalized for depression for six weeks and put on Prozac. At the time, I was taught that depression...
Public Philosophy

Evil in Narrative Fiction

Martina Valković -
Imagine you read Kant. You may disagree with him, you may be bored by his style, but you will persevere, for after all, he...
Public Philosophy

Socrates Would’ve Absolutely Adored ChatGPT

Martina Valković -
Go on, admit it—you use ChatGPT (or something like it) more than you are willing to admit. You use it for all sorts of...
Everyday Lifestyle

Foraging Thoughts

Giacomo Figà-Talamanca -
Few joys in my childhood memory rival the picking of blackberries under the scorching Greek sun. The rising dust, the dry and hot wind,...