Yearly Archives: 2026

2026
Syllabus Showcase

Haley Irene Burke, Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art & Beauty

Cara Greene -
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of the Incarnate Word. At the heart of its Mission Statement is...
Public Philosophy

Speaking Through Action: Open Rescue as Moral Assertion

Martina Valković -
Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin is a breeder of beagles for scientific research. It’s been a target of animal activism for about a...
Issues in Philosophy

Copyediting and Philosophy, Part 3: Language, Power, and Copyediting

Michael Crawford -
The Issues in Philosophy Beat is running a three-part mini-series called “Copyediting and Philosophy,” which focuses on issues around copyediting relevant to the philosophy...
Public Philosophy

The Police Can Lie to You

Martina Valković -
The police can either lie to Jane or they can be honest with her. If the police lie to Jane, it is probable that...
Bioethics

Killing Cleanly: The Ethical Illusion of Humane Execution

Richard B. Gibson -
I’m going to start with an admission; I oppose the death penalty. There are several reasons for this. First, I consider it barbaric. Second,...
Philosophy and Technology

Creation as Cosmic Revelation: AI and the Purpose of Human Existence

Charlie Taben -
In this series on Philosophy and Technology, I have returned repeatedly to a question that refuses resolution: what is the purpose of human existence,...
Ethical Dilemmas in Public Philosophy

Words Without Knowledge: Augustine and the Use of Language in the Age of LLMs

Ionut Untea -
In 2022, when Blake Lemoine shared his experience with LaMDA 2, he took the AI's responses seriously and claimed that artificial intelligence (AI) consciousness...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Race, Risk, and the VBAC Calculator: The Politics of Race Correction in Childbirth

Elisabeth Paquette -
I started noticing a pattern. Every Black woman I know who has given birth in the past decade delivered by cesarean. Some of those...
Perspectives on Democracy

Who Controls the Future? On Capitalism, Democracy, and Social Alienation

Martina Valković -
Who controls the future? The answer to this question concerns the role and politics of financial investment under capitalism. Through its mode of investment,...
Public Philosophy

Atmospheres of Parenthood

Martina Valković -
Anyone who has visited the home of parents with a newborn baby can recognize from the outset a specific kind of atmosphere that seems...
APA

2022 Central Division Dewey Lecture: The Question Is How to Live

Erin Shepherd -
Below is the audio recording of Allan Gibbard’s John Dewey Lecture, “The Question Is How to Live,” given at the 2022 Central Division Meeting....
Current Events in Public Philosophy

Unironically Good? Hegel, Irony, and Nicolas Cage

Virginia Moscetti -
When we think about irony, what comes to mind is often something like Socratic or dramatic irony. The first describes instances in which a...
APA

APA Member Interview, Elena Comay del Junco

Smrutipriya Pattnaik -
Elena Comay del Junco is Assistant Professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on the history of philosophy, primarily Ancient...
Public Philosophy

The Ethics of Refugee Protection

Martina Valković -
Around 42.5 million refugees worldwide have been forced to flee their own states and are unable to return because of severe threats to their...
APA

Survey and Community Conversation about APA Online Programming

APA Communications -
As announced earlier this year, the APA’s three divisions collectively decided to suspend the  2+1 experiment, returning to hosting only in-person divisional meetings beginning...