Yearly Archives: 2026

2026
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,...
Public Philosophy

When Society Stops Knowing How to Know

Alexandra Frye -
Over the past two decades, we have watched the pillars of public knowledge gradually weaken. John Stuart Mill is probably turning in his grave...
APA

APA Members Interview, Megan Craig

Jessica Castellani -
Megan Craig is an artist, essayist, and Associate Professor Philosophy at Stony Brook University. She is the author of Levinas and James: Toward a...
Philosophy of Film

Immanence All the Way Down (and Across): Horizontal Transcendence in First Reformed

Sara Bizarro -
Paul Schrader crafted his 2018 film First Reformed to be, among other things, an extended phenomenological argument that transcendence requires moving beyond the physical...
AI and Teaching

AI and Teaching: Inviting Reflections on Teaching in the Age of AI

William Fraker -
In my recent discussion sections for Philosophy of Science at UCLA, we’ve been working through Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn famously lays...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

Sisyphus in the Kitchen: The Tradwife Brand and the Closed Menu of Women’s Lives

Shadi Heidarifar -
Nostalgia, “Again,” and Who Gets to Count The slogan: “Make America Great Again” works by inviting us to long for a past that was ordered,...
Professor Reflection Series

Philosophy?! Here’s What to do with That

Amartaya Gupta -
Students are not typically taught philosophy during their K-12 years, so few know what to expect when they sign up for my Introduction to...
APA

2022 Pacific Division Presidential Address: Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation

Erin Shepherd -
Below is the audio recording of Seana Shiffrin’s presidential address, “Democratic Representation as Duty Delegation,” given at the 2022 Pacific Division Meeting. The full...
Public Philosophy

Occupational Choice, Liberal Freedom, and Social Necessity

Martina Valković -
Occupational choice is for many an existential and deeply personal matter. An avowed goal of liberal societies has always been to permit citizens to...