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What Am I ‘Really’ Doing While Teaching Philosophy
In my first year of teaching, a thought-provoking story prompted me to reflect on the profound meaning and value of my work as a philosophy professor:
A person meets three workers at a quarry and asks, “What are you doing?” The first, hopeless, replies, “I’m hammering at stones.” The second,...
Meet the APA: Devin Brymer
Devin Brymer is the APA’s Program Assistant. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy with a Minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies in 2023. In his free time, Devin enjoys playing video games, making art, and spending time with his friends and...
UNDRIP’s Limits on Corrective Reforms to the Basic Structure
§1 Introduction
The United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is intended to provide “a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples of the world.” UNDRIP is widely regarded as a valuable instrument for the recognition and protection of Indigenous...
Women in Philosophy Behaving Badly? Or Madly?
*The term “Mad” is a contentious identifier. I use Mad as a form of resistance but not all diagnosed persons are on board. The debate on the preferred label is its own domain. My personal position on the debate is that people get to describe themselves. However there remains...
Metaphysics, Colin C. Smith
The syllabus for Metaphysics is the result of my aim to put the “classical” subjects in contemporary metaphysics like personhood, mind, and the potentiality-actuality distinction into engagement with key questions in the metaphysics of race, gender, and sexuality. I designed the syllabus for a class composed of mid-to-upper-level students...
Coded Displacement
During her graduate studies, black computer scientist Joy Buolamwini developed Aspire Mirror, an AI system that recognizes and reworks the user’s facial image with a chosen motif—e.g., an inspirational quote or an animal, like an owl representing wisdom—reflecting back at the user their idealized self. Unfortunately, the software failed...
Philosophy Beyond the Classroom
Introduction
In this blog post, I share my experiences as an undergraduate student navigating the daunting world of philosophy, from the exhilarating experience of presenting at a philosophy conference to the unsettling reality of confronting systemic barriers within the field. This piece will explore how I discovered philosophy, the process...
Jeezy’s Lessons from Adversity
Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins—father, rapper, urban philosopher, and entrepreneur—was born on September 28, 1977, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was introduced to the street life at an early age, and by the time he turned thirty years old he had managed to turn twenty dollars into a multi-million-dollar empire. Jeezy...
International Women’s Day Profile: María Jesús Alvarado Rivera
This post was originally published on Filosofía en la Red. It has been translated as part of the APA Blog’s ongoing collaboration with Filosofía en la Red.
The APA Blog is committed to amplifying diverse voices in philosophy. If you or someone you know has research that the APA community...
International Women’s Day Profile: Cristina Peri Rossi
This post was originally published on Filosofía en la Red. It has been translated as part of the APA Blog’s ongoing collaboration with Filosofía en la Red.
The APA Blog is committed to amplifying diverse voices in philosophy. If you or someone you know has research that the APA...