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How Not to Latinify Philosophy

The man in charge of getting me ready for my first round of job interviews asked me to define “The Epoché.” He watched disgustedly as I stumbled through it, sweating...

Navigating (Living) Philosophy: Playing in a Rigged Game

Dear Green BIPOC Philosophers, Thank you for having a mustard seed’s worth of faith that philosophy can diversify and for tenaciously continuing to show up. You’ve beaten the odds, and...

Mariana Alessandri

Mariana Alessandri is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Mariana writes public philosophy in defense of dark moods and against toxic positivity. Night Vision:...

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Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Banality of Rumor

...the problem of ego in its need for control, as philosophers Mariana Alessandri and John Kaag, two of my favorite philosophers, have written about. A lot of philosophy can also...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Trump at the Border

...After the discussions were over, I asked the two speakers, Cory Wimberly and Mariana Alessandri, about their events. Describe your event, including the details of your presentation. Wimberly: We are...

How Can Philosophy Bake Bread?

...maxim. Rather than thinking of philosophy as “the book” or “the text,” or even “the argument,” as Dr. Mariana Alessandri put it in episode 22, people need to see that...