Heather Spradley Wins the APA’s 2021 William James Prize
The APA is pleased to announce that Heather Spradley (Harvard University) has been awarded the 2021 William James Prize for her paper, “Inquiring While...
Battich, Connelly, and Ransom Win the 2021 Sanders Graduate Student Awards
The annual Sanders Graduate Student Awards are three prizes awarded to each of the three best papers in mind, metaphysics, epistemology, or ethics submitted...
Philip Kitcher, Robin Smith, and Naomi Zack to deliver the 2021 John Dewey Lectures
The John Dewey Lectures, in memory of John Dewey, were established in 2006 by the John Dewey Foundation and the APA. They are three...
APA announces winter 2020 prize winners and the establishment of a new prize
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the following 15 prizes for the second half of 2020. APA prizes recognize many areas of...
Enjoy New Books on Logic, Death, and Science
As part of the Blog of the APA‘s partnership with Exact Editions, we are offering three new books by Princeton University Press in their...
Call for Nominations: 2021 Lebowitz Prize
The nomination deadline for the 2021 Lebowitz Prize has been extended to January 5, 2021. For information on the prize and the nomination process,...
Call for applications: 2021–2022 Edinburgh Fellowship
The APA sponsors one visiting research fellowship per year at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh....
The Academic Practice of Philosophy (… in Two Countries)
Below is the audio recording of Gisela Striker’s John Dewey Lecture, given at the 2019-2020 Eastern Division Meeting. The talk is titled “The Academic...
Empowering Philosophy
Below is the audio recording of Christia Mercer’s Presidential Address, given at the 2019-2020 Eastern Division Meeting. The talk is titled “Empowering Philosophy”, and...
Some Good News, Some Bad News in the APA’s State of the Profession Report
We were recently provided with a report from the APA that recounts work by Debra Nails and John Davenport to collect, organize, and analyze...