Skepticism’s Cure for the Plague of Mind
This post is part two of a two-part series on skepticism and ethics in the Women in Philosophy series. The first part can be...
Haptic Skepticism: The Crisis of (Not) Touching
The last three years spanned two global events that centered around the crisis of (not) touching: the #MeToo movement and the Covid-19 pandemic. These...
Think Like a Feminist
Something has changed.
Only a few years ago, we found ourselves collectively able to live with those who would explain away the “locker-room talk” of...
Overcoming Elite Interests in Service of Diversity
This is the fifth piece in a several part series discussing ways to improve diversity in philosophy departments. The other pieces can be found...
We All Fall Down
“What I forget is better than whatever they remember.”— Yasiin Bey (2016)
The police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, to name...
The Forefront of Research: Introducing the Journal of Philosophy of Disability
This edition of The Forefront of Research features the Journal of Philosophy of Disability (JPD). This new journal devoted to the philosophical study of disability...
Engendering Algorithmic Oppressions
In 2019, CNN and other news services reported that the New York Department of Financial Services was investigating Apple Card for gender bias because...
How Do we Diversify Philosophy? Pluralism Rather than Inclusivism
The overwhelming “whiteness” of philosophy has been discussed by many, and has continued to be an ongoing problem in our field. In recent years, there...
Looking Back to Look Forward: Disability, Philosophers, and Activism
Philosophers have already been publicly engaged around COVID-19 in many ways through podcasts and writings aimed at broad audiences. This is not surprising, given...
Fatphobia, Women, and COVID-19
As of early July 2020, Googling “coronavirus obesity” brings up about 178 million results. For perspective, that’s 64 million more than “coronavirus chronic kidney...