Diversity and Philosophy Journals: Sophia’s History of Encouraging Diversity
Sophia was founded in 1962 by Max Charlesworth, a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne (Australia), and served...
Black Issues in Philosophy: Remembering Samir Amin
by Lewis Gordon and Thomas Meagher
This issue reprints a recent memorial article on the passing of Samir Amin, written by Lewis R. Gordon for...
Diversity and Philosophy Journals: How to Avoid Conservative Gatekeeping
I’m very proud of the work I’ve done as editor of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal over the last seven years. In 2017,...
Women in Philosophy: Notes from FEMMSS Conference 2018
By Catherine Womack
August 1—5, 2018 marked the 7th biennial FEMMSS conference—Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics and Science Studies, held in Corvallis, Oregon. This year’s theme...
Diversity and Philosophy Journals: Introduction
by Nicole Hassoun, Eric Schwitzgebel, and Subrena Smith
Unfortunately, philosophy is among the least demographically diverse academic disciplines in North America (women-in-philosophy.org). For example, women in...
Black Issues in Philosophy: The Philosophical Project of Political Speech
by Derefe Kimarley Chevannes
No leader can successfully lead this race of ours without giving an interpretation of the awakened spirit of the New Negro,...
Women in Philosophy: Trans Philosophers and The Politics of Bathrooms
by Tamsin Kimoto
Trans scholars have written extensively on the politics of bathrooms and other sites of administrating gender. Perry Zurn, for example, has done extensive...
Black Issues in Philosophy: Postcolonial Encounters in Dakar
By Angela Roothaan
I offer this reflection from my blog at the request of the editors of Black Issues in Philosophy. It is my post...
Women in Philosophy: Ask a Senior Woman Philosopher about Social Media
The Women in Philosophy Series at the APA Blog is beginning a new mini-series, Ask A Woman Philosopher, in which senior women philosophers will...
Black Issues in Philosophy: A Conversation on Sorry to Bother You
Steven Manicastri is a political theorist and labor organizer. Having recently viewed Sorry to Bother You and seeing its clear relevance to his own research...