Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Bisexuality and the Culture of Professional Philosophy
“Feminist blogging is basically the 21st Century version of consciousness raising.”
Courtney Martin, Feministing
At the start of the film The Lobster, we learn that the...
How to Improve the Situation for Women in Philosophy
The Demographics in Philosophy project (women-in-philosophy.org) evaluates the proportion of women at various ranks in approximately 100 departments for the past ten years as...
APA Newsletters, Spring 2017 Edition – Part One
The latest edition of the APA newsletters was posted online recently. In case you haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, I’m...
AHA and APA Receive Joint Mellon Grant, “Extending the Reach of Scholarly Society Work...
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the American Philosophical Association (APA) are pleased to announce the receipt of an $80,000 grant from the Andrew...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Immigration Detention and the Threat of “The American Dream”
This series, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, is aimed at exploring the various ways philosophy can be used to discuss issues of relevance to...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Dialogue and Demons–Plato on the Dangers of Normalization
“What? Can the devil speak true?”
Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, sc3.
There is a great deal of talk of ‘normalization’ in the numerous, and righteous, political...
Non-Canonical Texts and Teaching the History of Modern Philosophy: Why We Might as Well...
In my previous post, I made a case for abandoning the survey approach to the teaching of modern philosophy. In place of the survey...
Non-Canonical Texts and Teaching the History of Modern Philosophy: Why We Might as Well...
There has been significant discussion of late regarding the importance of expanding the canon when discussing the early modern period. (See O'Neill, 2005 and...
The Teaching Workshop: Gina Schouten on Preparing to Trust One’s Judgment
One of the best things we can do to improve our pedagogy is share and think seriously about our teaching failures--our missteps, our lost...
APA board issues post-election statement
The board of officers of the APA has voted unanimously to issue the following statement:
Leading up to the United States presidential election one month...