Issues in Philosophy

The Philosophy Guy Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

Hello everyone, Brenden Weber here, host of The Philosophy Guy, a podcast about the many ideas in philosophy that are popularized by our society...

A “Socratic” Dialogue (1965) by Hans-Georg Gadamer

Modeled on Plato’s dialogues, Hans-Georg Gadamer’s dialogue about tennis shares some strengths and weaknesses of the incorporated genre. Gadamer’s imitation adopts Plato’s concern with...

“Heidegger was a Nazi.” What now?

“B was a bigot” is a phrase that raises various questions. We can say it of various figures, both dead and alive. But this...

The Dawdlers Philosophy Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

“If I exist, I am a living creature to whom ideas are incidents, like aeroplanes in the sky; they pass over, more or less...

The Post-Truth Condition

  Post-Truth Is More about Justification Than Truth It is popular, even among philosophers, to think about ‘post-truth’ as entailing a disregard for the truth, as...
Barry Lam Awarded a Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship for 2019–2020

What It’s Like to Be a Philosopher: Barry Lam

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews with...

1,000-Word Philosophy: Philosophy for Everyone

“Professional philosophy can seem abstract, esoteric, and hyper-specialized. But we all ask and try to answer philosophical questions myriad times daily: philosophy is the...

Serious Illness: Reconciling Scientific and Subjective Vantage Points

“Congratulations on becoming a long-term survivor!” cheerily exclaimed my radiation oncologist during a follow-up visit 18 months after the conclusion of my six-week,...

The SCI PHI Podcast: Philosophy Outside Academia

Hello and welcome to the APA Blog post of the SCI PHI Podcast! From Bloomington, Indiana, I’m Nick Zautra. What is the SCI PHI Podcast? SCI...

What It’s Like to be a Philosopher: Michelle Catalano

The APA blog is working with Cliff Sosis of What is it Like to Be a Philosopher? in publishing advance excerpts from Cliff’s long-form interviews with...