The Integrity of Thinking
When we look at our political landscape today, I wonder where has our integrity gone?
Teachers want to know how to explain (if that’s...
Who are we? Myths in the history of philosophy (Part I)
“Instead of assuming that the historical figures we study are motivated by the same philosophical worries that worry us, we need to understand why...
Embrace the Void Podcast: Life Outside Academia
There’s an Agora born every minute.
It’s hard not to feel bad for Socrates, stuck with one measly Agora to philosophize in. Imagine if he’d...
Philosophy Phriday: A Museum, Ants, and an APA Central to Remember
By Benjamin D. Blanchard
Every year, the American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting features stellar presentations on philosophy by philosophers hailing from a wide range...
A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality
Philosophies of history tend to assume one form or another of directionality. For an important number of philosophers, History has been understood to have...
The purpose of the canon
Inspired through a blog post by Lisa Shapiro and a remark by Sandra Lapointe, I began to think about the point of (philosophical) canons again: in...
Socrates Talks Tennis
With the U.S. Open Tennis Championships (August 27-Sept. 9) on the horizon, it’s time to think about tennis and philosophy. The problem is that...
The Ethics of Defense Lawyers
In 1993 the American Bar Association conducted a nationwide survey of all their members to gauge personality types. They concluded that 78% of lawyers...
Poster Presentations at Philosophy Conferences
By Mike Morris
The presentation of papers at the divisional meetings of the APA has been fundamental to the association since its inception, and the...
Beyond Plato’s Cave
I often discuss philosophy with my eight-year-old son. Although he can’t yet grasp the full complexities of my work, he’s deeply interested in thinking...