The Self and the Selfie
With more data stored from one day's selfies than all the world's books, many have dismissed Generation Selfie as superficial and vain. Yet creative...
Normalizing Pronoun-Sharing at Philosophy Conferences
Last month, I attended the Central APA meeting in Chicago to be part of a panel on queer productions of knowledge. I do not...
Excerpt from Tar for Mortar: The Library of Babel and the Dream of Totality
The following is an excerpt from Tar for Mortar: The Library of Babel and the Dream of Totality, just released by punctum books. It...
New APA Blog Series: Including Trans Athletes in Competitive Sport
An issue increasingly on people’s minds and in the public eye is whether—and how—transgender women should be allowed to compete in sport in women’s...
Aporia and the Implications for the Intuitive Knowledge of Children
When rationality fails us we are puzzled and left with a sense of aporia (απορια) meaning puzzlement or wonderment. We are “at a loss,”...
On Public Philosophizing: A Conversation with Caleb Harrison and Macy Salzberger
After the controversial decision not to announce a winner for Marc Sanders Foundation 2017 Public Philosophy Award, I spoke with Caleb Harrison and Macy Salzberger...
Interview with Former Philosophy Graduate Student and Investor Bill Miller
William H "Bill" Miller III is a former philosophy graduate student at Johns Hopkins University; he is also a well-regarded investor, fund manager, and philanthropist....
Women Philosophers Get No Agency: Elisabeth of Bohemia
By now we all know the tune. On the whole, women thinkers get less acknowledgement for their work. When they speak in meetings, their...
Epistemic Vices and Conspiracy Theories
Another school shooting, another conspiracy theory. In 2012 it was the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that sparked a wave of conspiracy theories. This...
Teaching Affirmative Action
The philosophical literature on affirmative action is extensive (see my collection The Affirmative Action Debate, 2nd ed., Routledge, 2002), and the issue remains heated....