Issues in Philosophy

“I only have a day left to send off this draft.” “Why can’t I think of a question to ask?” “I wish people would just stop...

Ask a student why they’re in college and their answer will most likely include something about securing a well-paying job, expanding their career options,...

There is this passage from Camus’s The Rebel that I taught to my students a couple of years ago and has stuck with me...

Anyone who has earned a philosophy PhD in the US or Canada knows that not everyone who enters doctoral programs completes them. Even students...

You’re having coffee with a colleague, and you mention a kernel of an idea you’ve been playing with. Your colleague responds, and their response...

Image Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/oxford-england-great-britain-city-2361239/ One of the aspects of my undergraduate education that I found most disappointing was the orientation toward philosophy of my fellow truth-seekers....

Maybe it’s naïve to enjoy being a teaching assistant. The hours can be long, grading is often an exercise in patience and understanding, and...

This series invites seasoned philosophers to share critical reflections on emergent and institutionalised shapes of and encounters within philosophy. The series collects experience-based explorations...

This series invites seasoned philosophers to share critical reflections on emergent and institutionalised shapes of and encounters within philosophy. The series collects experience-based explorations...

With the death of Bruno Latour from cancer on October 9, the world lost a prominent and paradoxical figure whose deepest contributions are not...