Issues in Philosophy

Congratulations! You’ve finally completed the requirements for the PhD, including dissertation and oral defense, and graduation is only a few weeks away. Your folks will...

If you know you will divorce your partner and your daughter will die at a very young age in the future, would you still...

Completing a doctoral program is sufficiently difficult on its own. Now add to that parental responsibilities for a newborn child. But if that’s not...

“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...