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....
Borges and Philosophy
Does literature have a philosophy? Can it give expression to a consistent system of principles, and assert them as true? Literature, by its very...
Why Are So Many Young Men Drawn to Jordan Peterson’s Intellectual Misogyny?
It seems to be no accident that Jordan Peterson is having his moment as perhaps the most-discussed North American intellectual during the Trump era....
Michael Cholbi on his AMA experience on /r/philosophy
I recently had the pleasure of completing a live AMA (Ask Me Anything) session as part of reddit’s philosophy platform, /r/philosophy. As the name...
You Can’t Force It: Doug Anderson on American Philosophy
Douglas Anderson, Professor and the Department Chair at the University of North Texas, was one of the critics for John Kaag’s American Philosophy: A Love...
Philosophers Don’t Hug: Mike Ventimiglia on American Philosophy
Michael Ventimiglia, Associate Professor at Sacred Heart University, was one of the critics for John Kaag’s American Philosophy: A Love Story Author Meets Critics session at Eastern APA...
A Love Story: John Kaag on American Philosophy
John Kaag is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is the author of American Philosophy: A Love Story,...