Descartes’ Ontology of Everyday Life at Central APA
In an ‘Author Meets Critics’ session, authors Deborah Brown of University of Queensland and Calvin Normore of UCLA met with critics John Carriero and Gideon Manning to discuss...
The Controversy of Bathroom Bills at APA Central
Richard Nunan presented a paper as part of the Society for LGBTQ Philosophy Colloquium on Bathroom Bills at the APA Central Division Meeting in March 2017 in Kansas City....
Affirmative Consent at Central APA
Qrescent Mason presented a paper for the U.S. Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) session at the APA Central Division Meeting in March 2017 in Kansas...
Golf as Meaningful Play at Central APA
Shawn Klein was the chair of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport's session at the APA Central Division Meeting in March 2017 in Kansas...
The Free Market Existentialist at Central APA
William Irwin met with critics of his book at APA Central and here he reflects on the session.
Bill, congratulations on your book! For those who...
The Illusion of Sense (IAI video)
In this week's IAI TV debate, the panel considers Thomas Nagel's puzzle: What is it actually like to be a bat? From sonar to...
On The Life and Death Importance of Thinking
Elizabeth Minnich is a Senior Scholar at the Association of American Colleges & Universities' Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives. She has recently released...
How Does One Do History of Philosophy? Margaret Atherton’s Dewey Lecture
At the APA's 2017 Central Division Meeting in Kansas City, Margaret Atherton (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) delivered The John Dewey Lecture titled...
On Writing Seriously Good Philosophy
The APA Blog and Aeon magazine have launched a partnership for cross-publishing ideas. I spoke with Aeon editor Sam Dresser about writing seriously good philosophy for broad audiences, the sort...
Simone de Beauvoir’s political philosophy resonates today
Simone de Beauvoir is rightly best known for declaring: ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, woman.’ A less well-known facet of her philosophy,...