Isolation and Madness
On July 1st, 1969, Donald Crowhurst wrote in his logbook titled “Philosophy:”
“It is the time for your move to begin / I have not...
What’s in a Name?
This is a good time for the area of philosophical inquiry after which this APA Blog Series is named (the reason for this circumlocution...
The Crisis of Policing in a Neoliberal Era
On July 9, 2021, outside her home in Salem, Oregon, Misty Castillo called 911. Inside was her mentally ill son, Arcadio Castillo, who was...
Trans Needs Now
As states move to restrict or ban access to gender-affirming care, a moral panic about trans people envelops the public sphere, and youth and...
The Scholar’s Vocation
Summer becomes fall, bringing with it preparations for the upcoming academic year; recent high-school graduates look forward to their next step, professors craft syllabi,...
Not all Films are Fiction Films
What is actually going on in the cinema is that you are sitting in a comfortable chair, in a darkened room? Let’s say you...
In the Name of the Climate: On Throwing Stuff at Art
I recently paid a visit to a friend. After an obligatory catch-up, we found ourselves sitting comfortably on a sofa skipping through various international...
ChatGPT Reveals What We Value and What We Do Not
The promise of automation has traditionally been that machines will handle the work that we do not want to do so that we can...
Breaking Bad Habits
Two things to note about habits: one, they are very hard to break and two, a fair number of them are bad for us.
Many...
AI Films and the Fudging of Consciousness
Remember feeling sorry for Hal 9000 when Dave Bowman was shutting him off in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Hal was a total AI prick—spying...