Introducing: Law and Philosophy Series
The APA is excited to launch its new blog series, Philosophy and Law, with Sabeen Ahmed as series editor. In this introductory post, Sabeen...
Do We Have a ‘Bias Bias’?
How rational are we? And if we are not rational, how could we tell, since we would have to rely on our reasoning to...
Misandrogyny and Cisgender Discomfort
In this post, I want to explore a few ideas about a system of oppression that targets gender non-binary and non-conforming persons. I begin...
Affirming Accountability: Confessions of a Cyber-Sex Addict
My name is John Altmann, and I'm a recovering sexist and more pointedly, a recovering cyber-sex addict of over twelve years. During the course...
“Or So They Tell Us”: Thinking with Bayard Rustin
It appears that in our current moment one must be either for change or against it. Those who are not actively fighting are pronounced...
The Union as a Basic Institution of Society
My new book, In the Name of Liberty: The Argument for Universal Unionization, (Cambridge University Press, 2020) contains three essays. The book’s first essay...
Philosophy with Higher Stakes: An Interview with Rosalie Lochner
Ashley Bohrer: Why don't you start by telling me a little bit about yourself and your background in philosophy.
Rosalie Lochner: I got my PhD...
Access and Relationality
What does it mean to have one’s disability access needs met? To answer this question, we need to know a few things—what are access...
Feminist Public Philosophy Beyond the Academy: An Interview with Amelia Hruby
Ashley Bohrer: Why don't you start by telling me a little bit about your philosophical background. What'd you study? Where’d you study it? What...
Savarin, Pelluchon, and the Gastronomic Ego
(Image taken by Masahiro Ihara)
Many recent readers of jurist and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, including Carolyn Korsmeyer, Jessica Jacques, Roland Barthes, and Michel Onfray,...