The Distance Between Us Belongs to Love, Reason, Trust
Katherine, Sidra, and Jeremy say goodbye and thanks to the Blog of the APA for such a meaningful chance to think together and apart.
Nature’s Beauty is Historical
Does the aesthetic value of species give us reason to work to prevent extinctions? Our own aesthetic preferences seem hopelessly biased. We love big...
Responsibility and Automated Decision-Making
In 1979, an IBM presentation included a slide with the following injunction:
Despite this warning, nearly fifty years later computing systems are increasingly used to...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Phenomenology of Black Spirit
In this Recently Published Book Spotlight, Biko Mandela Gray, Assistant Professor of Religion at Syracuse University, and Ryan J. Johnson, Associate Professor of Philosophy...
The Neurotic Dogma of Reality
The world appears to be a certain way, but sometimes appearances are deceiving. This doesn’t seem to undermine what we think we know, for...
Reports from Abroad: Dr. Kranti Saran
This series questions and complicates what ‘reporting from abroad’ can mean in a globalized world that faces interconnected and local crises alongside forces grappling...
Back to the Warm Home, Good Relationships, and Philosophy
Three years in, we stay true to the pulse underlying our philosophical work. Coming from memorable personal relationships, we end with free correspondence.
The Fine-Tuning Argument Against the Multiverse
The Fine-Tuning Argument Against the Multiverse
A striking phenomenon uncovered by contemporary physics is that the values of the fundamental parameters of nature, such as...
Conference Coverage: Political Epistemology Network
This post is a part of the Blog's 2023 APA Conference coverage, showcasing the research of APA members across the country. The APA Eastern...
Frantz Fanon and the Politics of Truth
As a student, I was never introduced to the work of Martinican philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon. I read Black Skin, White Masks and...