Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Chinese Liberal Spirit
David Elstein is Professor of Philosophy and Asian Studies at the State University of New York, New Paltz. Elstein specializes in Chinese philosophy and although...
Measurement and Desert: Why Grades Cannot Be Deserved
One of the most ubiquitous and uncontroversial ideas concerning desert—both in ordinary discourse and in the philosophical literature on desert—is the idea that students...
New Reports from Abroad Editor: alicehank winham
The Blog of the APA is proud to welcome alicehank winham as the new Reports from Abroad series editor. alicehank studied BA Philosophy and...
How to Be Foolish in Being Angry: Against Sarcasm
What does the fool do when they are irritated by their conditions enough that they feel like tearing into everything? They let the irritation reach their soul. They let another’s beliefs or practices trouble them. Like I said, they are foolish.
Nietzsche and the Machines
The following piece was originally posted in The Philosophers' Magazine.
There is a lot of grandstanding going on today about the ethics of machines. Intellectuals have...
New Technology Research Editor: Interview with Charlie Taben
The Blog of the APA is proud to welcome Charlie Taben as the new Philosophy and Technology Research series editor. Charlie previously worked as an editor...
Smash the Machinery of Time: Asylum Philosophy
Charlotte is a legal guardian. She advocates for youth under the age of 18 seeking asylum in Belgium. I wanted to talk with her about this work.
Recently Published Book Spotlight: How to Play Philosophy
Michael Picard, MSc, PhD writes and teaches philosophy at Douglas College in Vancouver, Canada. He ran Café Philosophy, a weekly public participatory philosophy event...
One Way to Think with Precarity in the Classroom
Having discussed issues of responsibility that come up in the context of structural injustice as well as pathways towards solidarity, for this third post of Precarity and Philosophy, I wanted to turn to how precarity can be addressed in the classroom.
In Tension: Effective Altruism and Mutual Aid
Both Effective Altruism and Mutual Aid are social movements aimed at providing aid and relieving poverty. And yet, there is a tension between a...