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Can medical consent teach us something about sexual consent?

Though people discuss consent in a variety of contexts, consent is perhaps most discussed in the contexts of medicine and sex. While there are...
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Recently Published Book Spotlight: Freedom and Ground

Mark J. Thomas is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Central College (Pella, IA). His research interests include the metaphysics of German idealism, aesthetics, and...
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What can philosophers do to protect and promote the educational mission of universities? 

This post is a part of the Blog's 2023 APA Conference coverage, showcasing the research of APA members across the country. The APA Central...

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...
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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...
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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...
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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.