Roe v Road: Freedom of Movement and the Future of Automated Travel
In February 2025, Adriana Smith, who was about nine weeks pregnant at the time, was declared brain dead by doctors. However, the state of...
Intelligence is Always Artificial
For Hegel, intelligence is always artificial. Indeed, there is nothing "natural" about understanding, consciousness, nor intelligence itself.
We say certain behaviors come naturally to us. Most of...
Phenomenal Accuracy and Vivid Memory
Here’s a tempting way to categorize our experiences, at least at first. On the one hand, let’s call some aspects of our experience "objective."...
Jacobi, Husserl, and the Guises of Nihilism
"Nihilism" is a term mostly associated with Friedrich Nietzsche. But it precedes him by nearly a century. Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi coins it in 1799...
Consciousness, the brain, and our chimeric selves
This post was originally published by the Institute of Art and Ideas and is republished here with permission as part of the Blog of APA's partnership...
What is the inner life of an atom?
Panpsychism is the belief that mind is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world.
Panpsychism resolves a dilemma within realism: mind is itself elemental or...
Between Reason and Sensibility: Schiller’s Aesthetic Education
This post was originally published on Filosofía en la Red. It has been translated as part of the APA Blog’s ongoing collaboration with Filosofía...
Fairness and Transgender Eligibility in Women’s Sport
What is fairness in sport? The popular imagination has been gripped by the image of transgender athletes in women's sport, but not enough attention...
The Nature of Health and Disease in Clinical Settings
Consider a 50-year-old man named Doug who notices that his energy level and libido are lower than they used to be. He feels something...
Doing What’s Done
Say what you like against civilization, it comes in dashed handy in a crisis like this. It may be a purely artificial code that...