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A Little Place to Oppose Insecurity in the World

What constitutes a moral relationship to knowledge? And what do our institutions have to be like to create the grounds for such a relationship?
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Why the Genetic Fallacy is Not a Fallacy

Trivia question: which country was the first to pass a public smoking ban? Answer: Nazi Germany. Indeed, German scientists were among the first to...

Enjoy a New Book on Evil

As part of the Blog of the APA‘s partnership with Exact Editions, we are offering one new book in its entirety for readers to...
Magnetic Compass

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Navigating Academic Life

Steven M. Cahn is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he served for nearly a decade...
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Cultivating Climate Response-Ability

With each year, I find my students increasingly concerned about climate change.  A decade ago, their concerns seemed fairly general and abstract.  These days, they are...
Measuring Immeasurable Mind

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Measuring the Immeasurable Mind

Matthew Owen teaches philosophy at Yakima Valley College in Washington State. He talked with Heidi Schmidt about his new book Measuring the Immeasurable Mind: Where...
Oracle of Delphi

Stoicism Isn’t and Never Was (Merely) a Rich White Man’s Philosophy

Stoicism seems to be the philosophical hobby horse of Silicon Valley and a whole host of life-hackers who otherwise wouldn’t be caught dead in...

Is There Room for Everyone’s Odd, Lost Life in Philosophy?

Something was bugging them, and it wasn't just Headgear (the 90s spellcheck-correction for "Heidegger" on Word). Why do we typically feel that the intellectual position of philosophers - and the work that embodies it - need not represent who they are?
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Introducing Climate Ethics and a New Climate Principle

Many of us are acutely aware that climate change exacerbates injustice: those who will suffer disproportionately are those in global precarity who have contributed...

Genealogies of Philosophy: Mariëtte Willemsen

Mariëtte Willemsen moved from language games to compassion, from Nietzsche to Murdoch - a cycle in Amsterdam over forty years.