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...
Decorative Image

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...
Decorative Image

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...
Decorative Image

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...

The Philosophy of Space: The Value of Private Space Activity

I can’t believe the Neanderthals weren’t intrigued by the stars. I’d go further and assume this about everyone before and since the Neanderthals, too!...
Decorative Image

Comedy’s Phenomenology

My research dwells at the intersections of philosophy, comedy, and politics. I am particularly interested in the liberatory and revolutionary potential of comedy. But,...
Decorative Image

Valuation Pipelines in AI

Let’s be honest. The last AI conference you attended was probably littered with ethical buzzwords (fairness, privacy, accountability, transparency, safety…) whose actual meanings are...
Decorative Image

On Grand Strategy: A Transdisciplinary Analysis of its Interplay with Human Nature, National Security...

The late American diplomat and grand strategist Henry Kissinger once said, “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they...

Navigating the Ethics and Ontology of Human Neuron-Microchip Biocomputers

Have you ever played the 1970’s-era arcade game Pong? It’s basically primitive computer tennis: you hit a moving dot back and forth across the...