What Are You Reading…On Cultural Identity
Cultural identity is constantly being torn down and rebuilt. Though both processes always occur, sometimes one is dominant. It seems to me that the...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy
Justin Sytsma is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Programme at Victoria University of Wellington in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand. He's interested in a...
What Are You Reading…On Willpower
Like many readers of this blog, and probably the vast majority of Americans, I followed last week’s headlines with anxiety and concern. Almost every...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Consciousness in Locke
Shelley Weinberg is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign specializing in early modern philosophy and especially in the...
Black Issues in Philosophy: Dwayne Tunstall as Africana Philosopher
by Thomas Meagher
One of the preoccupations of Africana philosophy could be characterized in terms of axiology. Africana philosophy emerges out of a context of...
What Are You Reading…On the Philosophy of Technology
Technology constantly poses us challenges. The opportunities it offers come with dangers attached. Social media encourage envy and depression when we see the fun...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Trump at the Border
On Thursday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 24, 2018, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley philosophy department held roundtable events on Donald Trump....
What Are You Reading…On Hypocrisy
Charges of hypocrisy are rampant these days. Perhaps the most pervasive ones currently refer to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, with each side claiming the...
What Are You Reading…On Phenomenology
As it was first introduced by Husserl, the phenomenological method represented a significant departure from earlier philosophies. Concepts about subjectivity and objectivity which had...
What Are You Reading…On Money
Any discussion of money must begin with a definition of the term and with what aspect of it one intends to examine, for money...