Teaching About the Existence of God
Relatively few philosophers specialize in the philosophy of religion, but many teach an introductory problems course in which one usual topic is the existence...
What Are You Reading… On Featured Books at the Pacific APA, Part 1
With the 2017 Pacific APA having just ended, this column will, for the next 3 weeks, highlight books that were featured in “Book Symposium”...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Campus Illiberalism as Moral Fundamentalism
This series, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, is aimed at exploring the various ways philosophy can be used to discuss issues of relevance to...
What Are You Reading…On Giorgio Agamben
Before the What Are You Reading posts from the Central APA, this feature was looking at work done on specific philosophers. Now that those...
Nietzsche in Shapes and Colors: A Book for Philosophers of the Future
Theresa Vishnevetskaya is the author of a new children's book on Nietzsche, called Nietzsche in Shapes and Colors. Described on Amazon as a "book...
What Are You Reading…On Organ Donation
As we are now in the month of April, I wanted to write this week’s post on a topic chosen from the list of...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Thinking about Ideology
This series, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, is aimed at exploring the various ways philosophy can be used to discuss issues of relevance to...
What Are You Reading…On Featured Books at the Central APA, Part 2
Last week we featured the first half of a list of books that were discussed in “Author Meets Critics” and other book-focused sessions of...
“Psychiatry and the Humanities”: Postgraduate Course in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
As contemporary psychiatry works through the current version of our identity crisis, some leaders in my field argue for a more scientific psychiatry, grounded...
What Are You Reading…On Featured Books at the Central APA, Part 1
As part of the Blog’s coverage of the Central APA 2017, this week’s What Are You Reading column will highlight books discussed in “Author...