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...
Early Career Research Spotlight: Ryan Muldoon
This installment of the early-career research spotlight series looks at the work of Ryan Muldoon. He is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY...
What Are You Reading…On Albert Einstein
Starting next week this column will feature books from the “Author Meets Critics” sessions of the Central APA 2017. But until then I am...
What Are You Reading…On Michel de Montaigne
During this week in 1533, Michel de Montaigne was born in Guyenne, France. One of the great Renaissance thinkers of his day, Montaigne’s work...
The Aztecs on Happiness, Pleasure and the Good Life
Lynn Sebastian Purcell is the winner of the American Philosophical Association's 2016 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought. This post is adapted from the...
What Are You Reading…On Aristotle, Telos, and Universality
This past week my Philosophy of Law class discussed Aristotle’s concept of justice as laid out in Michael Sandel’s book Justice: What’s the Right...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Is Trump the Real Manchurian Candidate?
This series, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, is aimed at exploring the various ways philosophy can be used to discuss issues of relevance to...