Eastern APA 2017: Outsider Perspectives and Compatibilist Philosophy

By Nathan Eckstrand Note: The Dewey Lecture was recorded by the APA Blog, and a transcript is forthcoming.  This is a summary of the main...

What Are You Reading…On Featured Books at the Eastern APA, Part 1

As part of the Blog’s coverage of the Eastern APA, I am using the What Are You Reading column this week and the next...

Eastern APA 2017: Whence Moral Personhood?

By Nathan Eckstrand Note: The Presidential Address was recorded by the APA Blog, and a transcript is forthcoming.  This is a summary of the main...

What Are You Reading…On New Beginnings

Even as life presents itself as a continuous stream of experiences, we must perpetually wrestle with the problem of beginnings. Without beginning somewhere we...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: The Moral Imperative to Assume the Worst—Philosophy’s Response to...

With this post, the Blog of the APA is beginning a new ongoing series. Philosophy in the Contemporary World is aimed at exploring the...

What Are You Reading…On Vacations

At the vast majority of schools around the country, the semester is either ending or has ended. For me personally, all my teaching duties...
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What Burton’s ‘Anatomy of Melancholy’ tells us about modern day mood disorders

This post originally appeared on OUPblog and appears here as part of our partnership with them. Coming to us through the great illustrative tradition, as...

What Are You Reading…On the Misuse of Philosophy

This evening I visited some Alt-Right blogs in preparation for a paper I plan to work on over the Break. Much of the ideology...

What Are You Reading…On Weather

Here in Fond Du Lac, WI, December 4 has officially become the day of the first snow. I woke to it at 9am this...

Early Career Research Spotlight: Pamela Lomelino

This installment of the early-career research spotlight series looks at the work of Pamela Lomelino, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. ...