What Are You Reading…On the Concept of Trans
Trans issues have been on the minds of many this summer (the Huffington Post has a whole page of articles that were written on...
Interview with Dale DeBakcsy, Author of The Cartoon History of Humanism
Later this month, The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment will be published by Humanist Press. According to John Loftus, author...
What Are You Reading…On Politics and Epistemology
What counts as true within the field of politics is influenced by many factors. The presence of a multitude of people, the power that...
What Are You Reading…On Environmental Ethics
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just put out its annual “State of the Climate” report. After collating data from hundreds of scientists around...
What Are You Reading…On Political Rhetoric
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The Democratic and Republican national conventions have now come and gone, taking with them the pomp and circumstance that accompanied both. While a lot...
What Are You Reading…On Rawls
This past week I attended the North American Society for Social Philosophy's (NASSP) annual conference, where I presented a paper on Rawls' theory of...
Early Career Research Spotlight: Wesley Holliday
This installment of the early-career research spotlight series looks at the work of Wesley Holliday. He is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department...
What Are You Reading…On Comedy Movies and Misogyny
The reboot of the 1984 movie Ghostbusters was released nationwide last Friday. While it has received mostly positive reviews, there is a contingent of...
What Are You Reading…On Racially Charged Shootings
The shootings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Falcon Heights, Minnesota; and Dallas, Texas last week were tragic for many reasons. Not only did seven people...
Anti-Black Racism in Arendt, and Philosophy’s Dangerous Commitment to Purity
It is arguably the case that Hannah Arendt can no longer be reasonably defended against the charge of being guilty of anti-black racism. If...