Syllabus Showcase: Eugene Kelly, Philosophy of Love and Sex
I teach at the New York Institute of Technology, which has campuses in Manhattan and in Nassau County. Despite its mandate of preparing students...
Reflections on the Art of Teaching Philosophy: A Participant’s Experience at an AAPT Seminar
If you’re not familiar with the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), the organization’s self-description as “dedicated to the advancement of the art of...
Diversifying the Canon: Interview with Stewart Duncan
Stewart Duncan is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Florida. His research has largely focused on early modern discussions of materialism,...
The Teaching Hub at the 2019 Eastern Division Meeting of the APA
As you plan your schedule for the 2019 APA Eastern Division meeting, or if you’re still considering whether or not to attend, we hope...
Guidelines for Assessing Doctoral Programs
Rankings of doctoral programs are typically unidimensional: They consider only the scholarly reputations of the faculty. Yet whether a graduate department effectively serves its...
Diversifiying the Canon: Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa
Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa is an assistant professor at Vassar College, where she teaches courses on ancient philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of mental...
Kant and Hegel in Sellars’ Space of Reasons?
It has often been noted that philosophy, at least on most self-understandings of the discipline, has a uniquely important relationship to its historical past. ...
Call for Pitches from Associate Editor, Dr. Sabrina D. MisirHiralall
by Sabrina D. MisirHiralall
I am delighted to join the Editorial Team of the Blog of APA. As the Associate Editor of the Blog of APA,...
Exploring Plato’s Cave With Young People
On October 3, 2018, twenty-four people explored themes from one of the most important thought experiments in the history of philosophy: the Allegory of...
Teaching Gen Ed Students the Value of Philosophy
The news of philosophy departments under threat is disturbingly familiar to many of us. We bemoan the latest news of the elimination of a...