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Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Sounds of Silence, or Are We Responsible for What...

Recent testimony by James Comey and Jeff Sessions before the Senate Intelligence Committee offers fertile terrain for anyone interested in the nuances of verbal...
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Is it moral to respect the wishes of the dead, above the living?

Imagine what a country would be like if every person could secure a vote in elections that happened after their death. If you stated...

Recommendations: How Can We Advance Open Access In The Humanities?

This is the third and final post in the Open Access in the Humanities series, a slightly revised reprint of Peter Suber’s 2004 article,...

Gwen Bradford wins the 2017 Book Prize

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Professor Gwen Bradford (Rice University) has been awarded the 2017 Book Prize for her book,...

Call for Applications: APA Blog Associate Editors

The APA Blog is looking to take on an Associate Editor this fall, as well as continuously to maintain a pool of applicants interested in...

AHA and APA Receive Joint Mellon Grant, “Extending the Reach of Scholarly Society Work...

The American Historical Association (AHA) and the American Philosophical Association (APA) are pleased to announce the receipt of an $80,000 grant from the Andrew...

Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Reaffirming the Norms of Science

This series, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, is aimed at exploring the various ways philosophy can be used to discuss issues of relevance to...

Prominent Philosophers Cartwright and Sober Win 2017 Lebowitz Prize

Prominent scholars in philosophy Nancy Cartwright, professor of philosophy at UC San Diego and the University of Durham, and Elliott Sober, Hans Reichenbach and...

APA Board Issues Statement in Support of the March for Science

The APA board of officers has voted unanimously to issue the following statement: The American Philosophical Association endorses the March for Science on April 22,...

Fichte’s Ethical Thought at Central APA

In an 'Author Meets Critics' session, author Allen Wood of Indiana University Bloomington met with critics Owen Ware and Douglas Moggach to discuss his book Fichte’s Ethical Thought (Oxford University...