Women in Philosophy Behaving Badly? Or Madly?
*The term “Mad” is a contentious identifier. I use Mad as a form of resistance but not all diagnosed persons are on board. The...
What Does It Mean To Depend On Someone?
Acknowledging dependence
Let’s say I’m traveling out of town this weekend. This might, in some sense, reflect my independence, but my solo trip is layered...
How Not to Latinify Philosophy
The man in charge of getting me ready for my first round of job interviews asked me to define “The Epoché.” He watched disgustedly...
Doing Philosophy Together: On the Value of Philosophical Collaboration
What comes to mind when you hear the word “philosopher?”
For many, it’s still the image of the wise, isolated thinker doing philosophy on his...
Tough-Soft
My grandmother drank her coffee out of a teacup.
It was a ritual.
Every morning she would put a heaping spoonful of Folgers instant coffee into...
Care Exploitation in Academia
Faculty and staff are experiencing increasing demands for service in higher education, particularly for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts. These demands are often...
In reciprocity, we fill our spirits as well as our bellies
Land is in the news these days, and along with claims to it, an unimaginable level of violence. So, this seems to be as...
Women in Focus: How to Integrate Underrepresented Groups in the History and Philosophy of...
Andrea Reichenberger is currently leading a research group at the University of Siegen (with members Rudolf Meer, Julia Franke-Reddig, and Jasmin Özel) that investigates...
Edith Stein: multi-species empathy, being-toward-extinction, and collective grief
My interest in the philosophy of Edith Stein arose while I was teaching a philosophy course on death where the final third of the...
Early Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Gendered Ideal of Human Progress
I am currently working on a book that examines how the gendered nature of Kant’s vision of the Enlightenment was challenged by several female...