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Epistemic Insouciance

...UK provides some support for this view. Both Boris Johnson and David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, are often blamed for a lack of seriousness...

Does Neuroscience Say Madonna is a Material Girl?

...can reveal blood flow, glucose metabolism, oxygen metabolism, or concentrations of dopamine transporter indicative of brain activity (Johnson and Becker 1999). An fMRI reveals increased brain activity by revealing increased...

Awards Roundup: Summer 2017

...“Without Faith in Humanity, Cynicism Grows and Democracy Becomes Mob-Rule” David V. Johnson, Stanford University for “A Democracy Deficit Plagues the U.S. and the European Union” Ian Olasov, Graduate Center,...

2017 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest Winners Announced

...York Times) Andrew Fiala, “Without Faith in Humanity, Cynicism Grows and Democracy Becomes Mob-Rule,” The Fresno Bee Newspaper David V. Johnson, “A Democracy Deficit Plagues the U.S. and the European...

There’s a Green Card-holder at the heart of Greek philosophy

When it comes to immigration, not all foreigners are the same. The treatment of non-citizen legal residents, for example, raises very different moral and political questions from the larger debate...

How Metaphors Can Illuminate Neuroscience

...hope to have any chance of preserving a democratic attitude toward inquiry and toward our social and institutional arrangements. Mark Johnson Mark Johnson is Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal...

APA Member Interview: David V. Johnson

David V. Johnson is a philosopher turned journalist. In 2002, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University with a specialty in ancient Greek ethics. He left a tenure-track...