Yearly Archives: 2019

A Modest Proposal for the New Year

Sober philosophical guidance about New Year’s Eve seems unsuited to a holiday marked by a champagne buzz and celebratory gunfire. But many of us...

Early Career Research Spotlight: Jack Samuel

Jack Samuel is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He mostly works on ethics and metaethics, with a little bit...

A Template for High School Philosophy Summer Camps at Colleges and Universities

This document has been inspired by our experiences leading the Western Michigan University Lyceum, a weeklong philosophy summer camp for high school students facilitated...

APA Member Interview: Anthony Nguyen

Anthony Nguyen is a third year PhD student at the University of Southern California. He received his Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Reed College....

Teaching All the Students

Years ago the department of which I was then a member invited to campus a promising candidate for a faculty position. He had been...

Academic journal The Philosopher joins with Exact Editions to put their archive online

Recently, the academic journal The Philosopher decided to partner with the company Exact Editions to put their archive online in digital format. Many articles from past decades will...

Stop Teaching Kierkegaard in (Most of) your Undergraduate Classes

Introduction This is a hard post for me to write because, as anyone who knows me also knows, I love Kierkegaard. A large amount of...

APA Member Interview: Agostino Cera

Agostino Cera is 45 years old and comes from Napoli (Italy). He has a PhD in philosophy from the University Federico II of Naples...

“This Bill Would Create a Crime”: Time, State Practices, and the California Gender Recognition Act

by Marie Draz On October 15, 2017, the California Gender Recognition Act (CGRA) was signed into law. It went into effect on January 1,...

Syllabus Showcase: Ian Church, Introduction to Logic

PHL207: Introduction to Logic (syllabus below) is the core logic course for philosophy majors at Hillsdale College. All students at the College are required to...

Life Is a Lease Contract

  Growing up, I was adamantly afraid of death. I had a habit of leaving the TV on as I slept at night, so my...

APA Announces Fall 2019 Prize Winners

The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 31 winners of the following 19 prizes for the second half of 2019. APA...

Philosophy as a Transitional Genre: On Richard Rorty’s Intellectual Bequest

Recently, the Richard Rorty Society hosted the second international conference at Penn State University, with the title “Rorty’s Ethics.” The conference took place November...

Agonistic Democracy and Its Remedies

In this winter of discontent we discover that democracy contains a dark side. We should lower our expectations without giving up hope.  The president suggests...

APA Member Interview: Michael Tremblay

Michael Tremblay is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. He works on Ancient Greek philosophy. Currently he is interested...