Monthly Archives: June, 2023

ChatGPT After Six Months: More Practical Reflections

When ChatGPT was released to the public late last year, its impact was immediate and dramatic. In the six months since, most people have...

APA Member Interview: Mary-kate Boyle

Mary-kate Boyle is an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She is currently interested in ethics, German idealism, epistemology, and philosophy of mind....

Toward a Feminist View of Harm

Oppression, Harm, and Feminist Philosophy In many ways, our understanding of oppression is closely tied to the concept of harm. This connection is especially...

Abbott Elementary and Utilitarianism

In this clip, the teachers at an underfunded Philadelphia public elementary school are debating the pros and cons of having a “gifted” program that...

Teaching Graduate Students to Teach

As one who has urged graduate departments to offer their students a practicum in teaching, I read with interest Heather Brant’s thoughtful post A...

Meet the APA: Lucy Santerre

Lucy Santerre is the APA's Program Assistant for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s grant to support diversity institutes in philosophy. Introduction I am proud to say...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Thoughtful Images

Thomas Wartenberg is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Mount Holyoke College. He has edited or co-edited books on the philosophy of art, the philosophy...

APA Member Interview: Ian MacDonald

Ian MacDonald is an educator and writer at the University of Waterloo who investigates the interrelations between inquiry, meaning, and methods. He focuses on...

AI Films and the Fudging of Consciousness

Remember feeling sorry for Hal 9000 when Dave Bowman was shutting him off in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Hal was a total AI prick—spying...

Intergenerational Practical Knowledge: Conversations with Senior Philosophers – Elaine Miller

The Women in Philosophy series is launching a mini-series titled “Intergenerational Practical Knowledge: Conversations with Senior Philosophers.” A goal of this mini-series is to...

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy Summer Camp, a Portland State Faculty and Student Co-Creation

One morning you wake up and head to the kitchen, only to find someone who looks exactly like you sitting at the breakfast table...

AI and Social Justice: The latest technological ‘revolution’ and the Capability Approach

Face recognition to unlock our phones, navigation apps that show traffic in real-time, digital assistants that turn on lights and lock doors in our...

The Reality of Carceral America: A Conversation with Activist Barbara Fair

Barbara Fair is a social justice activist and founding member of Stop Solitary Connecticut. The Stop Solitary CT campaign is aiming to eliminate the utilization...

Navigating (Living) Philosophy: On Passport Privilege

This series invites seasoned philosophers to share critical reflections on emergent and institutionalized shapes of and encounters within philosophy. The series collects experience-based explorations...

Syllabus Showcase: Neuroethics, Joshua May

One of my Neuroethics students quit smoking, using the tools of cognitive behavioral therapy. Another student aimed to regain his focus by deleting all...