APA BlogOrganization
- What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?Arts & Humanities Website
- MAPEducation
- Society for the Metaphysics of ScienceNonprofit Organization
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Friedrich Nietzsche is a fascinating figure for many reasons. Unlike previous philosophers who sought a dispassionate and neutral stance, Nietzsche connects his life and times to his works. Similarly, the message of Nietzsche’s work doesn’t come from what he says, but in his approach to life. Third, it is a mistake to seek systematicity in his work, for it is change that should be valued; to always say the same thing is to miss the point of life. [ 243 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/what-are-you-reading-on-fried…/
APA Member Interview: Martin Vacek
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/apa-member-interview-martin-v…/
By Steven M. Cahn Suppose a person I shall call Leslie cares about others, treats them with respect, and seeks to minimize their distress. Leslie has also found contentment, and does not suffer from anxiety, alienation, frustration, disappointment, or depression. Perhaps you assume that all is well with Leslie, yet many philosophers believe that Leslie’s life might not be worthwhile. Indeed, to use terms employed by Neera K. [ 589 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/…/12/the-variety-of-good-lives/
Editors note: Because of a major snowfall in Savannah, GA during the recent Eastern APA, the Blog of the APA will be hosting papers by people who missed the opportunity to present or who would like a larger audience for their work. If you were on the schedule for the Eastern and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please fill out the… [ 4,982 more words ]
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By Jennifer Scuro The academy is risk-averse. Joy James, philoSOPHIA 2018 keynote speaker It might be too ambitious of me to imagine that, for those of us who identify as established or as professional philosophers, philoSOPHIA’s annual conference, a society for continental feminism, operates as a tempering event for much of the invisible labor in the demands and duties of our profession. [ 2,245 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/notes-from-philosophia-confer…/
By Gordon Marino: During my tenure at St. Olaf and other colleges, there has always been a lot of earnest talk about “giving back,” “serving others,” “working with” marginalized people, etc. The attitude behind these phrases has always seemed patriarchal , a la the fortunate ones generously sharing their gifts with the less fortunate. Even so, before becoming a professor, I took those cues to heart and was involved in a number of service organizations...
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/what-those-we-serve-return-to…/
by Miranda Pilipchuk: I started the Villanova chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) in the Spring term of 2017. Our chapter is just turning a year old, and we are still in the process of figuring out what we would like to accomplish as well as how we can best serve the Villanova community; however, what we have accomplished already has—for me—been a profound experience. [ 1,444 more word ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/map-the-power-of-just-doing-p…/
With this post, the blog is kicking off a new series of interviews dedicated to diversifying the canon. We'd love for you to share your thoughts. Please contact us via the interview nomination form here to nominate yourself or a friend. Peter Adamson is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the LMU in Munich, having moved there from King's College London in 2012.
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/diversifying-the-canon-an-int…/
Ecology as a field overlaps with pretty much every other field of study, sometimes directly, other times indirectly. As the field that looks at how organisms relate to their environment, its focus is on the elements that produce what other fields study. Without an ecological environment, there would be no space for the objects of other fields to exist, nor resources to sustain them. [ 230 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/what-are-you-reading-on-ecolo…/
APA Member Interview: Owen Schaefer
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/apa-member-interview-owen-sch…/
James Bahoh is a VolkswagenStiftung and Mellon Foundation Postdoc Fellow at the University of Bonn’s International Centre for Philosophy. He received his PhD from Duquesne University in 2016 after defending his dissertation on Martin Heidegger and Gilles Deleuze’s theories of events. His work is primarily on French and German philosophy from Kant onward, though he also has interests in early modernism and ancient philosophy. [ 4,444 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/early-career-research-spotlig…/
The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter J. Graham (University of California, Riverside) has been awarded the 2018–2019 Edinburgh Fellowship. The APA fellow has a private office in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, is a member of the Institute's lively research community, and has full borrowing rights at Edinburgh University Library. [ 171 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/ucrs-graham-is-awarded-resear…/
Belief is both powerful and dangerous. It provides meaning to our lives and motivates great works, but when wielded unintelligently can be deadly. I’ve been reminded of this recently by two sources. One is a friend of mine who is very religious, and believes that the Bible is the literal truth. We were talking about this the day before Easter, and she said it was her faith that allowed her to come to China, to raise her children, and to maintain her happiness. [ 241 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/what-are-you-reading-on-belief/
APA Member Interview: Desheng Zong
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/apa-member-interview-desheng-…/
Editors note: Because of a major snowfall in Savannah, GA during the recent Eastern APA, the Blog of the APA will be hosting papers by people who missed the opportunity to present or who would like a larger audience for their work. If you were on the schedule for the Eastern and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please fill out the… [ 2,424 more words ]
https://blog.apaonline.org/…/comment-on-grounding-physical…/
Editors note: Because of a major snowfall in Savannah, GA during the recent Eastern APA, the Blog of the APA will be hosting papers by people who missed the opportunity to present or who would like a larger audience for their work. If you were on the schedule for the Eastern and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please fill out the… [ 2,558 more words ]
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Editors note: Because of a major snowfall in Savannah, GA during the recent Eastern APA, the Blog of the APA will be hosting papers by people who missed the opportunity to present or who would like a larger audience for their work. If you were on the schedule for the Eastern and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please fill out the… [ 7,216 more words ]
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