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APA Member Interview: Kenneth Aizawa

7. December 2018 Philosophy News News

by Sabrina D. MisirHiralall Kenneth Aizawa works in the philosophy of psychology and philosophy of science. Dr. Aizawa has worked at some very different institutions ... Read [More]

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A surprisingly religious John Stuart Mill

7. December 2018 Philosophy News News

Your most recent book, John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life, is in OUP’s ‘Spiritual Lives’ series and is essentially a religious biography of Mill. Mill decided that strictly in terms of proof the right [More]

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The invention of the telescope sparked a revolution in art. For Milton, who visited Galileo, seeing the cosmos was a visit from the Muse

7. December 2018 Philosophy News News

The invention of the telescope sparked a revolution in art. For Milton, who visited Galileo, seeing the cosmos was a visit from the [More]

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Unconventional teaching ideas that work: Teaching about personhood without mentioning abortion (E.M. Dadlez)

6. December 2018 Philosophy News News

Guest post by E.M. Dadlez, Professor at the Department of Humanities & Philosophy, University of Central Oklahoma I am teaching Contemporary Moral Problems, a freshman core course, in central [More]

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Defenders of animals' rights argue that other people are "speciesists" (like

6. December 2018 Philosophy News News

ShareAnimalsRead another response about AnimalsDefenders of animals' rights argue that other people are "speciesists" (like some people are racists). I would like to ask if speciesism [More]

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New series: Unconventional teaching ideas that work

6. December 2018 Philosophy News News

It's that time of year that many of us are bogged down with grading, but it's also often the time we reflect on the past semester, what went well, and what could improve. Some of us have really [More]

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“Was I a man or was I a jerk?” Saul Bellow inquired on his deathbed. The answer was both

6. December 2018 Philosophy News News

“Was I a man or was I a jerk?” Saul Bellow inquired on his deathbed. The answer was [More]

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Visual Experience: A Semantic Approach

6. December 2018 Philosophy News News

2018.12.06 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Wylie Breckenridge, Visual Experience: A Semantic Approach, Oxford University Press, 2018, 165pp., $54.00 (hbk), ISBN [More]

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Women in Philosophy: Ask a Senior Woman Philosopher: Can I Contest an Editorial Decision?

5. December 2018 Philosophy News News

by Jennifer Lackey The Women in Philosophy series is running a mini-series called “Ask a Senior Woman Philosopher.” The first installment was posted last summer. ... Read [More]

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Improving journal turnaround times: a proposal

5. December 2018 Philosophy News News

In my post sharing the results of the informal survey I ran on peer-review, I reported that a full 93.67% of respondents at least somewhat agreed with the statement that journal turnaround times are [More]

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