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Beyond Plato’s Cave

3. August 2018 Philosophy News News

by Grant Maxwell I often discuss philosophy with my eight-year-old son. Although he can’t yet grasp the full complexities of my work, he’s deeply ... Read [More]

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Mid-career reflections - part 8: on fear in the discipline

3. August 2018 Paul Pardi, MA News

When I started the Cocoon a little over six years, I didn't have many hopes for it. I was just a struggling early-career scholar with few friends or professional contacts in the discipline (due, [More]

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Oscar Wilde’s American book tour. He reclined sensuously on a fur rug for publicity stills, mastered the pungent axiom, and faced down rowdy hecklers

3. August 2018 Paul Pardi, MA News

Oscar Wilde’s American book tour. He reclined sensuously on a fur rug for publicity stills, mastered the pungent axiom, and faced down rowdy [More]

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Challenging the Modern Synthesis: Adaptation, Development, and Inheritance

2. August 2018 Paul Pardi, MA News

2018.08.03 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Philippe Huneman and Denis M. Walsh (eds.), Challenging the Modern Synthesis: Adaptation, Development, and Inheritance, Oxford [More]

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Would you choose your AOS again?

2. August 2018 Philosophy News News

In the comments section of our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, Amanda asks: "if you were starting your PhD (in philosophy) over again, would you study the same AOS, why or why not?" Great [More]

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Do people owe a debt for investments made in them which they never had an option

2. August 2018 Philosophy News News

ShareEthicsRead another response about EthicsDo people owe a debt for investments made in them which they never had an option to refuse? Some examples might be: Debt to society for paying for [More]

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Is Dehumanizing Animals Possible?

2. August 2018 Philosophy News News

By Charlotte Figueroa It is commonly held within feminist philosophy that dehumanization and objectification are closely related, if not equivalent (see e.g., Cudd 2006; MacKinnon ... Read [More]

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Negative Utility Monsters

2. August 2018 Philosophy News News

Many consider Nozick's "utility monster" -- a being more efficient than ordinary people at converting resources into wellbeing, with no upper limit -- a damning counterexample to [More]

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For 19th-century British poets, to die in Italy was a guarantee of sanctification. Exhibit A: Oscar Wilde throwing himself on the ground at Keats’s grave

2. August 2018 Philosophy News News

For 19th-century British poets, to die in Italy was a guarantee of sanctification. Exhibit A: Oscar Wilde throwing himself on the ground at Keats’s [More]

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Women in Philosophy: Ask a Senior Woman Philosopher about Social Media

1. August 2018 Philosophy News News

The Women in Philosophy Series at the APA Blog is beginning a new mini-series, Ask A Woman Philosopher, in which senior women philosophers will respond ... Read [More]

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