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I sat across from my supervisors at the University of New England, discussing what I hoped would become my first peer-reviewed publication. The paper argued that understanding consciousness—both human and potentially artificial—is fundamentally a matter of paradigm lenses. I challenged assumptions about human superiority in intelligence and consciousness by drawing on Thomas Kuhns theory of [] The post Not Yet: A Graduate Student’s First Publication first appeared on Blog of the APA .

This post was originally published on Kronika: filozofski magazin and has been republished with the permission of Kronika and the author. I. There are good reasons to believe that professional philosophers do not bring much benefit to the general public. In an article published in the Croatian philosophical journal Prolegomena, I described the three roles [] The post Why We Should Doubt that Academic Philosophy Benefits the Broader Public first appeared on Blog of the APA .

Ethics Bowls are known for modeling the democratic ideal: high-brow, collaborative discussion about difficult moral and political matters. Participants author their own positions, are free to agree, and are expected to behave as mature, responsible adults seeking principled solutions. Advocates are often drawn by Ethics Bowl’s potential to elevate our often caustic, violent political culture. [] The post CPP and Ethics Bowl: Powerful Partners for Peace, Matt Deaton first appeared on Blog of the APA .

This year began with Zohran Mamdani taking office as the Mayor of New York City, after having run what has been widely lauded as one of the most distinct and successful political campaigns of modern history. Mamdani’s campaign is unique and his success extraordinary in several respects: he went from polling at 1% to defeating [] The post Shaping Each Other’s Vision: Collective Intentionality and the Zohran Mamdani Campaign first appeared on Blog of the APA .

Paris, May 1968. Barricades rose in the Latin Quarter, tear gas filled the French boulevards, and students occupied the Sorbonne. What started as a campus protest quickly turned into a national uprising that shook France to its core. Already during the early spring of ’68, a new mood had begun to take hold. Rents were [] The post Sartre and Freedom: Teaching Responsibility in May 1968, Luis Maurin Hakala first appeared on Blog of the APA .

It’s not about self-improvement. It’s about being a good member of society.

It’s astonishing how relentlessly Western philosophy has strained to prove we are not squirrels.

Not a day goes by that speakers of the Yoruba language do not make mention of death as both a phenomenon and a certainty.

Five years after his death, the dystopian world that his music describes seems closer than ever. But maybe he can show us a way out of it.

The pastures of digital dictatorship — crowded conditions, mass surveillance, virtual reality — are already here.

The universe is old, big, and empty. In comparison, we are new and small. So begins an interesting and fun article on a big question of perennial popular concern by Luke Elson (University of Reading...

Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. Thats a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy...

What does a course on public philosophy look like? Ian Olasov developed a version of it with Susan Dieleman that takes students beyond the typical classroom experience, and will be teaching it for the...

Links of interest A daily logic puzzle  called Clues for Sam (via MeFi) “One critique of consent… is that it is too permissive—that it ignores how coercion or delusion may result in the illusion of...

The pessimistic meta-inductionthe argument that since past scientific theories have been shown to be false, we should expect that todays will turn out false, toomakes the New York Times. . Elay Shech...

In a town park in Portugal, prizes dangle just out of reach up a greasy pole. How will the local teens manage to get them? - by Aeon Video ...

Politics today is driven by grievances that can never be assuaged. For democracy’s survival, we must grapple with this dynamic - by Paul Katsafanas...

In rare interviews, Russians speak candidly about their lives in the presence of war – animated to protect their identities - by Aeon Video ...

Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way - by Charlotte Blease...

For Mandeville, humankind has a bottomless need to be liked: it is this perennial craving that forms the foundation of society - by Andrea Branchi...