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The American Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the following seven prizes for the first half of 2026. APA prizes recognize many areas of philosophy research by philosophers at various career stages, as well as the teaching of philosophy and public philosophy. For more details about the winners and prizes, please visit the 2026 APA [] The post APA announces spring 2026 prize winners first appeared on Blog of the APA .

I use the following clip from the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “The Anonymous Donor” (May 2007) to discuss psychological and ethical egoism, and the role of motivation in moral action. Larry David is at a ceremony celebrating donors to an environmental group, Larry being one of them, and his name is prominently displayed on one [] The post “Fake Philanthropy and Faux Anonymity”: An Introduction to Human Nature through Larry David first appeared on Blog of the APA .

The Diversity and Inclusiveness Beat is running a two-part mini-series titled Building Online Community and Mutual Mentorship. This mini-series is co-authored by Cheryl Frazier (College of Southern Maryland), Jeremy Fried (College of Southern Maryland), Stephanie Holt (Wofford College), Sherri Irvin (University of Oklahoma), Babak M. Khoshroo (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), and Camilla Palazzolo (University of [] The post Building Online Community and Mutual Mentorship, Part 1: 5 Practical Tips to Revolutionize Your Work-in-Progress Groups  first appeared on Blog of the APA .

Some people think Hillary Clinton and other high-profile Democrats were part of a satanic cult drinking the blood of children at a Washington, D.C. pizzeria. It’s tempting to say that people who believe this are stupid. However, we repeatedly see otherwise normal and intelligent people falling down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. One way [] The post QAnon, Crosswords, and Knowledge-Based Videogames: The Aesthetics of Inquiry first appeared on Blog of the APA .

The research of William Gilbert focuses on Korean Daoism, religious syncretism, and comparative philosophy—areas that remain underdeveloped even within the growing field of Korean philosophy. Doctoral Student at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea, he is completing a dissertation on Korean Neo-Daoism in the Goryeo dynasty under the supervision of Professor Halla Kim. In 2024, [] The post Between Traditions: Korean Philosophy and the Limits of Universality—Interview with Ph.D. Student Will Gilbert 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 American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its Spring 2026 prizes. 2027 John Dewey Lectures Three annual lectures, one at each divisional meeting of the APA, given by...

A slightly larger mini-heap of links than usual How “claim[s] that someone was the inventor of modern logic or a particular branch of philosophy” come to be a part of philosophy’s story  more from Jens...

The aim is not to keep everything exactly as it was before gen AI took off. That would be both impossible and undesirable. The aim is to preserve the parts of philosophical education that are still...

Governments and firms are turning to philosophers and other scholars more and more in regard to the ethics of developing and regulating technology. Yet this engagement with ethics may be superficial...

[Originally published on June 8th, 2026, 9:02am. Reposted by request.] In our view there are several worrying tendencies in contemporary academic scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, all...

From a broken life to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been bleached by overuse. But it names something real – and must be reclaimed - by Lily Dunn...

The 16 bones that would rewrite history – on the site in Germany where we began to understand Neanderthals, and ourselves - by Aeon Video ...

Strong resistance to AI among writers is understandable. But it obscures what we share with the machines: language itself - by Martin Puchner...

Morality is rooted in love, not institutions: the enduring impact of Héloïse’s 12th-century romance with Abelard - by Aeon Video Watch on...

Not natural, not quite unnatural, the strange new rocks of the Anthropocene stretch the boundaries of geology - by John MacDonald Read on...