September 8, 2021
Category: Academic Philosophy
October 7, 2019
The First Breath of a Philosopher: A Eulogy (Remembering David N. Mowry, part two.)
I have asked myself repeatedly what it was that made David’s courses so powerful.
March 27, 2017
New website shows that philosophy majors are employable and make a great living.
Philosophy is a great degree to help you get your first job. It’s a fabulous degree to help you get your second, fifth, and eighth.
December 11, 2016
How can we think philosophically about disability?
The vast majority of conversations people have about disability concern our personal reactions to disability rather than engaging with the disabled themselves.
October 10, 2016
How should we think about moral relativism?
Some cultures eat horse meat, others make children work, others have caste systems, while others publicly display their own sex acts. Are these just preferences or can they be evaluated from an objective standpoint?
May 9, 2016
Do we still need the eighteenth century?
Slavery wasn’t abolished until the 19th century and women weren’t allowed to vote in most of the world until the 20th.
March 10, 2016
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