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Arabic and Islamic Metaphysics

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2025/06/30

[Revised entry by Amos Bertolacci on June 30, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Among the Greek philosophical disciplines transmitted to the Arabic and Islamic world, metaphysics was of paramount importance, as its pivotal role in the overall history of the transmission of Greek thought into Arabic culture makes evident. The beginnings of Arabic philosophy […]The post Arabic and Islamic Metaphysics appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Fear

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2025/06/28

Being a featured background actor on Gotham (Fox), I spend a lot of time thinking about the fictional Gotham City of DC Comics. Years ago, I pitched a female version of the supervillain Scarecrow (named Hayley Fever) to DC editors. They didn’t respond. Notwithstanding my yet-to-be-published comic book debut, the Scarecrow is one of the most interesting graphic novel characters. Unlike other Gothamites who are based on humor, wealth, brute strength, immortality and fire, the slender man in the potato

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Recently Published Book Spotlight: Biotechnology,...

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2025/06/27

Elizabeth Chloe Romanis is an Associate Professor in Biolaw at Durham Law School, University of Durham in the U.K. Chloe does research in healthcare law and bioethics with a particular interest in reproduction and the body (abortion, gestation, pregnancy, and birth). Chloe’s principal publications concern artificial placenta/womb technology. While writing this book, Chloe was a […] The post Recently Published Book Spotlight: Biotechnology, Gestation, and the Law first appeared on Blog of the

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Truth

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2025/06/27

[Revised entry by Michael Glanzberg on June 27, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Truth is one of the central subjects in philosophy. It is also one of the largest. Truth has been a topic of discussion in its own right for thousands of years. Moreover, a huge variety of issues in philosophy relate to […] The post Truth appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Epistemic Foundations of Game Theory

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2025/06/27

[Revised entry by Eric Pacuit and Olivier Roy on June 27, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html, supplement.html] Non-cooperative game theory studies how individual players, or agents, make decisions in situations involving strategic interaction. In these situations, each player’s outcome depends not only on their own choices but also on the choices of the […] The post Epistemic Foundations of Game Theory appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Regret

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2025/06/27

2025.06.15 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Paddy McQueen, Regret, Oxford University Press, 2024, 294pp., $90.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780197651384. Reviewed by Max Lewis, Yale University If to err is human, then so too is to regret. At least if we follow Paddy McQueen in his recent book about the nature, normativity, […] The post Regret appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Intuition in Kant: The Boundlessness of Sense

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2025/06/27

2025.06.14 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Daniel Smyth, Intuition in Kant: The Boundlessness of Sense, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 260pp., $110.00 (hbk), ISBN 9781009330312. Reviewed by Rosalind Chaplin, UNC Chapel Hill In the opening sentences of the Transcendental Aesthetic, Kant writes that intuition is that through which cognition relates immediately […] The post Intuition in Kant: The Boundlessness of Sense appeared first on Philosophy News.

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APA Member Interview: Ryan S. Bingham

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2025/06/27

Ryan S. Bingham is a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he studies the work of Jacques Derrida at the intersections of the philosophy of religion and the study of religion, culture, and politics. His dissertation is entitled “A Materialism without Substance: Jacques Derrida and Questions of Responsibility at the Closure […] The post APA Member Interview: Ryan S. Bingham first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post APA Member Interview: Ryan S. Bingham appeared

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Incommensurable Values

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2025/06/26

[Revised entry by Henrik Andersson and Nien-hê Hsieh on June 26, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Things are sometimes said to be incommensurable. The meaning of the term can take many different interpretations. Central to all interpretations, however, is the difficulty of making comparisons, often raising profound questions about practical reason and rational choice. […] The post Incommensurable Values appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Work Shirts to the Opera

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2025/06/26

The only good academic is as good as the trash collector. The post Work Shirts to the Opera first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post Work Shirts to the Opera appeared first on Philosophy News.

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A Supportive Partner Is Not What You Need

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2025/06/21

Support can come in many forms. Whatever shape it comes in, it is one of the desired characteristics in selecting a good partner. However, an all-supportive partner should not be desired because it can potentially keep the subject from growing as a person. In this paper, I will show why this is the case. In particular, I will argue that if the partner supports the partner when she should not, the outcome would be nothing more than making an objectively bad decision. Therefore, I propose a four-step

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APA Member Interview, Vikas Beniwal

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2025/06/20

Vikas Beniwal is currently pursuing an M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Mississippi. Prior to this, he earned an M.A. in Philosophy and B.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai. His research interests include moral and political philosophy, and he cares about animal welfare and environmental issues. PhilPeople: vikas-beniwal What excites you […]The post APA Member Interview, Vikas Beniwal first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post APA Member Interview, Vikas Beniwal

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Consciousness, the brain, and our chimeric selves

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2025/06/20

This post was originally published by the Institute of Art and Ideas and is republished here with permission as part of the Blog of APA’s partnership with the Institute. The genetic code that goes on to create our brains, our selves, and our consciousness, is not only hereditary. Anna M. Hennessey argues that microchimerism, where non-hereditary DNA is introduced […] The post Consciousness, the brain, and our chimeric selves first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post Consciousness, the brain, and

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Nationalism

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2025/06/19

[New Entry by David Miller on June 19, 2025.] [Editor’s Note: The following new entry by David Miller replaces the former entry on this topic by the previous author.]… The post Nationalism appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Legal but Not Protected: The Precarious Space of H-1B...

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2025/06/19

Earlier this year, a heated debate over the H-1B visa program erupted among key supporters of President Trump and soon sparked reactions across the political spectrum. The H-1B visa is a temporary, employer-sponsored work authorization granted to foreign nationals in “specialty occupations,” typically requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher. It imposes an annual cap of […] The post Legal but Not Protected: The Precarious Space of H-1B Workers first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post Legal but Not

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Transparency and Reflection: A Study of...

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2025/06/19

2025.06.11 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Matthew Boyle, Transparency and Reflection: A Study of Self-Knowledge and the Nature of Mind, Oxford University Press, 2024, 304pp., $90.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780199926299. Reviewed by K. T. Falvey, University of California, Santa Barbara The transparency referred to in the title of Matthew Boyle’s book […] The post Transparency and Reflection: A Study of Self-Knowledge and the Nature of Mind appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Ignorance and Moral Responsibility

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2025/06/19

2025.06.10 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews Michael J. Zimmerman, Ignorance and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, 2022, 392pp., $115.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780192859570. Reviewed by Philip Robichaud, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Over the past 25 years, philosophers have begun to address the long-standing neglect of the epistemic condition of moral responsibility. Several […] The post Ignorance and Moral Responsibility appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Abduction

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2025/06/18

[Revised entry by Igor Douven on June 18, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] In the philosophical literature, the term “abduction” is used in two related but different senses. In both senses, the term refers to some form of explanatory reasoning. However, in the historically first sense, it refers to the place of explanatory reasoning […] The post Abduction appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Iran Is the Enemy the West Created

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2025/06/18

War with the West needs a theocracy This post was originally published by the Institute of Art and Ideas and is republished here with permission as part of the Blog of APA’s partnership with the Institute. The Middle East is ablaze with conflict. From Israel and Palestine, to Yemen and the recent collapse of the Syrian government, when there […] The post Iran Is the Enemy the West Created first appeared on Blog of the APA. The post Iran Is the Enemy the West Created appeared first on Philosophy

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Conservation Biology

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2025/06/18

[Revised entry by Jay Odenbaugh on June 18, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] One way of conceptualizing the structure of a science is that at any time it contains ontologies, theories, and values (Kuhn 1962; Lakatos 1976; Laudan 1978, 1986). In this entry, we explore questions regarding the ontology, theories, and values central to […] The post Conservation Biology appeared first on Philosophy News.

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