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| Spring 2013 Newsletters Available Date published: 5/22/2013 |
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We are pleased to announce that the Spring 2013 APA Newsletters are now available and may be downloaded individually in PDF format. The table of contents for each installment of the current issue appears below. If you are interested in contributing to a future issue, please contact the appropriate editor(s).
APA Newsletters, Spring 2013 (Vol. 12, No. 2)
Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience
From the Editors, John McClendon and George Yancy
Articles
“The Honor Was All Mine: A Conversation with William R. Jones,” George Yancy
“Remembering William R. Jones (1933–2012): Philosopher and Freedom Fighter,” Lewis R. Gordon
“On the Occasion of William R. Jones’s Death: Remembering the Feuerbachian Tradition in African-American Social Thought,” Stephen C. Ferguson II
“William R. Jones: Philosophical Theologian Extraordinaire of the Twentieth Century,” J. Everet Green
“William R. Jones’s Humanocentric Theism: Reconceptualizing the Black Religious Experience,” Brittany L. O’Neal
“The Legitimacy of Black Philosophy,” Kimberly A. Harris
“Dr. William Ronald Jones (July 17, 1933–July 13, 2012): On the Legacy of the Late ‘Dean’ of Contemporary African American Philosophers,” John H. McClendon
Book Reviews
James Cone: The Cross and the Lynching Tree, Reviewed by Timothy Joseph Golden
George Yancy, ed.: Christology and Whiteness: What Would Jesus Do? Reviewed by Jessica Patella Konig
John H. McClendon III and Stephen C. Ferguson II: Beyond the White Shadow: Philosophy, Sports, and the African American Experience, Reviewed by Floyd W. Hayes III
Robert Birt, ed.: The Liberatory Thought of Martin Luther King Jr.: Critical Essays on the Philosopher King, Reviewed by Chike Jeffers
George Yancy and Janine Jones, eds.: “If We Must Die, Let It Not Be . . .” A Review of Pursuing Trayvon Martin: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Manifestations of Racial Dynamics, Reviewed by Michelle V. Rowley
Jacqueline Scott and A. Todd Franklin: Critical Affinities: Nietzsche and African American Thought, Reviewed by Chris Mountenay
Contributor Notes
Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers
From the Editor, Peter Boltuc
Articles
“The Real Moral of the Chinese Room: Understanding Requires Understanding Phenomenology,” Terry Horgan
“Will a Machine Ever Be Conscious?” Riccardo Manzotti
“My Avatar, My Choice! How Might We Make a Strong Case for the Special Moral Status of Avatars?” Roxanne Marie Kurtz
“A Philosophy of the Web,” Sidney Myoo
“Paths to Defeasibility: Reply to Schauer on Hart,” Ronald Loui
“Computational Philosophy and the Examined Text: A Tale of Two Encyclopedias,” Colin Allen, Jaimie Murdock, Cameron Buckner, and Robert Rose
“What We Can Learn from the Failure of the Singularity,” Federico Gobbo
Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy
From the Editor, Margaret A. Crouch
About the Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy
Submission Guidelines and Information
News from the Committee on the Status of Women
Articles
“Pluralism in ‘Academic Politics’: The Collateral Damage of Cronyism and Legal Aspects of Common Misconduct,” Naomi Zack
“The Dismissal of Feminist Philosophy and Hostility to Women in the Profession,” Erin C. Tarver
“Is There an Obligation to Tell?” Elizabeth Sperry
“Moral Musings on Philosophy, Gender, and the Academic Precariat,” Clara Fischer
“Pluralizing the Local: The Case for an Intersectional, Relational Subject in and for Feminist Philosophy,” Heather Rakes
Book Reviews
Christine Overall: Why Have Children? The Ethical Debate, Reviewed by Shelley Tremain
David Benatar: The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys, Reviewed by Katherine Schweitzer
Mary Ann G. Cutter: The Ethics of Gender-Specific Disease, Reviewed by Alison Crane-Reiheld
Martha B. Holstein, Jennifer A. Parks, and Mark H. Waymack: Ethics, Aging, and Society: The Critical Turn, Reviewed by Monique Lanoix
Naomi Scheman: Shifting Ground: Knowledge and Reality, Transgression and Trustworthiness, Reviewed by Rebecca Kukla
Ann V. Murphy: Violence and the Philosophical Imaginary, Reviewed by Lauren Guilmette
Contributors
Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy
From the Outgoing Editor, Bernie Canteñs
From the Editors, Bernie Canteñs and Carlos Sánchez
From the Guest Editor, Cynthia Paccacerqua
Latina Feminism
“Mestizaje and ‘Alien’ Identity: Gloria Anzaldúa on Immigration,” Natalie Cisneros
“An Interview with Linda Martín Alcoff,” Edwina Barvosa
“En Diálogo con Pedro di Pietro (In Dialogue with Pedro di Pietro),” Cynthia Paccacerqua
“En Diálogo con Mariana Ortega (In Dialogue with Mariana Ortega),” Cynthia Paccacerqua
Articles
“Voting Rights for Non-Citizens: Treasure or Fool’s Gold?” Avigail Eisenberg
“Critically Theorizing Folk Uses of Ethnoracial Terms: Wiggas, White Chocolate, and Afro-Latinicity,” Ernesto Rosen Velásquez
Hispanic Committee Members
Contributors
Submissions
Newsletter on Indigenous Philosophy
From the Editor, Lorraine Mayer
Announcements
Presentations from Session I at the 2011 APA Central Division Meeting
“Indigenous North American Ethics and Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: A Critical View of Comparison and Collaboration,” Kyle Whyte
“Risking Recognition: New Assessment Strategies for Environmental Justice and American Indian Communities,” Robert Melchior Figueroa
Presentations from Session II at the 2011 APA Central Division Meeting
“American Indians and Philosophy: A Response to Vine Deloria,” Lorraine Mayer
“Responsibilities versus Rights: Vine Deloria Jr. and Environmental Justice,” Luan Fauteck Makes Marks
“Vine Deloria, Sacred Places, and Circularity,” Thomas M. Norton-Smith
Newsletter on Philosophy and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues
From the Editor, William S. Wilkerson
Chair’s Corner, Alastair Norcross
Articles
“‘Born that Way’? The Metaphysics of Queer Liberation,” Maren Behrensen
“Pornography and Sexual Objectification,” Kory P. Schaff
“The Stakes of the Real: Queer Feminism and the Challenge of Critical Trans Politics,” Marie Draz
“The Philosophy of Clowning as a Technique to Fight Homophobia,” Katarina Majerhold
“Agency, Identity, and Narrative: Making Sense of the Self in Same-Sex Divorce,” Elizabeth Victor
“Same-Sex Marriage: Spring 2013 Update on the Story Thus Far,” Richard Nunan
Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine
From the Editors, Mary Rorty and Mark Sheldon
From the Chair, Rosamond Rhodes
Tribute to Mary Anne Warren
“Mary Anne Warren and ‘Duties to Animals’,” Michael Boylan
“Mary Anne Warren’s Legacy—Three Aspects: Personhood, Moral Agency, and Moral Status,” Wanda Teays
“Mary Anne Warren on Abortion,” Michael Tooley
Tribute to Bernard Gert
“Bernard Gert’s Contributions to Theory in Bioethics,” Tom L. Beauchamp
“A Tribute to Bernard Gert,” Loretta Kopelman
“The Ethics of Medicine: UnCommon Morality,” Rosamond Rhodes
“Professor Gert’s Views on Death: An Analysis and Critique,” Michael Nair-Collins
“On Bernard Gert’s View of the Nature of Paternalism,” Michael Ferry
“Revisiting the Definition and Criterion of Death,” James L. Bernat
“In Memory of Bernie Gert,” Robert F. Ladenson
“Gert on Rationality,” Ronald L. Green
Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy
Letter from the Editors, Tziporah Kasachkoff and Eugene Kelly
Articles
“Applied Ethics Teaching and Unfolding Scenarios,” John Kleinig
“Grading Plagiarism as a Moral Issue,” Phil Jenkins and Joan Forry
Book Review
Yuval Lurie: Wittgenstein on the Human Spirit, Reviewed by Arnon Cahen
List of Books Received
Addresses of Contributors |
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| APA members receive 2013 ACLS fellowships Date published: 5/20/2013 |
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We are very pleased to announce the list of APA members who received ACLS fellowships in 2013
Marcus P. Adams / Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Doctoral Candidate, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Mechanical Epistemology and Mixed Mathematics: Descartes' Problems and Hobbes' Unity
Elizabeth Anderson / ACLS Fellowship
Professor, Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Moral Epistemology from a Pragmatist Perspective: Case Studies from the History of Abolition and Emancipation
Selim Berker / ACLS Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Harvard University
The Rejection of Epistemic Consequentialism
Sarah Moss / Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Epistemology Formalized: A Theory of Degreed Knowledge
Katherine Nolfi / Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Doctoral Candidate, Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Understanding Epistemic Normativity
Sara Protasi / Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Doctoral Candidate, Philosophy, Yale University
Envy: Varieties, Evils, and Paradoxes
Susan Schneider / ACLS Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
The Mind-Body Problem: Rethinking the Solution Space
Cecelia A. Watson / ACLS New Faculty Fellows Program
New Faculty Fellow, Philosophy, Yale University
William James and John La Farge: The Search for Truth in Art, Science, and Philosophy
David Wolfsdorf / ACLS Fellowship
Associate Professor, Philosophy, Temple University
Greek Eudaimonism and Modern Morality
For an overview of all ACLS fellowship recipients, please refer to the ACLS website.
Application deadlines for the upcoming 2013-14 competitions are already available on the ACLS website; application materials will follow by early August. |
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| Rutgers Epistemology Conference - 2013 Date published: 5/9/2013 |
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Rutgers convenes its 2013 Epistemology Conference this Friday and Saturday (May 10 & 11). All sessions will be held at the Hyatt Regency in new Brunswick, NJ. For more information, including the program and reduced-rate hotel rooms, visit the event website. The event is free to attend, but please notify David Rose, the conference manager, if you plan to attend. |
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| Internship Opportunities at the APA National Office Date published: 3/14/2013 |
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The American Philosophical Association, based at the University of Delaware, seeks two or more volunteer interns for summer 2013.
Interns with the American Philosophical Association support the work of the APA's national office staff and board of officers, serve the APA's membership, and promote the discipline of philosophy. This is an excellent opportunity for interns to learn about the internal operations of a national nonprofit organization.
For more information on this exciting opportunity please see the full description on idealist.org. |
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| Deadline extended for Lebowitz Prizes Date published: 3/11/2013 |
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Deadline extended for Lebowitz Prizes
The Phi Beta Kappa Society and the American Philosophical Association are jointly launching a new pair of annual awards that recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in philosophy. The awards are made possible by a generous bequest from Eve Lewellis Lebowitz in honor of her late husband, Martin R. Lebowitz.
The Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prizes for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution will culminate with the Lebowitz Symposium, a pair of lectures offering contrasting views on an important philosophical issue of current interest, to be given at one of the APA’s divisional meetings each year. The prizes and symposium emphasize the historic work of philosophy as a process of inquiry. Honoraria for the speakers are funded from the endowment created by the Lebowitzes’ $1 million gift.
Eligibility for the prize is limited to APA members. Philosophers and philosophy departments wishing to make a nomination should fill out the nomination form on the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s website by March 25, 2013. The winners will be selected by a committee appointed jointly by the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the American Philosophical Association. |
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| Now accepting nominations for APA committees Date published: 3/8/2013 |
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The American Philosophical Association is now accepting nominations for appointments to our committees for terms beginning July 1, 2014.
The APA has twenty committees, including six standing committees authorized by our bylaws and fourteen special committees authorized by the board of directors. There are member vacancies on all twenty committees, as well as vacancies for chair and associate chair positions on five committees. Most committee terms are three years in length.
To see a full list of vacancies and more information on committee nominations and committee service, visit our committee nominations information page.
Please note that both nominators and nominees must be APA members in good standing. Self-nominations are welcome, and members may nominate or be nominated as many times as they wish.
Nominations will only be accepted through the committee nomination system on the APA website (located in the Members Only menu). Do not submit nominations via email, phone, or postal mail. The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2013.
APA committees fulfill a wide variety of national purposes of the APA and, in that capacity, are responsive to the needs of APA members. The work of the committee members includes the development, planning, and supervision of a broad range of APA projects, such as prizes, awards, newsletters, sessions at divisional meetings, web resources, surveys, input to the APA board of officers, and, in general, activities that help philosophers perform their professional duties as teachers and researchers. Service on an APA committee is a significant opportunity for leadership in the profession and the association, and I encourage you to take the time to nominate qualified candidates for these important positions. |
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| Job Opportunity - APA Seeks Finance Manager Date published: 3/5/2013 |
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Job opportunity: APA seeks finance manager
The American Philosophical Association, based at the University of Delaware, seeks a new finance manager (UD classification: Accountant). Under the general direction of the executive director, the finance manager is responsible for all of the financial activity for the national office. In addition to managing budget and cash flow, the finance manager serves as a financial adviser for the organization. For more information, see the full job description.
To apply, submit a resume, cover letter, and references via UDJobs no later than Thursday, March 14, 2013. No phone inquiries or postal mail applications, please. |
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| Eastern Division voting ballots are in the mail Date published: 2/27/2013 |
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Check your mailbox in the coming days: if you are a voting member of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, you will soon receive your ballots in the mail.
Why is voting still being done by mail? As you may recall, following a recent amendment that passed overwhelmingly, the Eastern Division bylaws now allow for electronic ballots. However, the national APA bylaws do not. Because this year’s ballots include a number of proposed amendments to the national APA bylaws—including one that, if passed, would allow the use of electronic ballots in the future—it is necessary to use old-fashioned mail ballots again this year. We fully expect that this will be the last time the Eastern Division will vote by mail ballot.
Via the ballots you will soon receive, Eastern Division officers will be elected and amendments to the APA’s national bylaws will be approved or rejected. The results of the voting will have important impacts on the future of the APA, and I hope you will take the time to participate. |
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| The APA invites you to Facebook and Twitter Date published: 2/19/2013 |
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The APA invites you to Facebook and Twitter
With the goal of enhancing communications, customer service, and outreach to the philosophical community, the APA has launched Facebook and Twitter accounts. If you are attending the APA Central Meeting in New Orleans, you can post photos to the APA Facebook Timeline and join the Facebook event to interact with other attendees. Follow us on Twitter for news and announcements small and large.
Also, stay tuned to Twitter and Facebook in the upcoming weeks and months for a first look at the new APA logo and website overhaul that are currently in the works. |
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| In Memoriam: Ronald Dworkin: 1931-2013 Date published: 2/15/2013 |
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In Memoriam: Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013)
The association was saddened to learn that prominent American political and legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin has passed away at the age of 81. Dworkin, who was also a constitutional law expert, participated in APA meetings on occasion, and papers reflecting on his influential work have been presented regularly at our meetings over the last several decades. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. |
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| ACLS Public fellows program third competition Date published: 1/31/2013 |
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ACLS just announced the third competition of the Public Fellows program, which will place twenty recent Ph.D.s in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Since this still fairly new ACLS program is germane to the discussions about the career paths of recent Ph.D.s that are taking place within many of your organizations, we thought that you might want to share information on the program with your members. A program flyer for the 2013 competition is attached for this purpose.
The outcome of the first two competitions, which matched eight and thirteen fellows, respectively, can be found here: http://www.acls.org/research/publicfellows.aspx?id=7006 |
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| Diversity in Philosophy Conference Date published: 1/17/2013 |
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The APA is pleased to sponsor the following upcoming conference.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PANELS
for a conference on
DIVERSITY IN PHILOSOPHY
May 29-May 31, 2013
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
This conference examines and addresses the underrepresentation of women and other marginalized groups in philosophy. Participants will focus on hurdles and best practices associated with the inclusion of underrepresented groups. It will focus on questions including the following:
- Why do white males continue to be over-represented among philosophy majors, graduate students, and faculty members, especially given that most other fields in the sciences and humanities are increasingly diverse?
- What are some effective ways to improve the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women and other underrepresented groups?
- What roles do implicit bias and stereotyping play in who advances in philosophy?
- How can we improve the climate for all underrepresented groups in philosophy, including those who are LGBTQ, disabled, first generation in college, or economically disadvantaged?
Invited Speakers:
- Sue V. Rosser, Provost, San Francisco State University
- Virginia Valian, Department of Psychology, Hunter College in New York
- Mariana Ortega, Department of Philosophy, John Carroll University
- Howard McGary, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University
- Christine Vogel, Renison University College, University of Waterloo
- Tim McKay, Department of Physics, University of Michigan
The conference organizers invite papers arising from relevant research programs, or about insights arising from relevant professional experience, including research, service, and teaching work. We invite individual presentations of 20 minutes with 10 additional minutes of discussion, or panels consisting of three 15- minute presentations with a total of 15 additional minutes of discussion. You may submit abstracts of papers (200-300 words) or panels (up to 3 abstracts) below. Only one submission per person is permitted. Panels should be submitted only once.
Registration for this conference will begin on February 1, 2013. The submission deadline is also February 1, 2013.
For more information, including information on travel grants and disability access, or to submit an abstract or panel, visit the conference website.
Additionally, on June 1, 2013, immediately following the conference, there will be a workshop for training members of the CSW-sponsored site-visit program, which is designed to improve the climate for underrepresented groups in philosophy departments.
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| Andrew Cullison appointed secretary-treasurer of the Eastern Division Date published: 1/4/2013 |
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Andrew Cullison appointed secretary-treasurer of the Eastern Division
The APA is pleased to announce that at its meeting December 27, the Eastern Division Executive Committee appointed Andrew Cullison its next secretary-treasurer.
Cullison is an associate professor at the State University of New York in Fredonia, where he has worked since 2007. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 2006. As Secretary-Treasurer, Cullison hopes his skills, particularly with respect to technology, will help make the APA an even more valuable resource for its members. He encourages members to contact him with general questions or suggestions for future Eastern Division meetings and activities. Learn more at his website: http://andrewcullison.com
Cullison will become secretary-treasurer on January 1, 2014, after serving as a trainee during 2013 alongside Richard Bett. Bett is concluding his final term as secretary-treasurer of the Eastern Division after serving in that position since 2003.
We congratulate Andrew Cullison on his appointment and thank Richard Bett for his years of dedicated service to the APA. |
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| Judith Thomson to receive Quinn Prize Date published: 12/21/2012 |
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Judith Thomson to receive Quinn Prize
At the 2012 Eastern Division Meeting in Atlanta, Judith Jarvis Thomson will be awarded the Philip L. Quinn Prize. The Quinn Prize, awarded annually since 2007, recognizes service to philosophy and philosophers, broadly construed.
Thomson's home institution, MIT, has profiled Thomson in recognition of this honor. |
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| Proposed amendments to the APA bylaws Date published: 11/20/2012 |
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Proposed amendments to the APA bylaws
Dear Members,
At its meeting earlier this month, the APA board of officers proposed several amendments to the bylaws of the association. According to the procedure outlined in the bylaws themselves, these amendments will be presented, for discussion or amendment only, at each of the three divisional business meetings this membership year, beginning with the Eastern Division meeting in Atlanta next month. After the amendments are discussed, they will be submitted to a mail ballot in each division.
The bylaws amendments proposed by the board have been posted on our website. The amendments address the following items:
- The term of the executive director
- The addition of three at-large members to the board of officers
- The removal of the immediate past presidents of the divisions from the board of officers
- Electronic voting
- The process by which the board of officers and divisional executive committees can propose amendments to the association’s bylaws
- The process for approving proposed amendments to the association’s bylaws
I encourage you to read the proposed amendments and look forward to discussing these amendments at the upcoming divisional business meetings.
All the best,
Amy E. Ferrer
Executive Director |
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| The APA is looking for a new logo Date published: 11/16/2012 |
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The APA is looking for a new logo!
Today, the APA is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for a new logo and associated branding items. We look forward to launching our new look along with a newly redesigned website in 2013. Please feel free to share this RFP with any talented designers you know—or submit a proposal yourself! |
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| Report of the 2012 Eastern Division Nominating Committee Date published: 11/7/2012 |
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2012 Nominating Committee:
The Eastern Division Nominating Committee for 2012 was composed of Paul Guyer (Chair), Thomas McCarthy, Ladelle McWhorter, Nancy Sherman and Michael Williams. All members participated in the deliberations.
The Committee decided to nominate for election to Vice-President for 2013-2014 the following members of the Eastern Division, all of whom have accepted the nomination:
Robert Gooding-Williams
Thomas Hill
Cynthia Willett
For the position of Divisional Representative for 2013-2016, the Committee decided to nominate for election the following members of the Eastern Division, all of whom have accepted the nomination:
Douglas MacLean
Fred Neuhouser
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord
For two positions on the Executive Committee for 2013-2016, the Committee decided to nominate for election the following members of the Eastern Division, all of whom have accepted the nomination:
Kenneth Baynes
David Estlund
Jose Medina
David Velleman |
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| In Memoriam Annette Baier: 1929-2012 Date published: 11/5/2012 |
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To all friends of Annette Baier,
This is to announce that Annette's funeral will be held on Wednesday 7th November at 2:30 p.m. at Hope and Sons funeral chapel, corner of Oxford and Andersons Bay Road, Dunedin. The event will be live-streamed. If you wish to be in virtual attendance, please got to http://www.hopeandsons.co.nz/live_streaming.php fifteen minutes before the service begins. Please note that a) that the Hope and Sons site can only accommodate about fifty visitors and b) that this is 2:30 pm New Zealand time, which is a long way in advance of the rest of the world.
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Annette Baier, in Dunedin Hospital on the 2nd of November, where she had been admitted following heart problems earlier in the week. She was 83. Annette C Baier (nee Stoop) was born in 1929 and studied Philosophy at Otago and at Oxford. She taught at Aberdeen, Auckland and Sydney before emigrating to America with her husband Kurt Baier. She first taught at Carnegie Mellon, then at Pittsburgh, and it was at Pittsburgh that her career really took off. She became famous as a moral philosopher, a Hume scholar and a feminist, with books such as Postures of the Mind: Essays on Mind and Morals (1985), A Progress of Sentiments: Reflections on Hume's Treatise (1991), Moral Prejudices (1995) and The Commons of the Mind (1997). She was also an inspiring and much loved teacher. She served as President of the Eastern Division of the APA (as did Kurt), gave the Paul Carus Lectures in Philosophy (as did Kurt), and was invited to be a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (as was Kurt), making them perhaps the only husband and wife duo to achieve this trio of distinctions. In 1995, the Baiers retired to New Zealand dividing their time between Queenstown and Dunedin. She published four more books during her retirement: Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume (2008), The Cautious, Jealous Virtue: Hume on Justice (2010), Reflections on How We Live (2010) and The Pursuits of Philosophy (2011). Friends of Annette will be pleased to know that she was active in philosophy right up to the last, attending and contributing to the Otago Departmental Seminar with her customary wit and acuity to within a few weeks of her death. She will be sorely missed.
Contributed by:
Charles Pigden, Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Otago
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| Statement on Hurricane Sandy and its effects on the job market Date published: 10/31/2012 |
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Statement on Hurricane Sandy and its effects on the job market
Hurricane Sandy has devastated much of the East Coast of the United States, with many areas facing extended power outages, property damage, mail delays, and other circumstances making communication difficult. The American Philosophical Association strongly encourages hiring institutions to take extenuating circumstances caused by Hurricane Sandy into account when enforcing application deadlines. Candidates in storm-affected areas who submit applications reasonably soon after publicized deadlines should be given fair consideration for those positions. |
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| Fall 2012 Newsletters are Now Available Date published: 10/24/2012 |
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We are pleased to announce that the Fall 2012 APA Newsletters are now available. The table of contents for each issue appears below, with direct links to the full text on the APA website. We encourage you to take the time to read these thought-provoking works.
If you are interested in contributing to a future issue of any of these newsletters, please contact the appropriate editor(s).
APA Newsletters, Fall 2012 (Vol. 12, No. 1)
Newsletter on Asian and Asian -American Philosophers and Philosophies
From the Editor, David H. Kim
Article
“Report on ‘Japanese Aesthetics’,” A. Minh Nguyen
Book Review
Yubraj Aryal: The Humanities at Work: International Exchange of Ideas in Aesthetics, Philosophy, and Literature, Reviewed by Arun Kumar Pokhrel
Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience
From the Editors, John McClendon and George Yancy
Articles
“A Call to Look: An Essay on the Power of the Sartrean Gaze,” Jessica Patella Konig
“Aphorism and Musing: Gestures,” Leonard Harris
Review Essays and Response
“Keeping Hold of Ariadne’s Thread: A Critical Review of George Yancy’s Look, a White!” Taine Duncan
“Look, a White! Philosophical Essays on Whiteness, A Review,” Tim Lake
“Truth, Grief, Relief, and Hope,” Crista Lebens
“Pedagogies of Spectacle,” Cris Mayo
“I Am Not George Yancy,” David Roediger
“On Why I Keep Getting [Socially] Interrupted by White People,” Grant Silva
“The Pleasures of Dialogue: Responses to My Interlocutors,” George Yancy
Contributor Notes
Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers
From the Editor, Peter Boltuc
Articles
“Mind-Brain Relations, Geometric Perspective, and Neurophenomenology,” Wlodzislaw Duch
“Philosophical Analysis in Modeling Polarization: Notes from a Work in Progress,” Patrick Grim, Aaron Bramson, Daniel J. Singer, Steven Fisher, Carissa Flocken, and William Berger
“Automatic Generation of Philosophers Network from Google Books Repository,” Shai Ophir
“Prudential-Empirical Ethics of Technology (PEET) – An Early Outline,” Johnny Hartz Soraker
“’Friend’ Is a Verb,” D.E. Wittkower
“Embodied Cognition and the Turing Test: An Uncomfortable (Re-)Union,” Robin K. Zebrowski
“Selves in Video Games: Reflections by Two Middle-Schoolers in an After-School Program on “Consciousness,” Cole Sohn and Maxwell Mainman with Iris Oved
Book Review
Darrel Ince: The Computer: A Very Short Introduction, Reviewed by Katalin Bimbo
Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy
From the Editor, Margaret A. Crouch
About the Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy
Submission Guidelines and Information
News from the Committee on the Status of Women
Articles
“Teaching Globally: Using Global Feminisms in a Variety of Contexts,” Jane Duran
“Teaching ‘Philosophy of Feminism’ from a Global Perspective,” Gail Presbey
“Constructing Philosophical Worlds: Theorizing Through a Latin American Lens,” Stephanie Rivera Berruz
“Embodied Affective Experience in Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety: Reformulating Agency for an Inclusive Transnational Feminism,” Fulden Ibrahimhakkioglu
Book Reviews
Charlotte Witt: The Metaphysics of Gender, Reviewed by Peter Higgins
Janet Kourany: Philosophy of Science after Feminism, Reviewed by Joanne Waugh
Contributors
Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy
From the Guest Editor, Elena Ruiz-Aho
Articles
“Diversity in Philosophy: Reflections on Ofelia Schutte’s Legacy,” Kevin Aho
“Latin American Philosophy in the United States: Ofelia Schutte’s Role,” Jorge J. E. Gracia
“Ofelia Schutte and the Navigation of the Extraordinary and Complicated Position of the Voz Latina in Philosophy,” Elizabeth Millan
“Critical Genealogies of the History of Latin American Philosophy,” Andrea Pitts
“Radical Pluralism: On Finding One’s Voice in Professional Philosophy: An Essay in Honor of Ofelia Schutte,” Elena Ruiz-Aho
“On Split Subjects and Differences within Latina Feminism,” Mariana Ortega
“A Genealogy of Teaching and Research: Latin American and Feminist Philosophy,” Ofelia Schutte
Contributors
Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine
From the Editors, Mary Rorty and Mark Sheldon
From the Chair
Articles
“Access to Experimental Interventions Outside of Clinical Trials,” Ana S. Iltis
“Investigational Drugs and the Desperately Ill,” David M. Adams
“What Did ‘Octomom’ Do Wrong?: Exploring the Ethics of Fertility Treatments,” Bettina Manninen
“Strange Bedfellows: Ludwig Wittgenstein and the National Institutes of Health on the Language of Pain,” Michael L. McClain
“Perceiving Sympathetically: Moral Perception, Embodiment, and Medical Ethics,” J. Jeremy Wisniewski
“Attributing Moral Agency to a Group: A Summary of Two Arguments,” David T. Ozar
Book Reviews
Mark Wicclair: Conscientious Objection in Health Care: An Ethical Analysis, Reviewed by Kimberley Brownlee
Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Reviewed by Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy
Letter from the Editors, Tziporah Kasachkoff and Eugene Kelly
Articles
“Teaching a Course on Sexual Morality,” Tziporah Kasachkoff
“Teaching Philosophy of Sex and Love,” Nils Ch. Rauhut
“A Decision Procedure for Evaluating Natural Language Arguments,” Moti Mizrahi
“Fostering the Exploration of Philosophical and Ethical Questions among School Students in Australasia,” Matthew Wills
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| Employer instructions for new JFP Date published: 10/11/2012 |
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Below are step-by-step instructions for posting a new ad. These instructions, as well as additional information, are available on the JFP website.
- Go to http://jfp.apaonline.org.
- Click "Employer Register" on the right-hand side of the page.
- Fill out your information. Choose your username carefully, since this cannot be changed once your account is created.
- Accept the terms and conditions and click "Create Account." You will be taken to your dashboard.
- Select "Job Packs" from the gray tabs.
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- Select "Return to The American Philosophical Association." After a few seconds, you will be taken back to your JFP dashboard.
- After the above step, you will receive an email from Jobs for Philosophers that confirms your order and provides you the link to set up your Interfolio account. If you would like to set up an Interfolio account, follow this link before creating your ad.
- It may take a minute or two for the PayPal payment to be processed. Once it has, the job pack will appear in your Dashboard under "Job Packs."
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