Pick any recent op-ed lamenting the demise of contemporary democracy and you will most likely read claims about how a toxic combination of widespread misinformation, pernicious algorithms, and the biased media is to blame. The idea here is that cleaning up the media sphere and improving how people consume information would amount to a crucial […] The post Striking a Balance: Reconciling Democratic Citizenship and Epistemic Agency first appeared on Blog of the APA.| Blog of the APA
“You’ll get over it.” “You’ll find someone else.” “Plenty more fish in the sea.” This is advice frequently given to someone going through a crushing heartbreak. Though well meant, there is something singularly unhelpful—if not outright offensive—about it. Why, exactly, is that? What is it that strikes precisely the wrong chord in this seemingly reasonable […] The post The Shock of the Old: The Epistemic Challenge of Personal Transformation first appeared on Blog of the APA.| Blog of the APA
Since autumn of 2022, generative AI has taken the world by storm. With millions of regular users, billions of requests and corresponding results, tools employing generative AI are ceaselessly used and abused for a wide variety of purposes. There are at least two reasons for this massive uptake: ease of use and free availability on…| Blog of the APA
Political riots raise important moral questions. When we see or hear about a riot, we are prompted to consider whether the cause is just and whether rioting is a justified means of protest. Some believe that all rioting is wrong, while others think that it can be permissible or even required under certain conditions. These…| Blog of the APA
I would like to suggest that they are, sometimes, but not always, us. Sometimes, people speak without thought. This is something that can happen to most of us, and I would like to propose a way of thinking about how and why this happens, hoping that understanding the cause of a problem is a substantial…| Blog of the APA
The quantified metrics of likes, shares, and followers are often likened to currencies of social media. Like dollars and cents, we seek to acquire and accumulate them for the value they confer us. However, while money is valued primarily as a means for exchanging goods and services, the metrics of social media are valued primarily…| Blog of the APA
The now classic movie-riffing series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K), and its spinoffs such as Rifftrax, can tell us something about how to deal with existential absurdity. Although MST3K more directly targets the “aesthetic absurdity” of flawed filmmaking, the strategies used for coping with bad movies can also be applied to the absurdities of life.…| Blog of the APA
American YouTuber Armon Wiggins went viral on X after referring to Tyla as an “uppity African,” an insult with which the broadcaster and rapper Joe Budden concurred. Wiggins writes: “Hey I don’t think I like TYLA’s personality I think someone needs to check her cus she doesn’t understand American Culture AT ALL…she almost gives off…| Blog of the APA
Below is the audio recording of Robert Audi’s John Dewey Lecture, “Five Decades of Philosophy,” given at the 2018 Central Division Meeting. The full text is available on the APA website (member sign-in is required) as well as on JSTOR. The audio of the lecture is available here: "Five Decades of Philosophy" by Robert Audi…| Blog of the APA
