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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Does Studying Philosophy Make People Better Thinkers?

Join us TOMORROW to discuss the topic.

August 27 at 6 pm Eastern.

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is an enormous literature on friendship, but next to nothing has been written about enemyship. This article examines enemyship and asks two questions:

1. Is there anything intrinsically good about having an enemy?

2. Would a good person ever have enemies?

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Enemies

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Jul 18

🧠 New article:

A Functional Analysis of Self-Deception doi.org/10.1017/apa....

Intentional self-deception is paradoxical. Accidental self-deception seems implausible. This paper says self-deception occurs when your behavior misleads you, whether or not you meant it to.

A Functional Analysis of Self-Deception | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

A Functional Analysis of Self-Deception

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢 New article out: Welfare Subjects and Autopoiesis
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Are only sentient beings welfare subjects? This piece argues that autopoiesis—self-sustaining, adaptive organization—is the real key.

#Philosophy #Ethics #Mind

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Welfare Subjects and Autopoiesis

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Jul 14

You might also be interested in the recent article by the same authors, "Does Studying Philosophy Make People Better Thinkers?", published in the Journal of the APA.

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Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Jul 14

Join us for an APA Live event:

The Benefits of Studying Philosophy

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
6 p.m Eastern / 3 p.m. Pacific

Register here: tinyurl.com/4773k45a

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The panelists for this event are as follows:

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · May 14

Just published!

"Loneliness and Ressentiment" by Kaitlyn Creasy

Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....

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Loneliness and Ressentiment

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨 New Article!

"Disagreement, Public Reason, and Epistemic Abstinence"

By Elizabeth Edenberg (CUNY)

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She argues that political liberals should avoid importing peer disagreement norms into politics, as public reason requires epistemic neutrality. @apaphilosophy.bsky.social

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Disagreement, Public Reason, and Epistemic Abstinence

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Apr 24

Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?

Stephen Campbell and co-authors have written a blog post on their recent JAPA article @apaphilosophy.bsky.social. Check it out!

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Apr 16

We're delighted share this video about @helendecruz.net's fantastic article, "Friendship with the Ancients," which was published by the Journal of the American Philosophical Association.

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Friendship with the Ancients by Helen De Cruz

YouTube video by Cambridge University Press

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Apr 15

🎉 New article by Laura Specker Sullivan & Fay Niker:

"Friendships need to go wrong in order to go right."

They argue that mistakes made while trying to help a friend can actually deepen trust and strengthen the relationship. 🤝💔➡️💪

📚 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....

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Friendships Need to Go Wrong in Order to Go Right | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

Friendships Need to Go Wrong in Order to Go Right

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 21

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 21

📣 APA Live Event:
Conflict, Anger, Compassionate Communication

🗓️ Monday, April 7 | 2pm ET / 1pm CT / 11am PT

You have been wronged. Is it valuable to angrily accuse your wrongdoer?

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with expert philosophers.

🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/yyyesz7r

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 20

What do we owe our genetic relatives qua genetic relatives? Are we obligated to enter into, or stay in, relationships with those genetically related to us?

Check out Elizabeth Brake's new article for the answers!

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What Do We Owe Our Genetic Relatives? | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

What Do We Owe Our Genetic Relatives?

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 17

Imagine there was a magical pill that allowed you to skip sleeping but gave you all the health benefits. Would you take it? 💤💊

Sara Protasi defends the value of sleeping in her latest @apaphilosophy.bsky.social article. Read her blog post here:

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The Value of Sleeping « News# « Cambridge Core Blog

Imagine there was a magical pill, one that allowed you to skip sleeping but gave you all the health benefits that sleep provides: you’d take the pill and you would feel rested and ready to go on worki...

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 13

We've just published a new issue with some great articles, including:

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• Friendship with the Ancients
• Virtuous Misanthropes
• Patience: A Neglected Virtue
• Two Kinds of Requirements of Justice
• Intellectual Virtue Signaling and (Non)Expert Credibility

& more!

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 13

Two new articles just published (open access):

Three Puzzles with Ad Hominem Arguments by Scott Aikin

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Hegelian Market Society and Hegel’s Theory of Justice by Joshua Folkerts

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Three Puzzles with Ad Hominem Arguments

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 9

New article 📖
A Puzzle About Anti-Factives by Thorsten Sander
🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....

It challenges Holton’s claim that anti-factive verbs don’t exist, exploring the rarity of anti-factives and whether their scarcity requires explanation. #Philosophy #Linguistics

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A Puzzle About Anti-Factives

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Mar 9

🚨New Article!
“Mind-Independence, Realism, and Reality”
by Naomi Thompson. @nmcthompson.bsky.social

Naomi challenges to the idea that only mind-independent notions are metaphysically substantive.

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Mind-Independence, Realism, and Reality | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

Mind-Independence, Realism, and Reality

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨 New article alert! 🚨

📖 Metaphysical Rationalism Requires Grounding Indeterminism
✍️ By Kenneth Pearce
🔓 Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....

Explore the connection between rationalism and grounding indeterminism! #Philosophy #Metaphysics

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Metaphysical Rationalism Requires Grounding Indeterminism | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

Metaphysical Rationalism Requires Grounding Indeterminism

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Feb 11

"Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?"

Just published in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association! Open Access (like all our articles now!).

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Jan 22

New Article!

It examines Kant’s racist statements about Indigenous Americans and Black people, situating them within his teleological account of human history and concept of culture as the capacity to set and achieve one’s own ends.

Race, Culture, and the Horizons of Agency: Kant’s Racism, Systematically Understood | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

Race, Culture, and the Horizons of Agency: Kant’s Racism, Systematically Understood

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · Jan 18

The Journal of the American Philosophical Association is now on 🦋 Bluesky 🦋!

We aim to publish papers that break new ground, are from diverse philosophical traditions, and are on topics of wide interest.

Here are our most recent articles!
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Journal of the American Philosophical Association - Heather D. Battaly

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