AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION- The spring 2020 APA newsletters are available.

Dear DAVID, We are pleased to announce that the spring 2020 APA Newsletters are now available. The table of contents for each current issue appears below with a link to that particular newsletter. The complete volume is available for download as well. The newsletters contain a wide variety of scholarly material, discussion on relevant and timely topics, book reviews, and much more. We encourage you to check them out and share them with your colleagues and students. If you are interested in contributing to a future issue, please contact the appropriate editor(s). All the best, Erin Shepherd Publications and Communications Coordinator **************************************************** APA Newsletters, Spring 2020 (Vol. 19, No. 2) APA Newsletter on Native American and Indigenous Philosophy From the Managing Editor Agnes B. Curry Submission Guidelines and Information Article “Empowering Relations: An Indigenous Understanding of Allyship,” Andrea Sullivan-Clarke Book Reviews Brian Burkhart: Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land: A Trickster Methodology for Decolonizing Environmental Ethics and Indigenous Futures, Reviewed by Joseph Len Miller “Indigenous Philosophy, Locality, and Dance: A Joint Review of Shay Welch, The Phenomenology of a Performance Knowledge System: Dancing with Native American Epistemology, and Brian Burkhart, Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land: A Trickster Methodology for Decolonizing Environmental Ethics and Indigenous Futures,” by Dennis H. McPherson and J. Douglas Rabb Shay Welch: The Phenomenology of a Performance Knowledge System: Dancing with Native American Epistemology, Reviewed by Lorraine Mayer APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience From the Editors Stephen C. Ferguson II and Dwayne Tunstall Submission Guidelines and Information Footnotes to History Joyce Mitchell Cook (1933–2014) Articles “Textual Mysticism: Reading the Sublime in Philosophical Mysticism,” Anwar Uhuru “Spectacle Lynching, Sovereignty, and Genocide: A Dialog with Al Frankowski,” Alfred Frankowski and Michael L. Thomas “Purdue University and President Mitch Daniels: Confession of a Rare Creature,” Leonard Harris Contributors APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy Editor’s Introduction: Parenting and Philosophy Lauren Freeman About the Newsletter Submission Guidelines Essays “The ‘Daddy Dividend’: The Gender Division of Labor and Regression Towards Patriarchy,” Serene Khader and Matthew Lindauer “Gender, Disability, and the Violent Undercurrents of Parenting Inspiration Porn,” Joseph A. Stramondo “(Philosophizing about) Gender-Open Children,” Saray Ayala-López “Taking Children’s Autonomy Seriously as a Parent,” Quill Rebecca Kukla “Parenting in Trauma,” Melissa Burchard “On Muddling Through,” Amy Allen “Parenting, Feminism, and Academic Life: My Happy Story,” Samantha Brennan “Bridging the Divide: Thoughts on Parenting as a Grad Student,” Carol Gray “Anthropologists from Mars,” Leigh Viner “Raised in Philosophy,” Eli Kukla “Children, Parenting, and the Nature of Work,” Lauren Freeman Book Reviews Eva Feder Kittay: Learning from My Daughter: The Value and Care of Disabled Minds, Reviewed by Lisa Tessman Benjamin R. Sherman and Stacey Goguen, eds.: Overcoming Epistemic Injustice: Social and Psychological Perspectives, Reviewed by Claire A. Lockard Sophie Lewis: Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family, Reviewed by Jina Fast Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger: Reproductive Justice: An Introduction, Reviewed by Kathryn Lafferty-Danner Announcements Contributors APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies From the Guest Editor “The Timeliness of Translating Chinese Philosophy: An Introduction to the APA Newsletter Special Issue on Translating Chinese Philosophy,” Ben Hammer Articles “Preparing a New Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy,” Roger T. Ames “The Impossibility of Literal Translation of Chinese Classical Texts into English,” Tian Chenshan “Translating Today’s Chinese Masters,” Dimitra Amarantidou, Daniel Sarafinas, and Paul D’Ambrosio “Three Thoughts on Translating Classical Chinese Philosophical Texts,” Edward L. Shaughnessy “Introducing Premodern Text Translation: A New Field at the Crossroads of Sinology and Translation Studies,” Carl Gene Fordham Submission Guidelines and Information APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy From the Editors Carlos A. Sánchez and Lori Gallegos de Castillo Calls for Submissions Articles 2019 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought: “The Virtues of Mestizaje: Lessons from Las Casas on Aztec Human Sacrifice,” Noell Birondo “Chicano/a Philosophy: Rupturing Gringo Anti-Chicano/a Paradigms and Philosophies,” Andrew C. Soto Book Reviews Roberto D. Hernández: U-S Mexico Border: Power, Violence, and the Decolonial Imperative, Reviewed by Manuel Chávez Carlos Pereda: Lessons in Exile, Reviewed by Roy Ben-Shai Author Bios APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy Letter from the Editors Tziporah Kasachkoff and Eugene Kelly Submission Guidelines Article “Devoting a Course to the Exploration of a Book: Journeying Intellectually with the Students,” Yakir Levin Review Essay “C.D.C. Reeve’s Translation of Aristotle: De Anima,” Reviewed by Rosemary Twomey Poems “To Teachers Who Hope to Inspire Their Students,” Felicia Nimue Ackerman “To Those Who Think the Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living,” Felicia Nimue Ackerman “To Cynthia Ozick,” Felicia Nimue Ackerman “In Praise of Campus Culture Wars,” Felicia Nimue Ackerman “Philosophy Rap,” Alexandru Manafu Books Received Addresses of Contributors APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers Preface Peter Boltuc From the Archives - AI Ontology and Consciousness “The Shrinking Difference between Artifacts and Natural Objects,” Lynne Rudder Baker “Artifacts and Mind Independence: Comments on Lynne Rudder Baker’s ‘The Shrinking Difference between Artifacts and Natural Objects’,” Amie L. Thomasson “Explaining an Explanatory Gap,” Gilbert Harman “Formulating the Explanatory Gap,” Yujin Nagasawa “Logic as a Theory of Computability,” Jaakko Hintikka “Robots Need Conscious Perception: A Reply to Aleksander and Haikonen,” Stan Franklin, Bernard J. Baars, and Uma Ramamurthy “Flawed Workspaces?,” P.O. Haikonen “Unity from Multiplicity: A Reply to Haikonen,” M. Shanahan “Leibniz, Complexity, and Incompleteness,” Gregory Chaitin “Architecture-Based Motivation vs. Reward-Based Motivation,” Aaron Sloman “Consciousness, Engineering, and Anthropomorphism,” Ricardo Sanz “Sleep, Boredom, and Distraction—What Are the Computational Benefits for Cognition?,” Troy D. Kelley and Vladislav D. Veksler “DABUS in a Nutshell,” Stephen L. Thaler “The Real Moral of the Chinese Room: Understanding Requires Understanding Phenomenology,” Terry Horgan “A Refutation of Searle on Bostrom (re: Malicious Machines) and Floridi (re: Information),” Selmer Bringsjord From the Archives - AI and Axiology “Understanding Information Ethics,” Luciano Floridi “Too Much Information: Questioning Information Ethics,” John Barker “Ethics of Entropy,” Martin Flament Fultot “Taking the Intentional Stance Toward Robot Ethics,” James Moore “Measuring a Distance: Humans, Cyborgs, Robots,” Keith W. Miller and David Larson “Remediation Revisited: Replies to Gaut, Matravers, and Tavinor,” Dominic McIver Lopes From the Chair: Newsletter Highlights

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WHAT IS RULE #1? What Donald Trump has Done or Said, or will Do or Say, MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AS LONG AS HE TOES THE EXTREMIST LINE. (Updated).

WHAT IS RULE #1? 

Progressives who continue to think that Donald Trumps Lack of:
-  Maturity.
-  Ability.
-  Integrity.
-  Emotional Stability.
etc...
and Highlighting These Traits to the American Public, are making a Crucial, and possibly Fatal Error, when it comes to preventing any/or all of his Agenda of Hate from becoming part of our legal system. WHY? BECAUSE its misunderstanding the Source of his support, and the extent to which these Individuals and Groups will go to bring about changes in our system of government, with the goal of undermining the very fabric of our Constitutional Republic. To them, ANYTHING THAT ADVANCES THEIR AGENDA IS PERMISSABLE. They may attempt to disguise these tactics by presenting them as "PATRIOTIC," OR "FAITH" BASED NECESSITIES TO "PRESERVE" AND "PROTECT" THE "AMERICAN" WAY OF LIFE, but those terms are just a smokescreen, hiding "THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS" Mentality.

Unfortunately, this appears to be the new "GAME PLAN" OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, IGNORE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OR CREATE BOGUS ACCUSATIONS, AND COUNT ON THE TIMIDITY OF THE OPPOSITION TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. 

IN THE END, IT IS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THAT MAKES THEM SO DANGEROUS.

WHY?

Hard Core Trump Supporters go far beyond the Traditional Elements of the Republican Party Platform. To them, Hate, Prejudice, Xenophobia, Racism, and Religious Zealotry are perfectly valid and justifiable reasons to form Public Policy and Law.

That brings us to Rule #1- What Donald Trump has Done or Said, or will Do or Say, MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AS LONG AS HE TOES THE EXTREMIST LINE.
(Updated).

WHAT IS RULE #2? TO BE CONTINUED...

Coronavirus conspiracy theories make Fauci the villain, because someone has to be. HATE + IGNORANCE= TRUMP.

 YAHOO NEWS. CAITLIN DICKSON

Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading expert on infectious diseases, has established himself as the authoritative public face of the Trump administration’s coronavirus response. 

For some, however, he has taken on a different role. In recent weeks, Fauci has emerged as the latest target in the vast web of COVID-19-related conspiracy theories that have been circulating on social media since reports of the coronavirus first began to emerge out of Wuhan, China, in January. Like other coronavirus villains, from the Chinese government to Bill Gates, Fauci has been charged with an array of nefarious activity, all of it implausible and some of it mutually contradictory. According to some theories, for example, he’s both played a role in creating the coronavirus and exaggerated the risks of a “fake” pandemic. According to widely viewed and shared YouTube videos, Facebook posts and memes, Fauci’s alleged motives include ties to “big pharma,” a financial stake in a future coronavirus vaccine and involvement in a “deep state” plot to destroy the economy and influence the presidential election in November. 

Experts warn that recent efforts to undermine scientists and public health officials like Fauci have the potential to further compound the dangers of misinformation, which has spread alongside the coronavirus as a dangerous comorbidity to the pandemic itself.

“Trust ... is one of the most important factors to handle such a pandemic,” said Pia Lamberty, a PhD student at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, in Germany, who studies the psychology of conspiracy beliefs. “If people do not believe what [the experts] say, they are less likely to follow their recommendations.”

Lamberty said that the proliferation of conspiracy theories around the coronavirus “is not surprising,” as “conspiracy theories arise especially when people feel that they have no control.” Not only that, but Lamberty said that the kinds of narratives that are currently being spread about the coronavirus (that it is man-made, designed to harm certain groups and benefit those in power) are similar to those that arose in response to previous major disease outbreaks, such as Zika, Ebola and AIDS. In fact, it has been true of epidemics going back at least to the Middle Ages.

“Health officials are often a target of conspiracy theories and disinformation,” she added. 

While the disinformation campaign that has emerged around the coronavirus includes many classic conspiracy theory tropes, the recent focus on Fauci, as well as other health authorities like the World Health Organization, also seems to reflect a particularly Trumpian phenomenon, in which the president and his allies within the administration are seen by supporters as separate from the rest of the federal government, and any official or institution that contradicts President Trump’s message is viewed as an enemy. 

“I think the Trump world is unique in the sense that they are entirely engaged in a narrative battle devoid of fact and reality and nothing else. It’s the only thing they’ve been successful at,” said Danny Rogers, chief technology officer of the Global Disinformation Index, which works to track and disrupt the spread of misinformation online. Rogers, who also teaches a course on disinformation and narrative warfare at the New York University Center for Global Affairs, said that Fauci’s loyalty to science and data is “at odds with loyalty to [the] narrative that the administration and its supporters often want to spin.”

Though Fauci has thus far managed to hold on to his position, his public divergence with Trump on a number of points, including the president’s previous pledge to reopen the economy by Easter and his premature endorsement of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the coronavirus, has prompted calls from Trump’s supporters to #FireFauci — the hashtag on a Twitter message Trump himself retweeted, while denying any intention of dismissing the scientist, who has been a leader in public health since his much-praised efforts in the early AIDS epidemic. 

Conservative media outlets like Fox News and Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast have also questioned Fauci’s authority, although with less obviously invented pretexts than a secret investment in a nonexistent vaccine.  

Earlier in April, the government was forced to step up security for Fauci amid threats to his personal safety. 

Fauci, of course, is far from the only imaginary villain in the fight against what the president likes to call “the invisible enemy,” and the disinformation comes from a wide range of sources, including administration officials, which Rogers said was “one of the biggest challenges” in combating it. Last week, Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of homeland security, retweeted a post that referred to the recommendations of the World Health Organization as “Chinese propaganda,” the theme of much conservative commentary following Trump’s public dispute with the WHO. 

“These are supposed to be sources of definitive information at a time when we need definitive information,” Rogers said of officials like Cuccinelli. 

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