About Me

My photo
SEEKONK, MASSACHUSETTS, United States

Thursday, October 25, 2018

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION. The fall 2018 APA newsletters are now available.

American Philosophical Association
Fall 2018 APA NewslettersDear DAVID,
We are pleased to announce that the fall 2018 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 Coordinator

APA Newsletters, Fall 2018 (Volume 18, Number 1)

APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies

From the Editor, Prasanta S. Bandyopadhyay
Submission Guidelines and Information
Buddhism

“Locating Early Buddhist Logic in Pāli Literature,” Madhumita Chattopadhyay
“Do Good Philosophers Argue? A Buddhist Approach to Philosophy and Philosophy Prizes,” Rafal Stepien
Ontology, Logic, and Epistemology
“Īśvaravāda: A Critique,” Pradeep P. Gokhale
“Cārvākism Redivivus,” Palash Sarkar
“Some Critical Remarks on Kisor Chakrabarti’s Idea of “Observational Credibility” and Its Role in Solving the Problem of Induction,” Prasanta Bandyopadhyay and R. Venkata Raghavan
“Some Thoughts on the Problem of Induction,” Kisor K. Chakrabarti
Philosophy of Language and Grammar
“Remnants of Words in Indian Grammar,” Sanjit Chakraborty
APA Panel on Diversity
“Report on an APA Panel: Diversity in Philosophy,” Ethan Mills
Book Review
Nalini Bhushan and Jay Garfield: Minds without Fear: Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance, Reviewed by Brian A. Hatcher

APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy

From the Editor, Serena Parekh
About the Newsletter
Submission Guidelines
News from the CSW
Articles

“Introduction to Cluster on Alexis Shotwell’s Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times,” Ami Harbin
“Non-Ideal Theory and Gender Voluntarism in Against Purity,” Kathryn J. Norlock
“Impure Prefiguration: Comments on Alexis Shotwell’s Against Purity,” Mark Lance
“For an Impure, Antiauthoritarian Ethics,” Michael D. Doan
“Response to Critics,” Alexis Shotwell
Book Reviews
Helen Watt: The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion, and Childbirth: Exploring Moral Choices in Childbearing, Reviewed by Cynthia Coe
Penelope Deutscher: Foucault’s Futures: A Critique of Reproductive Reason, Reviewed by Anna Carastathis
Mara Marin: Connected by Commitment: Oppression and Our Responsibility to Undermine It, Reviewed by Shannon Dea
Contributors

APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy

From the Editor, Carlos A. Sánchez
Call for Submissions
Articles

“On the Difficulties of Writing Philosophy from a Racialized Subjectivity,” Grant J. Silva
“Chicanx Existentialism as Liberation Philosophy,” José-Antonio Orosco
“The Political Relevance of Kierkegaardian Humor in Jorge Portilla’s Fenomenología del relajo,” Shoni Rancher
Conference Report
“Report on the Third Latinx Philosophy Conference at Rutgers University,” Danielle Guzman, Lauren Viramontes, and Omar Moreno
Syllabus
“UCSD PHIL 155: Mexican Philosophy,” Manuel Vargas
Author Biographies

APA Newsletter on LGBTQ Issues in Philosophy

From the Editor, Grayson Hunt
Book Review
Alexis Shotwell: Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times, Reviewed by Ami Harbin
Articles
“Embodied Thresholds of Sanctuary: Abolitionism and Trans Worldmaking,” Andrea Pitts
“Puzzle Pieces: Shapes of Trans Curiosity,” Perry Zurn
“Merleau-Ponty, Fanon, and Phenomenological Forays in Trans Life,” Tamsin Kimoto
Call for Papers
Contributor Bios


APA Newsletter on Native American and Indigenous Philosophy

From the Managing Editor, Agnes B. Curry
Submission Guidelines
From the Committee Chair
, Lori J. Underwood
Articles
“Túkmal Tóonavqal // Weaving Baskets,” Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner
“Sacred Truths, Fables, and Falsehoods: Intersections between Feminist and Native American Logics,” Lauren Eichler
“Dance as Native Performative Knowledge,” Shay Welch
“Epistemic Injustice and the Struggle for Recognition of Afro-Mexicans: A Model for Native Americans?,” Sergio Gallegos
Book Review
Kyle T. Mays: Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North America, Reviewed by Andrew Smith

APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers

Mission Statement
From the Editor
, Peter Boltuc
From the Chair, Marcello Guarini
Featured Article
“Machine Intentions,” Don Berkich
Logic and Consciousness
“Consciousness as Process: A New Logical Perspective,” Joseph E. Brenner
“A Counterexample to the Church-Turing Thesis as Standardly Interpreted,” Doukas Kapantaïs
Rapaport Q&A
“Logicist Remarks on Rapaport on Philosophy of Computer Science,” Selmer Bringsjord
“Comments on Bringsjord’s “Logicist Remarks,” William J. Rapaport
“Exploring the Territory: The Logicist Way and Other Paths into the Philosophy of Computer Science (An Interview with William Rapaport),” Robin K. Hill
Teaching Philosophy Online
“Synchronous Online Philosophy Courses: An Experiment in Progress,” Fritz J. McDonald
“The Paradox of Online Learning,” Adrienne Anderson
“Sustaining Success in an Increasingly Competitive Online Landscape,” Jeff Harmon
Call for Papers

APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine

From the Editors, Mary Rorty and Mark Sheldon
Submission Guidelines
Articles

“Comments on Rivka Weinberg, The Risk of a Lifetime,” J. David Velleman
“Contraception and Religious Freedom: A Philosophical Analysis of Zubik v. Burwell,” Susana Nuccetelli
“Medical Ethics and Harvesting Non-Vital Human Organs from Healthy Donors,” Michael Davis
“Philosophical Difficulties of Mind Uploading as a Medical Technology,” Gabriel Andrade
Book Review
Michael Boylan: Teaching Ethics with Three Philosophical Novels, Reviewed by Wanda Teays
Poem
“The Fat Ladies Sing,” Felicia Nimue Ackerman

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

Charles A. Frye (1946–1994)
Articles
“Reading Alfred Frankowski’s The Post-Racial Limits of Memorialization,” Noëlle McAfee
“Common Sense and Racial Sensibility: Three Conversations on The Post-Racial Limits of Memorialization,” Michael L. Thomas
“Politicizing Aesthethics May Not Be Enough: On Alfred Frankowski’s The Post-Racial Limits of Memorialization,” Dwayne A. Tunstall
“Post-Racial Limits, Silence, and Discursive Violence: A Reply,” Alfred Frankowski
Contributors

APA Newsletter on Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges

From the Editor, Thomas Urban
Article
“Issues and Concerns in Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges,” Richard Legum
Call for Papers

APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy

From the Editors, Tziporah Kasachkoff and Eugene Kelly
Book Review
C. D. C. Reeve: Aristotle, Physics, Reviewed by Nickolas Pappas
Submission Guidelines
Articles

“A Teaching-Based Research Assistantship: Why, How, and Results,” Susan Mills and Kirsty Keys
“Teaching a Summer Seminar: Reflections from Two Weeks on the Philosophy and Psychology of Character in the Summer of 2018,” Christian B. Miller
“Building Logic Papers from the Ground Up: Helping Introductory Logic Students Write Argument-Based Papers,” Andy Piker
Books Received
 
The American Philosophical Association
University of Delaware
31 Amstel Avenue, Newark, DE 19716

This is our moment to Get-Out-the-Vote. Jennifer Childs-Roshak, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund.

Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts

I’ve been thinking about this election for a long time, and now it is just 12 days away.
I thought about it when I stood in a sea of pink hats on the Boston Common on that bright winter day.
I thought about it every single time this administration tried to repeal or gut the Affordable Care Act.
I thought about it when politicians in the U.S. Senate ignored several allegations of sexual assault and confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
And I thought about it this past weekend after learning the Trump administration was concocting plans to strip the transgender community of their basic dignity by erasing them under federal law.  
I thought about this moment so many times. And now this moment is almost here – Election Day is approaching, and we need to make the most of it. Key races are close and too many people don’t have a plan to vote, don’t know who represents them, or feel their vote simply doesn’t matter. It’s up to us to remind voters that their voice is critical. We can’t elect strong reproductive rights advocates to the Massachusetts State House without each and every one of them.
Will you volunteer next weekend to canvass, phone bank, and turn out voters in key districts across the state? With your help, we can unseat the most radical opponent of safe, legal abortion in the Massachusetts State House. And by knocking on a few doors, we can protect the transgender community from discrimination in Massachusetts with the Yes on 3 ballot campaign.
Thank you for standing with Planned Parenthood patients, immigrants, survivors, transgender people and everyone who has been attacked by this administration. Now is the time to unite, show our power, and make sure all of us have the freedom and opportunity to lead a healthy, full life. Our moment has come. Let’s make the most of it.
Jen Childs-Roshak 
Sincerely,
Jen CEO Signature.jpg
Jennifer Childs-Roshak, MD, MBA
President
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts
@DrJenCR
P.S. Forward this email to your friends and family and invite them to come along! Canvassing is great with a buddy.
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts
1055 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
United States

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. (SELECTED POSTS).

www.searchingforreason.net : THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION- SOMETHING IS VERY ...: WRONG PART 1. Let me make one thing clear: I am not a Statistician/Mathematician. I try to stick to specific principles when discuss...


www.searchingforreason.net : THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION- SOMETHING IS VERY...: PART 5. There are many things that THE DISCIPLINES OF LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING CAN DO, THAT BENEFIT US AS INDIVIDUALS, AND SOCIETY AS...


www.searchingforreason.net : LOGIC. ONE WAY TO ENCOURAGE PROPER ANALYSIS: DO N...: As the controversy about a possible RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2016 U.S ELECTION HEATS UP, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE THING PERFECTLY CLEAR...


www.searchingforreason.net : THE "MYTH" OF UNPOPULAR HILLARY. PART 1.: For this article, I am going to set aside the unfolding controversies about Russia and their influence on the 2016 election, and the Drac...


www.searchingforreason.net : THE "MYTH" OF UNPOPULAR HILLARY. PART 2. The first...:  (The excerpt below was taken from an MSNBC NEWS REPORT.) The co-chairman of President Donald Trump’s vote fraud commission on Wed...


www.searchingforreason.net : THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION- SOMETHING IS VERY ...: I guess it is about time...



www.searchingforreason.net : THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION- SOMETHING IS VERY ... https://www.searchingforreason.net/2017/07/the-2016-presidential-election.html?spref=tw



SO WHAT IS THE SECRET TO DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP, AND THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA OF HATE?

VOTE!!!

MAKE SURE ELECTION OFFICIALS IN YOUR STATE DO THEIR JOBS!!!

HANDING A PROGRESSIVE LEGACY TO DONALD TRUMP.

 
2008-2016.
A PROGRESSIVE LEGACY.

Over the last Eight Years we have seen Progressive Democrats support
an Economic Policy that included;

-  An increase in the Federal Minimum Wage of 7.25/ hr.
Which was opposed, and killed, by Congressional Republicans.
( However, on the State Level, there are examples of Minimum Wage
Guidelines that the Republican Party couldn't stop).

-  Expanding the Time Period for receiving Unemployment Benefits, to
   Temporarily Relieve Financial Distress associated with Job loss.

-  Financial Relief for crippling costs incurred through Higher Education.

-  Consumer Laws protecting Americans from predatory practices by
    Dishonest Marketers.

    Of course, this list does not include the AFFORDABLE CARE ACT,
    which resulted in Millions of Americans obtaining Medical Care
    Insurance that would not result in Crippling Debt, or a Dramatic
    Decrease in Their Quality of Life.

The Republicans, besides attempting to stop all of the above, stuck with
the old "TRICKLE DOWN THEORY" OF ECONOMICS. Let's see what
that includes:

TAX BREAK INCENTIVES, WHICH ALLOWS THE RICHEST AMERICANS
TO RETAIN MORE OF THEIR WEALTH, WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL
 PUMP THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE ECONOMY.

TO RECEIVE THIS INCENTIVE, ARE THEY
REQUIRED TO:

-  INVEST IN SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING?- NO.

-  FINANCIALLY SUPPORT CORPORATIONS WHO PROVIDE A LIVING
   WAGE, OR A MEDICAL PLAN FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES?- NO.

-  ONLY SUPPORT AMERICAN BUSINESSES, INSTEAD OF TAKING THE
    FINANCIAL WINDFALL OVERSEAS?-  NO.

THESE TAX BREAKS ARE BASED ON THE "HOPE" THAT THEY WILL BE USED
TO BENEFIT THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE.

However, don't worry. If these incentives are used unwisely, and the MONEY DISAPPEARS,
ALL IS NOT LOST. CORPORATIONS FORMED ARE PLACED INTO BANKRUPTCY,
MEANING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FOOTING THE BILL FOR POOR MONEY
MANAGEMENT.  AS FOR THE WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED THE
TAX BREAK BENEFITS, AND LOST THE MONEY? THEY WILL JUST DECLARE THESE
LOSSES ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURNS, AND BASICALLY GET IT ALL BACK.

THE REPUBLICANS- WHO ARE THEY FIGHTING FOR AGAIN?