A forum for discussing Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia
PEA Soup will be hosting another of the lost 2020 Pacific APA panels on Wednesday, May 20, this time an author-meets-critics session on Al Mele’s book Manipulated Agents: A Window to Moral Responsibility. Critics will include Carolina Sartorio, Gunnar Bjornsson, and Philip Robbins. To whet […] Read More
Welcome to our discussion forum on Ronald de Sousa’s paper “Emotions and the Ontology of Values,” one of the lost 2020 Pacific APA sessions. Olivia Bailey has comments here. We welcome all who would like to participate in the discussion. (And we thank Iskra Fileva […] Read More
As part of our series providing a forum for some of the lost 2020 Pacific APA sessions, we will be hosting a discussion this coming Friday (May 8) on Ronald de Sousa’s paper “Emotions and the Ontology of Values.” de Sousa’s full paper is here, […] Read More
To be had with Chris Surprenant (University of New Orleans) on May 20. See link here.
Welcome to our book forum on Elinor Mason‘s new book Ways to be Blameworthy: Rightness, Wrongness, and Responsibility. Below is a brief introduction to the book by Elinor Mason. As a reminder, you do not need to have read the book to participate in the discussion; feel […] Read More
I’m interested in other professionals’ opinions on this general sort of situation. You reviewed a journal submission containing a pattern of serious falsification of the research record, much of which is essential to the manuscript’s main argument. This is not a close call: it’s dead […] Read More
Despite what you may think, the Soup is subject to the same virus-vicissitudes as the rest of the world. So unfortunately we have to announce that the Prindle Institute can no longer fund the regular Soup monetary awards, both the “best-of-year” and the “special themed […] Read More
What follows is Max Hayward’s abstract for his paper, “How to be an Ethical Anti-Objectivist,” which is here. Caroline Arruda’s comments are here. We encourage anyone to participate in the discussion! “Objectivity is the central problem of ethics. Not just in theory, but in life.” […] Read More
This Friday we will begin hosting some of the lost Pacific APA sessions. (And if you would like us to host your session on moral/political philosophy, just let us know.) We will begin with a session on Max Hayward’s paper “How to be an Ethical […] Read More