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When Amaziah, Priest of the Shrine of Bethel, confronts the prophet Amos for conspiring against King Amaziah, Amos replies with a very specific denial: “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son.” And it’s hard to run for president of the United States without insisting early and often that “I’m not a politician.” What about philosophers? What happens when you ask a philosopher whether or not she’s a philosopher? We might find that out today as we talk with Rebekah Spera and David M. Peña-Guzman about their recent book Professional Philosophy and Its Myths from Lexington Books. And even if we don’t, I imagine we’ll find ourselves posing questions about the field that we call academic philosophy that are worth posing.
Christina Bieber Lake talks with Felicia Wu Song about her recent book "Restless Devices."
Every story of thought and thinking runs into its own kinds of problems. Progressive accounts do well showing how predecessors were not quite as...
Michial Farmer interviews Merold Westphal about his 2014 book "Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith."
