by Daniel A. Kaufman ___ To EA's readers and contributors. Tomorrow morning (Tuesday, January 11), I will be embarking on an 18 hour drive to New York. I will be splitting the drive into two days. My father is very near his end, and my mother is no longer capable of doing even the household... Continue Reading →
by Daniel A. Kaufman ___ The Electric Agora launched in 2015 and by that year's end had been read by 6,270 people, some 33,721 times. This struck me as quite a lot, given that we never advertised or marketed the site in any way, other than sustaining Twitter and Facebook accounts, where we we promote... Continue Reading →
by Daniel A. Kaufman ____ The Electric Agora is proud to announce its newest podcast, hosted by our own Mark English, "Culture and Value." The podcast will be audio only, and available on all the podcast-apps on which our other podcasts are found. Mark describes the project in this brief, introductory episode. https://youtu.be/NV8ZQT_Fntw
by Daniel A. Kaufman ___ To the EA readership: My father has once again been hospitalized for the effects of Congestive Heart Failure. I will be traveling to New York this Friday. Please be patient with me, as content and discussion moderation may be a bit less efficient than usual. I greatly appreciate it! I... Continue Reading →
by Daniel A. Kaufman ___ Join EA's own Robert Gressis (Cal State Northridge) and his guests for EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHERS, a podcast dedicated to conversations with the non-celebrity philosophers who do most of the teaching and research in the US and elsewhere.
by Daniel A. Kaufman ____ The Electric Agora is adding a podcast/video streaming "wing" to our site! It can be accessed via the "Podcast" tab at the top of EA's homepage. Videos are hosted on YouTube, on a dedicated channel to which you can subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmifc5HsTq0xpiDg3zEAZeQ Right now, the links will take you to YouTube. ... Continue Reading →
Since we began in 2015, the Electric Agora has been enjoying a steadily increasing readership. Last year, 2019, EA was read 209,170 times by 89,620 distinct readers. With increased readership comes increased attention, and I am concerned about the site's use of unlicensed images for its banners and article thumbnails. Mariah Gregg-Fling is a former... Continue Reading →
by Daniel A. Kaufman ___ EA will be going on a brief hiatus, as I confront a family emergency. My father is in medical ICU, and his future is uncertain at the current moment. If any of our fine writers sends me an essay, I will publish it, but I will not be able to... Continue Reading →
by Daniel A. Kaufman I know that it is last-hour -- nominations close today -- but for those APA members who are readers, please nominate Justin Kalef and Shane Wilkins for the APA leadership. Both have committed themselves to working to refocus the organization's attention away from identity politics and towards purely professional concerns. More... Continue Reading →
Bharath Vallabha studied philosophy at Cornell and Harvard, and taught at Bryn Mawr. In academia he specialized in philosophy of mind and action, with a focus on embodied cognition and its relation to ordinary language philosophy, phenomenology and pragmatism. Currently he has an administrative job at an accounting firm in the DC area. His reasons... Continue Reading →
