The stronger the forces for oppression and ignorance become, the more I have to believe in the possibility of work that pushes back. I won't deny that this has been hard lately.
I am genuinely moved to be one of the winners of this year's APA Public Philosophy Op Ed Contest. As I just tweeted, I'm honoured to appear alongside such brilliant, thoughtful, and fierce philosopher-writers ...
My focus in this project is on the metaphysics of romantic love (what is it, is it real, is it "natural", etc.), but this is intimately tied up to questions aboutepistemology (what can we know about love, how can we know it, etc.) ...