Journal of the American Philosophical Association

The new issue of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association is out! @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK Ten open-access papers on grudges, hope, authenticity, virtue, and more. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🧠 What makes us rational? In “Reasoning, Rationality, and (In)Coherence,” Hossein Ayati argues that good reasoning can explain both why our beliefs and intentions clash and whether we respond well to reasons. 📖 New in JAPA, free to read: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

📣 Just published in JAPA: B.M. Waked’s “Counterfactual Bodies, Ableism, and Oppression as Possibilia.” Waked asks when imagining disabled people without their disabilities becomes not merely counterfactual thinking, but a manifestation of ableism. 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

Just published! “Contemporary Accounts of Patience (and Other Virtues)” by Denise Vigani. Available open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

Just published! “What Is It to Hold a Grudge?” by Neal Tognazzini. Now available open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

New paper by @Tays95 : “Knowing How to be Vicious.” It argues that understanding epistemic vice requires taking knowledge-how seriously—including how we can learn to be epistemically vicious. Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

New paper by Aaron Chipp-Miller and Cory Davia: “Expressive Action, Meaning, and a New Threat to Deliberative Autonomy.” They argue that interventions can threaten autonomy by changing what our actions are able to mean. Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

📢 New article: “Appraisive Things” by @JulesHolroyd & Shen-Yi Liao. Why use prizes, trophies and statues to praise others when words might suffice? The authors show how the finitude and durability of things enrich our understanding of praise. doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

✨ New in JAPA: How can democratic disappointment become political determination? In “From Shattered Dreams to Dreams in the Making,” Meena Krishnamurthy draws on MLK Jr. to show how disappointment, transformed through hope and song, can drive action. doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

🎉 New in J-APA! 🎉 "The Value of Authenticity for Meaning in Life" by Muriel Leuenberger is now online. doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100… @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK

🎉 New in J-APA! 🎉 Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa’s “An Initial Sketch of Sor Juana’s Virtue Epistemology”. 🎥 We’re especially excited that this piece features J-APA’s first ever video abstract!✨ Watch/read here: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100… @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK

Social Construction of Emotions 3.0 By Gen Eickers and Jesse Prinz Just published! doi.org/10.1017/apa.2025.100…

New article by @kate_manne! Ordinary Cruelty: Explaining Misogyny without Dehumanization She argues misogynistic cruelty stems from moral vilification, entitlement, and devaluation rather than dehumanization. doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100… @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK

"How to Speak an Alien Language" Now published in Journal of the American Philosophical Association! doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

If God is Existence, the Universe is God, has now been published in Journal of the American Philosophical Association! You can view the article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2026.100…

🧠Is there a 4th doxastic attitude beyond belief, disbelief, and suspension? Luis Rosa argues we don't suspend judgment on some questions (e.g., Does fictional Alice like porridge?). We reject them entirely. doi.org/10.1017/apa.2025.100… @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK

Just published: "Real Dehumanization" by David Livingstone Smith @DavidLSmith_Iam. doi.org/10.1017/apa.2025.100… @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK

Is enemyship just inverted friendship? Or is it a sui generis category. Check out "Enemies" by Rebecca Roman Hanrahan & Walter Ott. They explore conceptual, taxonomical, and normative questions about having enemies. Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2025.100…

New Issue!! Journal of the American Philosophical Association Articles on enemies, loneliness, self-deception, the whether philosophy makes us better thinkers. Full issue here: cambridge.org/core/journals/… @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK

New article: "No Easy Compatibilism". By Taylor W. Cyr & Parker Gilley. They argue recent compatibilist approaches still require giving up the fixity of the past or laws, just like traditional views. Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/apa.2025.100… @apaphilosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK