Interviews
UPCOMING: Susan Haack on Philosophy Now Issue 168
UPCOMING: Susan Haack on Philosophy Now Issue 168
UPCOMING: Susan Haack on Philosophy Now Issue 168
Angela Tan interviews Susan Haack (Distinguished Professor in the Humanities) on the post 'post-truth' world and building trust in a discourse of half-truths.
Luciano Floridi on Ethics Unveiled
UPCOMING: Susan Haack on Philosophy Now Issue 168
UPCOMING: Susan Haack on Philosophy Now Issue 168
Angela Tan interviews Luciano Floridi (Italian Philosopher & Professor at Yale DEC) on the infosphere, intelligence, and the future of technology.
Brian Leiter on Philosophy Now Issue 163
UPCOMING: Susan Haack on Philosophy Now Issue 168
Steven Pinker on Philosophy Now Issue 160
Angela Tan interviews Brian Leiter (UChicago Professor of Law) on Nietzsche's view towards how knowledge is cultivated, ethics, and Judeo-Christian education.
Steven Pinker on Philosophy Now Issue 160
Steven Pinker on Philosophy Now Issue 160
Steven Pinker on Philosophy Now Issue 160
Angela Tan interviews Steven Pinker (Harvard cognitive psychologist) on the ethics of metaphors, reasons to be optimistic, and the perception of death.
Tetyana Dzyadevych
Steven Pinker on Philosophy Now Issue 160
Tetyana Dzyadevych
Angela Tan interviews Tetyana Dzyadevych (Scholar at Harvard Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies) on the Russo-Ukrainian War, Hegelian dialectics and European literature.
Donald Robertson
Steven Pinker on Philosophy Now Issue 160
Tetyana Dzyadevych
Angela Tan interviews Donald Robertson (President of Plato's Academy Centre and stoic psychotherapist) on the waves of psychology and Roman history.
Britta Clark on The BlackWatch
Britta Clark on The BlackWatch
Britta Clark on The BlackWatch
Angela Tan interviews Britta Clark (Harvard Doctoral Scholar) on the ethical implementation of solar geoengineering and debunking science fiction stories.
Rabbi Philip Bregman
Britta Clark on The BlackWatch
Britta Clark on The BlackWatch
Angela Tan interviews Philip Bregman (Temple Sholom’s Rabbi Emeritus) on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, international politics, and respectful disagreement.
O(p)pinionated Podcast
The Current of Philosophy
A new public philosophy podcast that deals with a diverse range of political, historical and cultural topics. Listen to the second episode on cancel culture.
Projects
Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations is an initiative that invites speakers with opposing beliefs to promote respectful discourse and empathy amidst ideological differences.
Community Mural Board
Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations
The Community Mural Board encourages discussion on topics including ethics and equality, inviting staff and students to share their experiences and solutions on monthly questions.
Community Impact
York House School
My initiative, Courageous Conversations, has inspired independent school YHS's new strategic vision and rebranding, Spark under "Transformational Program". As a result, I was chosen for the bulletin in front of the school.
The University of Chicago Law School
My interview with Professor Leiter has been shared with students and faculty at UChicago Law School under the news section of their website. And on Leiter Reports, an international philosophy blog as well.
Human Condition Book Club (HCBC)
Meetings every Sunday at 11am PST
Inspired by Arendt's prolific novel, The HCBC is committed to fostering an incentive for lifelong learning through self-reflection. By reading the selected novels on the human condition (Arendt, Aristotle, Cicero), members practice challenging, exploring, and learning about their preconceived beliefs on morality, desire, human subjectivity, and ethics.
*Contact for Zoom link and reading schedule.
Reading Texts:
February 4, 11, 18, 25: The Human Condition (1958) by Hannah Arendt.
March 3, 10, 17, 24: Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors (2001) by Susan Sontag.
Arendt, Hannah. The Human Condition. University of Chicago Press, 1958. Online edition, 2013.
Sontag, Susan. Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors¸ Picador, 2001.
Conferences Attended
Tech Ethics eXchange NorthEast Conference
Princeton Project in Philosophy & Religion Conference
16th Annual Mark L. Shapiro Graduate Conference
An inaugural conference featuring a collaboration between Embedded Ethics at Harvard University and Social/Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT discussing the interdisciplinary studies of AI and philosophy.
16th Annual Mark L. Shapiro Graduate Conference
Princeton Project in Philosophy & Religion Conference
16th Annual Mark L. Shapiro Graduate Conference
The Department of Philosophy at Brown University's graduate conference on the concept of partiality and epistemic duties in an attempt to answer the question: "Are there any good justifications for treating those you're close to differently".
Princeton Project in Philosophy & Religion Conference
Princeton Project in Philosophy & Religion Conference
Princeton Project in Philosophy & Religion Conference
Philosophy, Religion and Existential Commitment, a conference hosted by Princeton University's Department of Religion and Philosophy with speakers on epistemic existentialism, and Kierkegaard on belief and moral commitment.
About
Angela Tan is a high school student interested in the intersectionality between ethics and education.
She aims to foster civic discourse, lead productive community initiatives, and make philosophical theories accessible to the broader public.