API Research
| Title | About | Download & Read |
|---|---|---|
| The Nature of Money, Conflict, and the Rise and Fall of Empires | These are the slides from John Smithin's Zoom presentation for January 27, 2026. |
The Nature of Money, Conflict, and the Rise and Fall of Empires --- by John Smithin |
| Linguistic Ontology and the Justification of Realism | This is an MA thesis in Philosophy by API Associate Jeffrey Y.F. Lau, submitted to the University of Manitoba in 1986. It deals with issues that later became relevant to the development of 'large language models' in AI. |
Linguistic Ontology and the Justification of Realism by Jeff Lau |
| What if Peace Broke Out? | These are the slides from Shishir Lakhani's Zoom presentation of November 25, 2025. |
What if Peace Broke Out? - Shishir Lakhani |
| Some Notable Philosophers and Their Ideas | Some Notable Philosophers and Their Ideas (draft table of contents) |
Notable Philosophers and Their Ideas (draft table of contents) |
| Embodied Morality: On Categorization and Mental Frames | Embodied Morality: On Categorization and Mental Frames by Victoria Fulbright. API Research Paper #2025-05 |
Embodied Morality: On Categorization and Mental Frames by Victoria Fulbright |
| The Virtues | The Virtues (According to Thomism) - Slides by John Smithin, April 2025 |
The Virtues (According to Thomism) - John Smithin |
| What Kind of Political Economist are You? | What Kind of Political Economist are You? - Slides by John Smithin, 29.03.2025 |
What Kind of Political Economist are You? - John Smithin |
| What Kind of Philosopher are You? | What Kind of Philosopher are You? - Slides by John Cummins & John Smithin, 29.03.2025 |
What Kind of Philosopher are You? - John Cummins & John Smithin |
| Macroeconomic Policy and the Question of Tariffs | API Research Paper #25-04 by John Smithin - Macroeconomic Policy and The Question of Tariffs |
Macroeconomic Policy and the Question of Tariffs - John Smithin |
| The Existential Cafe | Slides for Ted Kennedy's presentation for the 'Philosophy Cafe', on Saturday March 22, 2025 |
The Existential Cafe by Ted Kennedy; What Kind of Existentialist are You? |