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This yearâs Humanities Alumni Spring Mixer will be on Tuesday, May 5 from 6â8 PM at The Loft at Earls Yaletown! Join us for an evening of conversations and connections with fellow alumni and faculty. RSVP here:
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Dr. Stefan Lukits has recently published a paper titled âApology and Forgiveness.â You can access it here:
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Apology and Forgiveness | Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie | Cambridge Core
Apology and Forgiveness - Volume 65 Issue 1
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Join us on Friday, April 10, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. in BUCH A202 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Professor Rachel Barney (University of Toronto), presenting âCraft and the Utopia of Workâ
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26 days ago
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Congratulations to Avontay Williams on receiving the UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award!
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27 days ago
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Join us today at 2:00 PM in BUCH A103 for the UBC Undergraduate Philosophy Info Session! Hear from Professors Dominic Alford-Duguid, Fatema Amijee, and Cat Prueitt on philosophyâs connections across disciplines and pathways through the UBC Philosophy program. All students welcome!
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https://philosophy.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-undergraduate-philosophy-information-session/
about 1 month ago
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Professor Kimberley Brownlee and our graduate student Alyssa Izatt have co-authored a new paper, âJustice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care,â published in Ethics.
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Justice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3
When the US Supreme Court rejected the constitutional right to abortion care, several US states enacted bans. This legal change exposed critical moral questions about pregnancy in childhood: What doâŚ
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739648
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Our graduate student, Alyssa Izatt, has published a new article titled âWill I Regret This? Should I Care? On Regret and Wellbeingâ in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
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Will I Regret This? Should I Care? On Regret and Wellbeing
Regret colours many areas of our lives, from the vital to the trivial. One example is in medical decision-making, when physicians hesitate to provide procedures they think their patients willâŚ
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/japp.70078?af=R
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Congratulations to Professor Fatema Amijee on being awarded the UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship.
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Faculty Research Award Winners 2025
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Faculty Research Awards. UBCâs Faculty Research Awards recognize the research excellence and scholarly achievements of faculty from across allâŚ
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Join us on Thursday, March 19th to connect with alumni and explore the career opportunities a Philosophy degree offers. Meet our alumni and enjoy catered refreshments. All students welcome! đ RSVP now!
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about 2 months ago
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Join us on Friday, March 13, 2026, at 3:00 PM in BUCH A202 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Professor Cat Prueitt, presenting âWays of Being and Relevant Alternatives.â
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about 2 months ago
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Efthimios Nasiopoulos, who graduated from philosophy honours last year, will be speaking at the UBC TEDx event on Sunday: looks like he will be speaking about his UBC experience!
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about 2 months ago
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Join us on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 3:00 PM in BUCH A202 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Professor Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria) on âPrinciples of Justice for a Sustainable Economy.â
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2 months ago
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Listen to Professor Carrie Jenkins on CBC Radio discussing âWhat Is Love?â â a thoughtful conversation on the meaning of love. Tune in here:
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2 months ago
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Professor Carrie Jenkins has co-authored a new piece with Carla Nappi on Lily Allenâs new album and the issues it raises. Read it here:
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All the worldâs a concept album
Lily Allenâs "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story
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Join us on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 3:00 PM in BUCH A202 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Professor Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria) on âPrinciples of Justice for a Sustainable Economy.â
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2 months ago
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Professor Fatema Amijee has edited "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ămilie Du Châtelet", recently published by Bloomsbury.
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3 months ago
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Professor Fatema Amijee has recently published a new article titled âWhence Original Inquiry?â
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3 months ago
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Professor Jonathan Ichikawa has released a newly revised version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on 'The Analysis of Knowledge'.
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3 months ago
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Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium on Friday, Feb 13 at 3PM in BUCH A202 with Dr. Samiksha Goyal (Simon Fraser University) on âGandhi, Williams, and the Problem of Interest-Relativity.â
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3 months ago
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Congratulations to Professor Evan Thompson on being awarded the 2026 MindâMatter Prize by the Society for MindâMatter Research.
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4 months ago
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Professor Catherine Prueitt recently published an article titled âReimagining pain as an allostatic imperative: perspectives from contemplative traditionsâ in Neuroscience of Consciousness.
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5 months ago
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A new paper by Professor Carrie Jenkins, titled âThe A Priori: Whatâs It All About?â, has just been published in The Blackwell Companion to Epistemology.
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5 months ago
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Join us on Friday, Dec 5, 2025 at 3PM in BRCS 1030 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Prof. Holly K. Andersen (Simon Fraser University) on âOntic injustice in modelling: uprooting the value-free ideal.â
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Philosophy Colloquium â Prof. Holly K. Andersen (Simon Fraser University) - Department of Philosophy
Title: Ontic injustice in modelling : uprooting the value-free ideal Abstract: Causal modelling is sometimes taken to be a value-neutral activity, given that many of the inference procedures areâŚ
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6 months ago
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Dr. Willow Verkerk has recently co-edited a book titled Homo Mimeticus III, which has now been published. Book details:
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You can read the accompanying interview here:
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Homo Mimeticus III | Leuven University Press
New interdisciplinary essays on key topics in mimetic studies, including three contributions by internationally renowned philosopher Catherine Malabou This is the third volume of a trilogy on HomoâŚ
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5 months ago
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Congratulations to Dr. Evan Thompson, who was recently named a UBC Distinguished University Scholar!
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Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2025! Each undergraduate and graduate student has worked tremendously hard and has accomplished so much. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
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Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2025! - Department of Philosophy
Message from the Head Congratulations to our new graduates! In todayâs commencement ceremony, we celebrate twelve new BAs with a Philosophy major or joint major and two new Philosophy MAs.âŚ
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5 months ago
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Congratulations to Prof. Alison Wylie on her renewal as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of the Social and Historical Sciences.
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5 months ago
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Dr. Kimberley Brownleeâs work on loneliness, from her book 'Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms', was discussed in the philosophy podcast Overthink. Listen here:
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Episode 148: Loneliness â Overthink podcast
In episode 148 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss the difference between loneliness and solitude, how loneliness could help explain the rise of fascism in the US, and the public healthâŚ
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5 months ago
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Dr. Kimberley Brownlee delivered the first Uehiro Lecture at Oxford University last Thursday on the topic âMale Reproductive Dependency.â
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The next lecture, âSocietal and Specific Dependency,â will take place on November 13. Learn more
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2025 Annual Uehiro Lectures: Reproductive Rights (Lecture 1/3)
With Prof Kimberley Brownlee (Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia) Chaired by Prof Roger Crisp (Director, Uehiro OxfordâŚ
https://youtu.be/Ut3JNMBAKLk
6 months ago
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Join us on Friday, Dec 5, 2025 at 3PM in BRCS 1030 for a Philosophy Colloquium with Prof. Holly K. Andersen (Simon Fraser University) on âOntic injustice in modelling: uprooting the value-free ideal.â
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Philosophy Colloquium â Prof. Holly K. Andersen (Simon Fraser University) - Department of Philosophy
Title: Ontic injustice in modelling : uprooting the value-free ideal Abstract: Causal modelling is sometimes taken to be a value-neutral activity, given that many of the inference procedures areâŚ
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6 months ago
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Christopher Mole will be in conversation with the artist Eli Bornowski, at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery (950 E Cordova St), at 6pm on 5 November. Information is available here.
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6 months ago
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Professor Fatema Amijee has recently published an article entitled âAn Islamic Foundation for Human Rights.â
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6 months ago
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Professor Carrie Jenkins recently published an article titled 'Hermeneutic decentering' in The Philosophical Quarterly:
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7 months ago
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Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium with Dr. Brian Burkhart from the University of Oklahoma on 'Indigenous Decolonial Climate Hope through the Land' - Friday, October 17, 2025, at 3 PM in BUCH A102.
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Philosophy Colloquium â Dr. Brian Burkhart (University of Oklahoma) - Department of Philosophy
Title: Indigenous Decolonial Climate Hope through the Land Abstract: In the face of climate despair and environmental collapse, Indigenous peoples offer a vital perspective that reframes both theâŚ
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7 months ago
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Participants are warmly invited to attend Simon Fraser Universityâs second annual Asian Philosophy Workshop, taking place on October 25â26, 2025. UBC Philosophy Professor Evan Thompson and PhD student Emily Lawson will be presenting.
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2nd Asian Philosophy Workshop: October 25-26, 2025
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7 months ago
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Our graduate student, Emily Lawson, has a new publication titled "A Dynamic Approach to Compulsive Fantasy: Constraints and Creativity in 'Maladaptive Daydreaming'," co-authored with two researchers from the Psychology Department at UBC.
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7 months ago
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Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium talk on "The Frog and Mouse Battle: Logic, Politics, and Justice" with Dr. Patrick Girard from the University of Auckland on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 3:00 PM in BRSC 1030.
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Philosophy Colloquium â Dr. Patrick Girard (University of Auckland) - Department of Philosophy
Title: The Frog and Mouse Battle Logic, politics and justice Abstract: The 1920s saw the rise of modern logic: Hilbertâs formalist programme, GĂśdelâs theorems, and Brouwerâs intuitionism offeredâŚ
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Join us for a Philosophy Colloquium talk on "The Frog and Mouse Battle: Logic, Politics, and Justice" with Dr. Patrick Girard from the University of Auckland on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 3:00 PM in BRSC 1030.
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Philosophy Colloquium â Dr. Patrick Girard (University of Auckland) - Department of Philosophy
Title: The Frog and Mouse Battle Logic, politics and justice Abstract: The 1920s saw the rise of modern logic: Hilbertâs formalist programme, GĂśdelâs theorems, and Brouwerâs intuitionism offeredâŚ
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8 months ago
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Join us for the first talk in the 2025W Colloquium series featuring Prof. David Liebesman (University of Calgary) & Prof. Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford) on âPolysemy & Observations in Linguisticsâ â Sept 5 at 3 PM, BUCH A102.
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Join us for the Imagine UBC Welcome Back Event! Weâll be exploring some Big Questions â feel free to bring your own questions, big or small.
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When: September 2, 1:30 - 2:30 pm Where: Buchanan Block D, BUCH D322 Everyone is welcome!
8 months ago
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Congratulations to our Philosophy alumni, Husein Rahemtulla, COO & Co-founder of FreshPrep, for being named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The YearÂŽ 2025 Pacific award!
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EY Entrepreneur Of The YearÂŽ Canada 2025 | Pacific Finalists
Congratulations to the EY Entrepreneur Of The YearÂŽ 2025 Pacific finalists
https://www.ey.com/en_ca/entrepreneur-of-the-year-canada/meet-the-finalists/pacific-2025#:~:text=Brauer%0AFresh%20Prep-,Husein%20Rahemtulla,-Fresh%20Prep
9 months ago
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Dr. Jonathan Ichikawa recently published an article titled "Skeptical doubt, principal bases, and heuristics and rational norms"
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10 months ago
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Congratulations to our philosophy grad, Dr. Kian Mintz-Woo, now Senior Lecturer at University College Cork, was awarded UCCâs Early-Stage Researcher of the Year for his 2024 work. âThe philosophy training and mentorship I received at UBC was invaluable,â he says. Photo Ger McCarthy
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Justice considerations in climate research - Nature Climate Change
Justice issues are integral to a variety of climate science and policy processes. This Perspective provides a framework, based on philosophical theory, to explain key justice concepts and how theyâŚ
https://tinyurl.com/3wzxznan
10 months ago
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The panel discussion on the epidemic of loneliness, featuring Prof. Carrie Jenkins, was recently broadcast on CBC Ideas.
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https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16153298-all-lonely-people-the-search-belonging-uncertain-world
10 months ago
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Congratulations to Dr. Fatema Amijee for receiving Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants! Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants - Modesty in Islam
globalphilosophyofreligion.com
11 months ago
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Our graduate student, Ashley Lindsley-Kim, has co-authored an article titled "Pregnancy, Caregiving, and a Supposed Obligation to Gestate," now published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
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11 months ago
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Our PhD graduate, Steven Diggin, has recently published a paper titled "Ethical Presuppositions in Narrative Art" in the British Journal of Aesthetics.
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Steven Diggin, Ethical Presuppositions in Narrative Art - PhilPapers
Ethical Criticism is the practice of pointing towards a flaw in the ethical content or character of an artwork as a reason why this artwork is aesthetically faulty in some respect. ...
https://philpapers.org/rec/DIGEPI
11 months ago
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The paper 'Iâll Be the Hero Youâre Dreaming Of: Popular Music and the Social Construction of Romantic Love,' co-authored by Prof. Carrie Jenkins, UBC PhD student Jas Heaton, and former UBC MA student Aida Roige, has been published in a volume edited by SFU philosopher Alex King. (
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https://academic.oup.com/book/59983
11 months ago
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Professor Fatema Amijee recently published an article titled "Du Châteletâs Rejection of Leibnizâs World Apart Doctrine."
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Du Châteletâs Rejection of Leibnizâs World Apart Doctrine
Leibniz endorses the world apart doctrine, according to which a substanceSubstance is that which is independent of all other things except GodGod. However, I will argue that in what appears to be aâŚ
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-80541-7_7
12 months ago
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Congratulations to Professor Dominic McIver Lopes on being awarded the 2025 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for philosophical achievement and contribution, alongside Professor Samantha Matherne of Harvard University.
www.apaonline.org/page/2025pri...
12 months ago
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