American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent philosophy as a discipline.
The Association is comprised of three divisions - Pacific, Central and Eastern. Each division organises a large annual conference. The biggest of these is the Eastern Division Meeting, which usually attracts around 2,000 philosophers and takes place in a different east coast city each December. The Eastern Division Meeting is also the USA's largest recruitment event for philosophy jobs, with numerous universities sending teams to interview candidates for academic posts.
Many prizes are given during conferences. One such prize is the "Rockefeller Prize". The Rockefeller Prize ($1000) is awarded every two years for the best unpublished article length work in philosophy by a non-academically affiliated philosopher. The winner's work will be published in The Journal of Value Inquiry at the behest of the winner and the journal.
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- The first presidential address of the APA, given by J. E. Creighton on March 31, 1902: The Purposes of a Philosophical Association, The Philosophical Review, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 219-237.
- 1926, H. N. Gardiner, The First Twenty-Five Years of the American Philosophical Association, The Philosophical Review; Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 145-58.
- 1985, David A. Hoekema, A Decade at Delaware: Some Notes on the Recent History of the APA, Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association; Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 35-44.
- 1991, Proceedings of the Special Session on the History of the Central Division (contributions from Marcus Singer, Lewis Hahn, Robert Turnbull, Frederick Will, and William Hay), Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 47-65.
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