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The British Philosophical Association

David Evans on the creation of a new society for Britain’s nine-to-five thinkers.

All serious philosophy in Britain depends on a healthy and strong academic core; the 5-600 full-time paid philosophers who research and teach in academic departments provide a focus of meetings, classes, venues and publications around which much more extensive networks of committed philosophers can cluster. The great majority of academic philosophers warmly welcome outreach to the many philosophers who operate outside the strictly professional circle; snobbish exclusivity is an attitude now long-gone from the scene. Nonetheless I think all concerned would acknowledge that all philosophers derive essential support from the existence of a vigorous and well-resourced academic culture. A new body, the British Philosophical Association, has recently been formed to protect and promote that culture.

The BPA, as it is known, already exists.

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