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British Philosophical Association

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Abbreviation
  
BPA

Purpose
  
Educational

Legal status
  
Association

President
  
Robert Stern

Founder
  
Roger Trigg Jonathan Wolff

Professional title
  
British Philosophical Association

The British Philosophical Association is a British organisation set up in October 2002 to promote the study of philosophy.

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Early history

During the early 1980s the merging of educational establishments and financial cut-backs meant that some philosophy departments had closed and more were under threat. The National Committee for Philosophy (NCP) was formed to try and address this. The committee was successful and, following on from their success sought to secure the future of the subject of philosophy in education.

The NCP evolved - after three years of discussion and planning - into the British Philosophical Association (BPA) and agreed its constitution, "to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider community", at a meeting in Liverpool 30 October 2002. The first annual meeting was held on 24 October 2003 at Westminster, in the House of Commons.

Previous

  • President 2003-2004 Roger Trigg
  • Secretary 2003-2007 Jonathan Wolff

    • Current

    Current members are:

  • President Robert Stern
  • Director Michael Brady
  • Executive Secretary Sarah-Louise Johnson
  • Treasurer 2008-2016 Mark Addis

    • Publications

  • British Philosophical Association; Women in Philosophy (September 2011). Women in philosophy in the UK - a report by the British Philosophical Association and the Society for Women in Philosophy UK. (Helen Beebee and Jenny Saul). Joint BPA/SWIP Committee for Women in Philosophy. 

    • References

    British Philosophical Association Wikipedia
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