Aristotelian Society

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The Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy (more generally known as the Aristotelian Society) was founded at a meeting on 19 April 1880[1] which resolved "to constitute a society of about twenty and to include ladies; the society to meet fortnightly, on Mondays at 8 o'clock, at the rooms of the Spelling Reform Association…"[2]

Amongst other things, the rules of the Society stipulate:

The object of this Society shall be the systematic study of philosophy; 1st, as to its historical development; 2nd, as to its methods and problems.

According to H. Wildon Carr, in choosing a name for the society, it was:

"essential to find a name which would definitely prescribe the speculative character of the study which was to be the Society's ideal, and it seemed that this could best be secured by adopting the name of a philosopher eminently representative. There is only one such name in the history of philosophy and so we became the Aristotelian Society, not for the special study of Aristotle, or of Aristotelianism, but for the systematic study of Philosophy."[3]

The Society's first president was Mr. Shadworth H. Hodgson. He was president for fourteen years from 1880 until 1894, when he proposed Dr. Bernard Bosanquet as his replacement.

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[edit] Publications

The first edition of the Society's proceedings, the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy, now the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, was issued in 1888.

The Society holds an annual conference in the July of each year, comprised mainly of papers by invited speakers, that is conducted jointly with The Mind Association (publishers of the philosophical journal Mind). The Society publishes these invited papers in the June of each year (i.e., prior to the joint conference) in The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume.

[edit] List of Past Presidents

Many significant philosophers have served the Society as its president:

Thomas Baldwin is currently president of the Aristotelian Society.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Five individuals attended this meeting: Mr. F. G. Fleay, Dr. Alfred Senier (1853-I918) (later Professor of Chemistry in the University of Galway), Mr. Herbert Burrows, Mr. Edward Clarkson, and Mr. Alfred Lowe (Carr, 1928-1929, pp.360).
  2. ^ Carr (1928-1929), pp.360.
  3. ^ Carr (1928-1929), pp.361.

[edit] References

  • Carr, H.W., "The Fiftieth Session: A Retrospect", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol.29, (1928-1929), pp.359-386.

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