American Catholic Philosophical Association
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The American Catholic Philosophical Association (ACPA) is an organization of Catholic
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 philosophers
Philosophy
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 established in 1926 to promote the advancement of philosophy as an intellectual
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 discipline
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 consonant
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 with Catholic tradition. Among the means used to achieve this objective, the organization strives to develop philosophical scholarship
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, to improve the teaching of philosophy, and to communicate with other individuals and groups with similar aims. The organization sponsors an annual conference and several scholarly publications, including a peer-reviewed journal, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the American Catholic Philosophical Association. It was founded in 1927 as The New Scholasticism and adopted its current title in 1990. The journal publishes articles and book reviews covering the entire...

, and the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
The Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association is an academic journal that contains selected papers presented at the annual meetings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The secretary of the association serves as editor-in-chief...

. Individuual and institutional members of the ACPA receive online access to all ACPA publications as a benefit of membership.

Memberships, conference registrations, and continuing publication of the journal and proceeding, in both print and electronic formats, are managed for the ACPA by the Philosophy Documentation Center
Philosophy Documentation Center
The Philosophy Documentation Center is a non-profit publisher and resource center dedicated to providing affordable access to a wide range of materials in applied ethics, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and related disciplines...

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Publications of the American Catholic Philosophical Association

  • American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
    American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
    The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the American Catholic Philosophical Association. It was founded in 1927 as The New Scholasticism and adopted its current title in 1990. The journal publishes articles and book reviews covering the entire...

    , 1990-present
  • The New Scholasticism, 1927-1989
  • Philosophical Studies of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, 1938-1952
  • Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
    Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
    The Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association is an academic journal that contains selected papers presented at the annual meetings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The secretary of the association serves as editor-in-chief...

    , 1927-present

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