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The Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy (more generally known as the Aristotelian Society) was founded at a
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meeting on 19 April 1880, at 17 Bloomsbury Square [1] which resolved "to constitute a society of about twenty and to include ladies; the society
Contents to meet fortnightly, on Mondays at 8 o'clock, at the rooms of the Spelling Reform Association…"[2]
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Amongst other things, the rules of the Society stipulated:
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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.
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According to H. Wildon Carr, in choosing a name for the society, it was:
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"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
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the history of philosophy and so we became the Aristotelian Society, not for the special study of Aristotle, or of Aristotelianism, but for the
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systematic study of Philosophy."[3]
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Help 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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Alan Willard Brown [1] noted in 1947 that '[The Society]'s members were not all men of established intellectual position. It welcomed young
Print/export minds just out of university as well as older amateur philosophers with serious interests and purposes. But many distinguished men were faithful
members, and not the least virtue of the society has remained, even to the present day, the opportunity it affords for different intellectual
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generations to meet in an atmosphere of reasoned and responsible discussion.'."[4]
The Society continues to meet fortnightly at the University of London's Senate House to hear and discuss philosophical papers from all
philosophical traditions.
Its other work includes giving grants to support the organisation of academic conferences in philosophy, and, with Oxford University Press, the
production of the 'Lines of Thought' series of philosophical monographs.
Its annual conference, organised since 1918 in conjunction with the Mind Association and known as the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society
and The Mind Association, (publishers of the philosophical journal Mind) is hosted by different university departments in turn, in July each year.

Contents [hide]
1 Publications
2 List of past presidents
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

Publications [edit]

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 papers from the invited speakers at the Joint Session conference are published in the June of each year (i.e., prior to the joint conference) in
The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume.ISSN 0066-7374
The Proceedings and the Supplementary Volume are published by the Society and distributed by Wiley-Blackwells.
The entire back run of both journals has been digitised by JSTOR.

List of past presidents [edit]

Many significant philosophers have served the Society as its president:

Shadworth H. Hodgson (1880-1894) H. L. A. Hart (1959-1960)

Bernard Bosanquet (1894-1898) A. E. Duncan-Jones (1960-1961)
D. G. Ritchie (1898-1899) Prof. A. M. MacIver (1961-1962)
G. F. Stout (1899-1904) H. D. Lewis (1962-1963)
Hastings Rashdall (1904-1907) Sir Isaiah Berlin (1963-1964)
Lord Haldane of Cloan (1907-1908) W. H. Walsh (1964-1965)
Samuel Alexander (1908-1911) Ruth L. Saw (1965-1966)
Bertrand Russell (1911-1913) Stephan Körner (1966-1967)
G. Dawes Hicks (1913-1914) Richard Wollheim (1967-1968)
Arthur Balfour (1914-1915) D. J. O'Connor (1968-1969)
H. Wildon Carr (1915-1918) P. F. Strawson (1969-1970)
G. E. Moore (1918-1919) W. B. Gallie (1970-1971)
James Ward (1919-1920) Martha Kneale (1971-1972)
W. R. Inge (1920-1921) R. M. Hare (1972-1973)
F. C. S. Schiller (1921-1922) C. H. Whiteley (1973-1974)
A. N. Whitehead (1922-1923) D. D. Raphael (1974-1975)
T. Percy Nunn (1923-1924) A. M. Quinton (1975-1976)
Lord Lindsay of Birker (1924-1925) D. M. Mackinnon (1976-1977)
J. A. Smith (1925-1926) D. W. Hamlyn (1977-1978)
C. Lloyd Morgan (1926-1927) G. E. L. Owen (1978-1979)
 C. D. Broad (1927-1928) A.R. White (1979-1980)
A. E. Taylor (1928-1929) P. G. Winch (1980-1981)
J. Laird (1929-1930) R. F. Holland (1981-1982)
Beatrice Edgell (1930-1931) T. J. Smiley (1982-1983)
W. G. de Burgh (1931-1932) A. R. Manser (1983-1984)
Leonard J. Russell (1932-1933) Peter Alexander (1984-1985)
L. S. Stebbing (1933-1934) Richard Sorabji (1985-1986)
G. C. Field (1934-1935) Martin Hollis (1986-1987)
J. L. Stocks (1935-1936) G. E. M. Anscombe (1987-1988)
Samuel Alexander (1936-1937) Onora O'Neill (1988-1989)
Bertrand Russell (1937-1938) Renford Bambrough (1989-1990)
G. F. Stout (1938-1939) John Skorupski (1990–1991)
Sir William David Ross (1939-1940) Timothy Sprigge (1991-1992)
Hilda D. Oakeley (1940-1941) Hugh Mellor (1992-1993)
A. C. Ewing (1941-1942) David E. Cooper (1993-1994)
Morris Ginsberg (1942-1943) Jonathan Dancy (1994-1995)
H. H. Price (1943-1944) Christopher Hookway (1995-1996)
H. J. Paton (1944-1945) Jennifer Hornsby (1996-1997)
Gilbert Ryle (1945-1946) John Cottingham (1997-1998)
R. B. Braithwaite (1946-1947) Adam Morton (1998-1999)
Norman Kemp Smith (1947-1948) David Wiggins (1999-2000)
C. A. Mace (1948-1949) James Griffin (2000-2001)
W. Kneale (1949-1950) Jane Heal (2001-2002)
J. Wisdom (1950-1951) Bob Hale (2002-2003)
A. J. Ayer (1951-1952) Paul Snowdon (2003-2004)
H. B. Acton (1952-1953) Timothy Williamson (2004-2005)
Dorothy Emmet (1953-1954) Myles Burnyeat (2005-2006)
C. D. Broad (1954-1955) Thomas Baldwin (2006-2007)
J. N. Findlay (1955-1956) Dorothy Edgington (2007-2008)
J. L. Austin (1956-1957) M G F Martin (2008-2009)
R. I. Aaron (1957-1958) Simon Blackburn (2009-2010)
Sir Karl Popper (1958-1959)

Notes [edit]

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.
4. ^ Brown (1947), p.249.

References [edit]

Brown, A.W., "The Metaphysical Society: Victorian Minds in Crisis, 1869-1880" New York: Columbia University Press (1947)
Carr, H.W., "The Fiftieth Session: A Retrospect", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol.29, (1928-1929), pp.359-386.

External links [edit]

The Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy

Categories: Learned societies of the United Kingdom | History of philosophy | Philosophical societies | Organizations established in 1880

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