Florida Philosophical Association

Florida Philosophical Association
AbbreviationFPA
Formation1955
TypeScholarly and academic society
HeadquartersFPA headquarters:
Department of Philosophy,
University of Florida
330 Griffin-Floyd Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545

Florida Philosophical Review headquarters:
University of Central Florida,
4000 Central Florida Blvd,
Orlando, FL 32816-1352
Region served
Florida
Membership349
President
Susan Peppers-Bates
Vice President
Joshua Rust
Secretary-Treasurer
Ron Claypool
Websitemeta.phil.ufl.edu/host/fpa/

The Florida Philosophical Association (FPA) is a scholarly academic organization founded in 1955 to promote the study of philosophy in Florida.[1] The organization sponsors an annual conference in November. Past presidents include Grayson Douglas Browning (1967–1968), Ellen Stone Haring (1974–1975), Jaakko Hintikka (1984–1985), and Roy Weatherford (1997–1998).[2][3][4]

The Florida Philosophical Review is the peer-reviewed electronic journal of the FPA. It is published annually or biannually by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Central Florida.[5][6]

The president for 2025–2026 has been the feminist philosopher Susan Peppers-Bates of Stetson University.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Florida Philosophical Association". University of Florida Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  2. ^ Shook JR, ed. Dictionary Of Modern American Philosophers, pp. 360, 1023 (Bloomsbury; 2005)
  3. ^ Klein ER (2007) Space Exploration: Humanity’s Single Most Important Moral Imperative Philosophy Now
  4. ^ "FPA: Officers". University of Florida Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  5. ^ "The Florida Philosophical Review". University of Florida Department of Philosophy. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Florida Philosophical Review". University of Central Florida. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Susan Peppers-Bates: Associate Professor of Philosophy; Chair of Philosophy Department". Stetson University. Retrieved 30 January 2026.