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Aggregated Forums
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| All Philosophy | -- | 2022 | 110 | The analytic/continental divide, posted yesterday by Jeffrey White |
| Metaphysics and Epistemology | -- | 1320 | 67 | The 'Explanatory Gap', posted 2010-03-16 by Stevan Harnad |
| Value Theory | -- | 99 | 10 | Philosophy of Art, posted 2010-03-14 by Dilys Marsden |
| Science, Logic, and Mathematics | -- | 141 | 16 | Biology + Heidegger = ?, posted 2010-03-18 by Jeffrey White |
| History of Western Philosophy | -- | 90 | 18 | Ricoeur and Jaspers, posted 2010-03-17 by Gordon Robert Shiplett |
| Philosophical Traditions | -- | 357 | 4 | The analytic/continental divide, posted yesterday by Jeffrey White |
| Discussions of PhilPapers | 656 | 194 | Order of Authors, posted yesterday by Joshua May | |
| Issues in the Profession | 16 | 4 | General Issues Concerning Online MA/PhD Programs in Philosophy, posted 2009-11-21 by Pamela Mordecai | |
| Paper Discussions | 235 | 46 | Describing zombies, posted 2010-03-15 by Derek Allan |
Discussion of PhilPapers
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| Bug reports | -- | 289 | 118 | Order of Authors, posted yesterday by Joshua May |
| PhilPapers News | 11312 | 69 | 12 | Survey results now available, posted 2009-12-08 by David Bourget |
| Discussion of PhilPapers, Misc | -- | 103 | 25 | Projected developments, posted 2010-03-12 by Richard Brown |
| The Categorization Project | -- | 40 | 10 | Where are new categories needed?, posted yesterday by Nathan Wildman |
| PhilPapers Surveys | -- | 136 | 19 | Discussions of Survey results elsewhere on the web, posted 2010-01-10 by Carlo Penco |
| Help Forum | -- | 19 | 10 | Unable to read/download papers, posted 2010-01-19 by Adam Knott |
Issues in the Profession
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| Graduate Programs | -- | 5 | 1 | General Issues Concerning Online MA/PhD Programs in Philosophy, posted 2009-11-21 by Pamela Mordecai |
| Job Market | -- | 2 | 1 | Undergraduate student wondering about the profession of a "philosopher", posted 2009-07-24 by David Bourget |
| Issues in the Profession, Misc | -- | 9 | 2 | Bringing Editors and Referees Together, posted 2009-04-08 by Clayton Littlejohn |
Philosophy, Misc
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| Philosophy, Misc | 150 | 55 | 2 | Major philosophical issues that have been conclusively solved?, posted 2009-12-27 by Derek Allan |
Metaphysics and Epistemology
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| Epistemology | 2075 | 92 | 13 | Essential Epistemology: 1900-1950, posted 2010-03-16 by Julien Dutant |
| Metaphilosophy | 847 | 52 | 6 | What are your pure research goals?, posted 2009-12-29 by Liam Bright |
| Metaphysics | 1920 | 38 | 13 | Fitch's 'On Kripke and Statements', posted 2010-03-14 by Laureano Luna |
| Philosophy of Action | 831 | 7 | 3 | Free Will, posted 2010-03-12 by Hugh Chandler |
| Philosophy of Language | 1703 | 116 | 14 | Fitch's 'On Kripke and Statements', posted 2010-03-14 by Laureano Luna |
| Philosophy of Mind | 2568 | 911 | 21 | The 'Explanatory Gap', posted 2010-03-16 by Stevan Harnad |
| Philosophy of Religion | 1133 | 110 | 4 | Have I got this right?, posted 2010-02-24 by Peter Jones |
| M&E, Misc | 156 | 13 | 2 | Qualia and Creationism, posted 2009-12-08 by Jim Stone |
Value Theory
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| Aesthetics | 761 | 83 | 2 | Philosophy of Art, posted 2010-03-14 by Dilys Marsden |
| Applied Ethics | 1051 | 1 | 1 | Subject payments & insurance in medical research, posted 2009-12-23 by Jim Krug |
| Meta-Ethics | 1198 | 2 | 1 | MLE seminar comments, posted 2009-09-12 by Matthew Arnatt |
| Normative Ethics | 1178 | 1 | 1 | Normative factors, posted 2009-12-01 by Susana Teixeira |
| Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality | 489 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Philosophy of Law | 638 | 1 | 1 | New Book by Raz, posted 2009-04-22 by Lawrence B. Solum |
| Social and Political Philosophy | 1635 | 4 | 1 | Machine Rights, posted 2009-12-01 by Eddie Black |
| Value Theory, Miscellaneous | 253 | 5 | 2 | new book collecting images of contemporary art installations, posted 2009-08-02 by Matthew Arnatt |
Science, Logic, and Mathematics
History of Western Philosophy
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| Ancient Greek Philosophy | 853 | 3 | 3 | CFP: Neoplatonism and Dionysius the Areopagite (deadline 23rd February), posted 2010-02-21 by Filip Ivanovic |
| Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy | 371 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| 17th/18th Century Philosophy | 750 | 20 | 3 | Berkeley and the Passivity of Ideas, posted 2010-03-02 by Richard Brook |
| 19th Century Philosophy | 579 | 12 | 3 | Will to Power and Nihilism in Nietzsche's Philosophy, posted 2010-03-01 by Jason Streitfeld |
| 20th Century Philosophy | 1111 | 47 | 6 | Ricoeur and Jaspers, posted 2010-03-17 by Gordon Robert Shiplett |
| History of Western Philosophy, Misc | 207 | 6 | 2 | Platonism and Modern "Idealisms", posted 2010-01-14 by Robert M. Wallace |
Philosophical Traditions
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| African/Africana Philosophy | 146 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Asian Philosophy | 450 | 1 | 1 | Agamic Tanricism, posted 2009-04-06 by Dr. Priyavrat Shukla |
| Continental Philosophy | 802 | 354 | 2 | The analytic/continental divide, posted yesterday by Jeffrey White |
| European Philosophy | 451 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Philosophy of the Americas | 151 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous | 88 | 2 | 1 | What is Anglophone Philosophy?, posted 2010-01-15 by Jason Streitfeld |
