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Aggregated Forums
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| All Philosophy | -- | 1692 | 100 | Berkeley and the Passivity of Ideas, posted today by Derek Allan |
| Metaphysics and Epistemology | -- | 1159 | 62 | The 'Explanatory Gap', posted yesterday by Stevan Harnad |
| Value Theory | -- | 53 | 10 | Philosophy of Art, posted 2010-02-07 by Derek Allan |
| Science, Logic, and Mathematics | -- | 111 | 14 | laws of nature, posted 2010-02-06 by Dennis Polis |
| History of Western Philosophy | -- | 55 | 14 | Berkeley and the Passivity of Ideas, posted today by Derek Allan |
| Philosophical Traditions | -- | 289 | 4 | Questions on Heidegger and Religion, posted 2010-02-06 by Laureano Luna |
| Discussions of PhilPapers | 640 | 190 | Disappearing text, posted 2010-01-29 by Dennis Polis | |
| Issues in the Profession | 16 | 4 | General Issues Concerning Online MA/PhD Programs in Philosophy, posted 2009-11-21 by Pamela Mordecai | |
| Paper Discussions | 203 | 43 | Have I got this right?, posted 2010-02-07 by Jim Stone |
Discussion of PhilPapers
| Forum | Subscribers | Posts | Threads | Latest post |
| Bug reports | -- | 278 | 114 | Disappearing text, posted 2010-01-29 by Dennis Polis |
| PhilPapers News | 10742 | 69 | 12 | Survey results now available, posted 2009-12-08 by David Bourget |
| Discussion of PhilPapers, Misc | -- | 101 | 25 | Suggestion about the pro/non-pro system, posted 2010-01-27 by Dennis Polis |
| The Categorization Project | -- | 37 | 10 | Biological Functions, posted 2009-12-27 by Steve Elliott |
| 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 | 1987 | 87 | 13 | Different kinds of knowledge have different justifications and definitions, posted yesterday by Ciaran Prendeville |
| Metaphilosophy | 811 | 52 | 6 | What are your pure research goals?, posted 2009-12-29 by Liam Bright |
| Metaphysics | 1810 | 35 | 11 | Reductive Approach to Possible Worlds, posted 2009-12-17 by Rodrigo Cid |
| Philosophy of Action | 797 | 5 | 1 | Compatibilists and incompatibilists who disagree only verbally?, posted 2009-04-06 by Derk Pereboom |
| Philosophy of Language | 1633 | 111 | 12 | Why is this paper so popular?, posted 2010-01-17 by Benj Hellie |
| Philosophy of Mind | 2438 | 772 | 21 | The 'Explanatory Gap', posted yesterday by Stevan Harnad |
| Philosophy of Religion | 1074 | 99 | 3 | Have I got this right?, posted 2010-02-07 by Jim Stone |
| 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 | 718 | 37 | 2 | Philosophy of Art, posted 2010-02-07 by Derek Allan |
| Applied Ethics | 989 | 1 | 1 | Subject payments & insurance in medical research, posted 2009-12-23 by Jim Krug |
| Meta-Ethics | 1138 | 2 | 1 | MLE seminar comments, posted 2009-09-12 by Matthew Arnatt |
| Normative Ethics | 1129 | 1 | 1 | Normative factors, posted 2009-12-01 by Susana Teixeira |
| Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality | 468 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Philosophy of Law | 608 | 1 | 1 | New Book by Raz, posted 2009-04-22 by Lawrence B. Solum |
| Social and Political Philosophy | 1530 | 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 | 816 | 2 | 2 | 3rd annual WEST COAST PLATO WORKSHOP, posted 2009-10-29 by Monte Johnson |
| Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy | 355 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| 17th/18th Century Philosophy | 715 | 5 | 3 | Berkeley and the Passivity of Ideas, posted today by Derek Allan |
| 19th Century Philosophy | 552 | 10 | 2 | Hegel Philosophy some help needed, posted 2010-01-11 by Robert M. Wallace |
| 20th Century Philosophy | 1047 | 30 | 4 | Have I got this right?, posted 2010-02-07 by Jim Stone |
| 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 | 135 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Asian Philosophy | 427 | 1 | 1 | Agamic Tanricism, posted 2009-04-06 by Dr. Priyavrat Shukla |
| Continental Philosophy | 768 | 286 | 2 | Questions on Heidegger and Religion, posted 2010-02-06 by Laureano Luna |
| European Philosophy | 426 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Philosophy of the Americas | 141 | 0 | 0 | Nothing in this forum yet. |
| Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous | 88 | 2 | 1 | What is Anglophone Philosophy?, posted 2010-01-15 by Jason Streitfeld |
