A History of U.S. Philosophy Via APA Presidencies (guest post)

With which universities have APA Presidents been affiliated? Joshua Paschal, a recent philosophy PhD out of Indiana University Bloomington, took up that question, gathered the data, and discusses it in the guest post, below. It’s a look at one kind of the institutional history of philosophy in the United States, one that may inform or complement our understanding of the sociology of the profession. James Edwin Creighton and Frank Thilly A History of U.S. Philosophy Via APA Presidenciesby Joshua Paschal The presidency of the American Philosophical Association (APA) is a glimpse into the history of academic philosophy in America. While only a partial picture, we can get some valuable insight into the history and tendencies of our discipline, as well as find some interesting outliers along the way. The dataset still has a few gaps, but any observable trends should hold regardless of those missing tokens. Before the longer write-up with commentary below, here are some standout stats: Only…