"One Grand Pursuit": A Brief History of the American Philosophical Society's First 250 Years. 1743-1993 by Edward C. Carter II. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1993

Astronomy during the Early Years of the American Philosophical Society.

Astronomy During the Early Years of the American Reports: Philosophical Society: DR. S. A. MITCHELL .................. 489 First Report of the War Policy Committee of the American Institute of Physics .......... .............. 508 Obituary: Special Articles: Arthur Newell Talbot: PROFESSOR F. E. RICHART. The Biochemical Specificity of Sulfanilamide and Recent Deaths ......... 495 of Other Antib...

Contemporary Shifts in the Christian Doctrine of Hell in Anglo-American Philosophical Theology

This problem of hell is a specific form of the problem of evil. The possibility that perhaps a great number of people will end up in an eternal hell is a problem for the Christian who also confesses faith in an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God. In this paper, I shall introduce issuantist views of hell and show that the basic formulations of this perspective do not provide an adeq...

The American Cultural Identity: Philosophical Reflections on the Existing Controversies over its Nature

Philosophical Ethics Adapted from Thomas White, "ethics," Chapter 1, Business Ethics: a Philosophical Reader (new York: Macmillan Publishing, 1993)

Ethics is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human actions. Philosophical ethics differs from legal, religious, cultural and personal approaches to ethics by seeking to conduct the study of morality through a rational, secular outlook that is grounded in notions of human happiness or well-being. A major advantage of a philosophical approach to ethics...

Philosophical Transactions: 350 years of publishing at the Royal Society.

Carlton House Terrace, London. A prominent address in the heart of the buoyant city, yet a quiet and dignified house when one enters. It has been the residence of the Royal Society of London since November 1967, the fifth residence since 1660, when the Society came into existence. The conference was one of the 2015 events to celebrate the beginnings of scientific publishing in England: Philosop...