Old men tend to recall curious things. As a graduate student,
I recall one of my professors speaking of the "Learned Journals" as a "vast
repository" of knowledge...a "vast repository"...somehow, the words
stuck. There is so much out there that we can't possibly keep up with
it all. But the journals, past and present, tell us about the state of our
discipline, as nothing else can.
Pardon, I really need to begin with a bit of history.
In the late 1960s, the Baylor Philosophy department took a classroom that
had been used by the Sociology department, Tidwell 307, and converted it into
a seminar room. Our chairman, Jack Kilgore, got a grant from a wealthy donor,
Newton Rayzor, and a really handsome room was put together, with plush chairs,
a huge table, and walnut panel walls.
The seminar room, which became known as the Rayzor Room, was
opened for business in 1970. The room had bookshelves, too. So we had to decide
what to put on the shelves. I suggested we purchase a set of the collected
works of William of Ockham--we could call it "Rayzor's Ockham."
This clumsy attempt at humor was ignored, and Dr. Kilgore suggested instead
that we start a collection of philosophical journals. I made a list of 20
or so that I considered the best, and he said, "We can get all of those."
And we did.
But of course there were problems.We did not have a librarian
to look after the collection, so sometimes we forgot to renew, and subscriptions
lapsed. And we found that subscriptions take a lot of space...
Meanwhile, I have always subscribed to a number of journals,
too. And even though I had the largest and finest office on the Baylor campus
for 24 years, I reached the point, some years ago, that I had not room enough,
either in my office or at home, for all those journals. I decided to donate
them to the department, and they were housed, for a time, in space that was
also our Student Lounge.This was not an entirely satisfactory arrangement.
Baylor students are honest (good Christians all!!), but sometimes forgetful.
So I feel sure some issues were lost during that period. Later, when our ever-expanding
department needed that area for office space, the journals were moved into
the Rayzor Room, and "melted" into the collection there.
When I first saw what is now Room 214 of Morrison Hall (they
keep changing the numbers!), it looked like an ideal place to house the department's
journals. So I asked our chairman, Dr. Baird, if the room might be used for
that purpose, and I volunteered to set it up as our Periodical Room. The room
is not large; it has no windows (and would therefore not be very good as office
space). But it does have lots of bookcases, floor to ceiling, on three sides.
I confess that I had no idea what I was taking on. On the big
moving day, I faced a mountain of more than 50 (!!) boxes, and more were on
the way!!. We had collected, over the years, an astonishing number of journals!
There were also boxes ("Just a few," Dr. Baird said), of Kierkegaard
materials...much
more should be said about these. I am not sure what is to be done with
them, but they are a real treasure. And thanks to the generosity of
Robert C. Roberts, we also have a Past Masters disk of Kierkegaard's works
in Danish.
Also, some years ago, a member of the Baylor Religion department,
Prof.Ed Dalglish, represented Baylor in purchasing books from the old Crozer
Theological Seminary...and we inherited a lot of books, some quite valuable,
that the Baylor libraries didn't want. Many of these made their way to the
Rayzor Room, and now to our Periodical Room. I recall being told that Crozer
"had resources" from, roughly, 1880 to 1930, and the books tend
to date from that period. They are mostly concrned with the Philosophy (or
Psychology) of Religion, and feature such authors as Paulson, Inge, Haldane
(No, not John), Hobhouse, Caird, Bergson, etc.
The Periodical Room will also house our growing collection of
Master's theses and critical papers.
In what follows, I attempt to give a partial list of
the major Philosophical journals available for your use in our Periodical
Room. I would stress that we certainly don't have everything; Baylor's Moody
Library doesn't have everything. And I do not list all that we have. We have
long runs of the Journal of Church and State, and The Christian
Scholar's Review. And we have samples, some more extensive than others,
of journals ranging from the University of California Publications in Philosophy,
to the Rice University Publications in Philosophy, to the Tulane
Studies in Philosophy, to Philosophical Papers, to Philosophy
in Context, the Philosophy Forum, Inquiry...the list is
endless. Come and look. I have not attempted to list all these. I have
tried to list what I consider the most important journals in our collection--plus
a few that just happen to interest me. And I have taken the trouble to provide
links for you, for those journals I could find online. I really hope this
little file, and the materials in the Periodical Room, will be of use to you.
Oh, I recently added a couple or three unusual items to the
collection. First, the Dewey
Newsletter was published from 1967-1978. It was sent, free of charge,
to members of the American Phlosophical Association's Western (now Central)
Division. This was a period in which the Dewey Center at Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, was putting together the Collected Works of John
Dewey, a mammoth publishing effort. The Newsletter featured stories
about Dewey, letters, etc. I collected the entire run into a folder, and recently
put it all (210 pages!!) into a convenient pdf. file. I should warn the reader
that this is a large file, and will take some time to download. Also,
back in 1966, I attended a Summer Institute for college teachers, at which
John Rawls was a featured lecturer--for 6 weeks. He shared with us a few duplicated
materials which were later, in 1971, to be part of his Theory of Justice.;
I think this material had been used in a course he had taught at Harvard in
1965. Finally, I can't recall the date, but, many moons ago, Thomas Munro
gave me a folder with a copy, translated, of the tables of contents for the
old Zeitschrift fur Aesthetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, from
1906-1939. Scholars will realize that this journal was the model for our Journal
of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (see below). I am convinced that
a lot of good scholarship went into the old Zeitschrift, academic treasure
yet unmined.
If some of what I say here makes no sense to you, you might
look at my Philosophy
and the New Technology: a Beginner's Guide....scroll down to the part
on Journal Articles--just after the Murillo painting.
And now the list:
The American Philosophical Association,
Proceedings and Addresses
Thanks to Jack Kilgore, we have this valuable
bit of history, for half a century--from Volume XXV,
for September, 1952, to the present...with an
issue from 1937 thrown in for good measure!
American Philosophical Quarterly
We should have all this one, but I think
an issue from 1991 may have "walked."
Aside from that, we have Volume 1, number 1,
for January, 1964--to the present.
The American Scholar
We have a number of scattered issues from Volume 56, number
2, for Spring, 1987,
to Volume 70, Number 3, for Summer, 2001.
And through the good offices of EBSCOhost,
we have the American Scholar online,
full text, from 1974 to the present
Analysis
I tried this journal for a while, but found it a bit tedious
for my taste.
So we have on the shelf only Volume 30, number
1, for October, 1969, to Volume 36, number 4, for June, 1976.
You can find Analysis, online, from Volume 57, for 1997,
in EBSCOjournals.
The
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
I gave up subscribing to this one, but we have
pretty good coverage from
Volume 44, number 1, for May, 1966, to
Volume 61, number 4, for December, 1983.
PCI Full Text has full text coverage, from 1923
to 1990!!
The
Australasian
Journal of Philosophy is
also available online from 2001 from Oxford University Press.
The
British Journal of Aesthetics
Volume I, Number 1: November, 1960--present. I got to this one
early!!
But the really good news is that this journal is now
available, full text
through PCI Full Text,
from 1960-1990!!
Just hit "Browse,", then "Philosophy,"
and if you know the alphabet, you're in business!!
The journal is also available online, full-text pdf. from 1999,
from the publisher (hit title above).
We have it all!!
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Not my area, but the collection has a few sample issues, from
Volume 20, number 1, for
May, 1969, to Volume 23, number 4, for November, 1972.
You can also get this online,
from 1998.
The
Edinburgh Review
There is only one small sample on the shelf, a volume covering
numbers IX and X of Volume V, from 1804-1805.
But we can access volumes 1-250, covering the period
of October, 1802 to October, 1929, through PCI Full Text!!
Ethics
I need to take a closer look at the subscription for this one;
I'm afraid it lapsed on me.
I inherited an issue from April, 1953.
We have on the shelves Volume LXXIII, number 1, for October, 1962, to Volume 111, number 1,
for October, 2000.
But we can get the back issues through JSTOR (from 1890!!),through 2001!!
And more recent issues are available through EBSCOhost, full text, 1992-present.
Just go to the Religion and Philosophy Collection database, hit "Publications,"
an alphabet will pop up, and the journal is easy to find.
Hume Studies
I came late to this journal, and, even then, the issues we have may have
been "picked over" a bit.
But the good news is that
Hume Studies is
now available online!!
Volumes I-X are available on an unrestricted basis;
more recent issues are available to members only!!!
On the shelves, we have, roughly, from Volume 19, number 2, for November, 1993, to
Volume 28, number 2, for November, 2002.
JBSP: The Journal of the British Society
for Phenomenology
We should have all of this one, but I need to see if
it has stopped.
What I mean is that we have Volume 1, number 1, for January,
1970, to Volume 29, number 3,
for October, 1998.
The Journal of Aesthetic Education
We have on the shelves, from the Inaugural Issue: Spring, 1966--present.
We have it all!!
As noted above, more recent issues, from 2003, are available through Project Muse.
The
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Volume XXI, Number 1: Fall, 1962--present may be found on the
shelves.
This journal is available, in JSTOR, from its founding in 1941.
EBSCOhost
has most isues, from 1975, to the present (again, just access the Religion and
Philosophy database, and select "Publications." Then look for the
JAAC, when the alphabet appears).
And the most recent (from 2001) issues are available
online (through
Ingenta).
We really have this one covered!
Journal
of the History of Ideas
We have on the shelves some early issues (with gaps) from Volume
XXX, number 4, for Oct-Dec, 1969, to Volume XLI, number 3, for July-Sept, 1980.
Then my subscription began with Volume XLVI, number 4,
for Oct-Dec, 1985, to the present.
You may find this journal, online, through JSTOR, from its beginning,
in 1940 to 1995, with a link to more recent issues in Project
Muse.
The
Journal of the History of Philosophy
This journal is a good example of our collection, and the way
it developed. We have a few early examples: Volume VII, number 4, for October,
1969, to Volume X, number 1, for January, 1972.
Then I began to subscribe, and so we have Volume XXIX, number
1, for January, 1991, to the present.
This journal is available, online, through PCI Full Text, from
Volume I, number 1, for October, 1963, to Volume XXVIII, number 4, for October,
1990 . We can get the very latest issues (2002) through Project
Muse.
Please notice that what we have on the shelf nicely fills the
gap from PCI full Text to Project Muse.
The Journal of Philosophy
Volume LIX, Number 16: August 16, 1962--present.
This journal is available online, from its beginning, in 1904, through JSTOR
(with a "moving wall" of five years).
The Journal of Speculative Philosophy
We have on hand Volume I, number 1, for 1987,to Volume 12, number 4
(with a missing issue or two), for 1998.
The Journal is available, online, from 1999, through Project Muse.
The Journal of Value Inquiry
Sadly, there are starts and stops, and restarts, but we have issues
from Volume 1, number 1, for Spring, 1967, to Volume 24, number 4,
for December, 1994.
Metaphilosophy
I began taking this one, but gave up (I do that too often),
so we have only Volume I, number 1, for January, 1970,
to Volume 11, numbers 3 & 4, for July/October, 1980.
But you can get this journal, from 1997, through EBSCOjournals.
Mind
We have availble all issues from Volume LXXI, number 284, for
October, 1962, to the present.
We have more on the shelfof this journal than I had thought!
Mind is also online, from its beginning (in 1876!!),
through JSTOR, to 1996.
And we can get more recent issues, from 1996, online, through
EBSCOjournals.
The Monist
I find that we have issues from Volume 47, number 2, for Winter,
1963, to Volume 71, number 4, for October, 1988.
Then, apparently through a computer glitch (we didn't know how
to use them back then), my subscription was stopped...but then I got Volume
75, for 1992, and the first issue for Volume 76, for 1993.
Very recent isssues of this journal may be found in Poiesis.
EBSCOhost
has the Monist, full text, from 1990 to the present. Just choose
the Philosophy and Religion database, select "Publications", an alphabet
will pop up, and the journal is easy to find.
North American Review
We have only a small sample, three volumes dating from 1861 and 1862, on hand.
But you can find it all, full text pdf., through PCI Full Text- from May, 1815.
Nous
We have scattered issues from Volume 4, number 1, for February, 1970, to
Volume 24, number 1, for March, 1990.
But you can find much more in JSTOR, from the start in 1967, to 1996.
And find the rest in EBSCOjournals, from 1997, to the present.
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
Volume 61, Numbers 1 & 2: January-April, 1980--
Volume 73, Number 4: December, 1992.
Note that this journal replaced
The Personalist (see below) after 1979.
The
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly is online, full text, from 1998, through
EBSCOhost.
The Personalist
Volume L, Number 1: Winter, 1969--Volume LX, Number 4:October, 1979.
We have one additional issue:
Volume XLII, Number 1, January, 1961.
After 1979, the title of this journal was changed to the
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.
Philosophical Quarterly
The matter becomes complicated. We have on hand from Volume 14, number 57, for
October, 1964, to Volume 38, number 153, for October, 1988
(plus the issue for January, 1995).
JSTOR has this one online, from the start in 1950 to 1996.
You can get the rest, full text from 1990, in
EBSCOhost.
The Philosophical Review
I think my subscription is up to date on this one. At any rate, we have on the shelves,
from Volume LXXI, number 3, for July, 1962, to Volume 111, number 1, for January, 2002.
Plus an extra issue from May, 1944!!
The Philosophical Review is also online, through JSTOR, from
the first issues in 1892, to 1999!!
More recent issues may be found in
Poiesis.
Philosophy
We have a fair sample of this journal on hand, from Volume 39, number 150, for
October, 1964, to Volume 55, number 214, for 1980.
We can also access this journal online, through
EBSCOjournals, from 1998 to the present.
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
We have a long run of this one,from Volume XXV, number 1,
for September, 1964, to the present,
with an issue, Volume XV, number 3, for March, 1955, added.
The journal is available, online, through JSTOR, from the start,
in 1940, to 1997 (moving wall of 5 years);
more recent issues may be found in Poiesis.
We have most issues from Volume 1, number 1, for Fall, 1975,
to Volume 14, number 2, for Spring, 1975.
But Jstor has more, from the start, to 1997.
EBSCOjournals has issues from 2001.
Philosophy of Science
We have a few copies of this one, from Volume 36, number 1, for March, 1969, to
Volume 44, number 4, for December, 1977.
But you can find it in JSTOR, from the start to 2001.
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
We have a couple of indexes
for this valuable
resource,
plus most of the Proceedings volumes, and the Supplements, from 1965-66 to
the
present,
and the Supplementary volumes for 1960 and 1962.
Process Studies
This is one of those journals that we started to get for the old Rayzor Room
collection, and got only 7issues ,
from Vol 1, No. 1, for Spring, 1971 to Vol. 2, No 4, for Winter, 1972.
But I decided to list it here, because there is a database, Religion
Online, that has, at last count, some 227 articles, in alphabetical order,
which appeared in this periodical.
This could be helpful for Whitehead or Hartshorne students.
Reid Studies
This journal began with Number 1 (1986-87), lapsed, then Volume
I, Number 2, Spring, 1998--to the present.
We have all that was published.
As of Spring, 2003, this journal was replaced by the Journal
of Scottish Philosophy.
Yes, we have that, too.
The
Review of Metaphysics
Volume XX, Number 1, Issue Number 77, September, 1966--present.
Also a couple of earlier issues: Volume XVI, Number 4, June,
1963, Issue Number 64, and Volume XIX, Number 1, September, 1965, Issue Number
73.
But the entire run is available online, through Poiesis.
The Southern Journal of Philosophy
We may be missing a few early issues, but we have most of this one,
from Volume 1, number 2, for Summer, 1963, to the present.
Select issues from as far back as 1995 may be found in Poiesis, along with most
isues after 1997.
The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy
On the shelves of our Periodical Room, you can
trace the history of the Southwestern Philosophical Society.
The Society was founded in the 1930s, but published
only a Newsletter (usually put together by the Secretary/Treasurer),
until 1970. We have the entire run (with some duplication) of the Southwestern
Journal of Philosophy, from its first issue-(actually, Volume 1, numbers
1 and 2, for Spring and Summer, 1970)- to Volume XI, number 3, for Fall,
1980.
The Editor thought we should avoid "regional"
labels, so for a while we had a confusing competition between The Southwest
Philosophical Studies (1981-1983) and The Proceedings of the Southwestern
Philosophical Society, and Philosophical Topics (Spring, 1981-Fall,
1988).
Now we have The Southwest Philosophy Review,
and we have a rather complete run, from 1984-the present.
Teaching
Philosophy
We need to do more with this very helpful journal, especially
since some members of our department have published
in it. At present, we have on the shelves, an aborted run from
Volume One, Number Two, for Fall, 1975
through Volume Seven, Number Four, for October, 1984.
But you can find the entire run, online, through Poiesis!!
Yale French Studies
We have on the shelves only a few issues dealing with Existentialism, but the rest,
or most of them, can be found in JSTOR, from 1948, with a "moving wall" of 2 years.
Enjoy!!
EHD
