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ASSOCIATIONS

T-BB1  Dallas philosopher's forum.  URL: http://www.philosophersforum.org/
    Bimonthly lecture series in Dallas. Lecture schedules begin with 2000-2001.

T-BB2  New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society.  URL: http://www.hsutx.edu/academics/philosophy/NMWTPS.htm
    Includes annual meeting conference programs, 1999 to present; society history in "About the Society"; information about Southwest philosophical studies journal; and links to selected philosophy departments and other philosophical societies.

T-BB3  North Texas Philosophical Association.  URL: http://www.ntpa.net/index.htm
    "Established in the 1970s to promote philosophical dialogue and inquiry and to support and enhance the teaching of philosophy in the colleges and universities of north Texas and the surrounding areas". A good starting point for philosophy societies and external links.

T-BB4  Philosophical Society of Texas.  URL: http://www.pstx.org/
    Includes a short history of the society; list of officers, 2000 to present; purposes; and proceedings since 1995. Somewhat slow to update.

T-BB4a  Philosophy Club.  URL: http://www.phil.tcu.edu/club/index.shtml
    Started in 2003, this Texas Christian Univ. club meets weekly with undergraduate presentations. Open to all.

T-BB4b  Texas A&M Philosophy Club.  URL: http://dsa-stuorg.tamu.edu/philosophy/
    Student-run organization, dedicated to a more "socially oriented role as a practice of critical examination of accepted social and scientific values and norms."

TBB4c  Think Factory, Cy-Fair College.  URL: http://thethinkfactory.net/
    "The Think Factory provides a forum for free thought and philosophical questioning. Students and community members will be provided a sanctuary where all thought is questioned and encouraged. Our purpose is also to reintroduce philosophical and critical thought to the community."

T-BB4d  EpistemeLinks.  URL: http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Events.aspx?State=Texas
    Lists various Texas philosophy conferences, calls for papers, etc.

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HISTORY

T-BB5  A history of the Philosophical Society of Texas, 1837-1987.  Dorman Hayward Winfrey, comp.; block prints by Gerry Doyle.  Austin: Philosophical Soc. of Texas, 1987.  143 p.  ill., 4 p. of plates, facs., ports.
    Includes past presidents, 1837-1986 (p. 108); date and location of meetings, 1837-1987 (p. 109); texts of bylaws; lists of members in 1937 and 1987; facs. of correspondence from famous Texans; and a facs. of the original constitution dated 5 Dec. 1837. A guide to the Society's records is found online at the Fondren Library, Rice Univ. (
http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/archives/houstonphilosophicalsociety)

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Updated: 27 August 2007
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