''Philosophical Topics'' is a

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covering all major areas of

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. Each thematic issue consists entirely of invited papers. Recent issues have been concerned with

perception Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous syste ...

, agency, modern philosophy, identity, and

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. The journal is published by the

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philosophy department and the University of Arkansas Press. The

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is Ashley Purdy. ''Philosophical Topics'' was established in 1970 as ''The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy'' and obtained its current title in 1981. All issues of both journals are available in electronic format from the

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