A RECENT HISTORY OF SCSP

The South Carolina Society for Philosophy was founded to serve the interests and needs of philosophy students and professionals around the State of South Carolina. Rumors if not records indicate that the Society has been in existence as far back as 1935. (Charles Kay has found one reference to the Society having been founded in 1935 and meeting with the SC Academy of Sciences.) Detailed records go back only to the 1960s.

The following table lists dates and places of recent annual conferences, the conference programs (those that we have online anyway), SCSP presidents (with affiliations at the time), and the titles of their presidential addresses (or those for which we have records). Thanks to Charles Kay, Hugh Wilder, Rosamond Sprague and their "institutional memory"!

Notes:
¹ As the only person in the history of the SCSP who served for two years as president, Hugh did not also deliver two presidential addresses.
² At the time of the annual meeting, Ferdy was already seriously ill and therefore unable to present a presidential address. He is now remembered with a lecture series in his name at the University of South Carolina.
³ At the time of the annual meeting, Richard was just becoming a father and helped deliver something more important than a presidential address. He delivered one of two presidential addresses at the meeting in 2001.
⁴ Since the NCPS does not share our tradition of having a presidential address, Dan did not deliver his presidential address in 1998 but two years later at the meeting in Feb 2000.
⁵ Anne deferred to Daniel Wueste to give a presidential address. She will present her presidential address at a later date. Update: Anne presented a paper on "Metaphor and What is Said" at the 2001 meeting, though it was not billed as a presidential address at the time.
⁶ Chris was on sabbatical leave during the 2004–2005 academic year and did not deliver his presidential address in 2005.