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The Philosophy Documentation Center is a non-profit publisher and resource center that provides access to scholarly materials in applied ethics, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and related disciplines. It publishes academic journals, conference proceedings, anthologies, and online research databases, often in cooperation with scholarly and professional associations. It also provides membership management and electronic publishing services, and hosts electronic journals, series, and other publications from several countries. == History == The Philosophy Documentation Center was established in 1966 at Bowling Green State University in Ohio to manage the publication of specialized reference works in philosophy. It was founded by two members of the university philosophy department, Ramona Cormier and Richard Lineback, who recognized a need to improve access to the growing body of philosophical literature in English and other languages. Its first publication was ''The Philosopher’s Index'', which provided bibliographic listings, indexed by subject and author, of recently published journal articles in philosophy. In 1970 PDC assumed responsibility for the publication of the ''Directory of American Philosophers'' and the ''International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers''. In 1974, PDC began publishing a series of specialized research bibliographies that provided systematic overviews of the primary and secondary work of major philosophers. In 1975 the PDC published its first journal, ''Philosophy Research Archives'', a bilingual microfilm journal, in cooperation with the American Philosophical Association and the Canadian Philosophical Association.〔''Philosophy Research Archives'', Microfiche 1, 1975〕 This project was established in microfiche format in an effort to overcome the space limitations of traditional journals.〔"Meeting of the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association" in ''Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association'', Vol. 48 (1974 - 1975), p.80.〕 It was one of the first experiments with non-traditional formats in journal publishing. In 1977, PDC published a collection of papers from the First National Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, its first publishing work in support of a new professional organization.〔''Teaching Philosophy Today''. edited by Terrell Ward Bynum and Sidney Reisberg, in cooperation with the National Information and Resource Center for the Teaching of Philosophy, 1977. WorldCat Record, OCLC Accession No.3286509. This and subsequent Workshop-Conferences on Teaching Philosophy led to the establishment of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers. See the editor's introduction to the 2nd edition (2012), pp.v-vi.〕 That same year PDC began to provide publishing services for independent philosophy journals〔PDC invoices for 1977, retrieved 21 September 2012. This work began with typesetting for ''Idealistic Studies'' and ''The Journal of Critical Analysis''.〕 and its work on serial publications in print and electronic format has grown in increments. PDC currently produces dozens of print and electronic journals and series in philosophy and neighboring disciplines. It also provides online access to complete sets of discontinued journals. In 1995 the editor and original owner of ''The Philosopher’s Index'' retired from Bowling Green State University and ended his long association with PDC.〔"Hail & Farewell" in ''Phil Facts'', No.20, Summer 1995, p.1〕 Since 1995 he has continued to publish ''Philosopher's Index'' separate from PDC with his own organization (Philosopher's Information Center).〔''The Philosopher's Index'', volume 29, no.3, Fall 1995, p.ii〕 PDC continued to develop other publications and services, with a focus on the publishing and membership management needs of professional associations and scholarly societies. The scope of this work increased over time, with notable projects such as the ''Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy'' (1999-2001) and the production of the major publications of the American Philosophical Association (1999-2000). Fields covered by PDC now include applied ethics, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and semiotics. It manages memberships for twenty organizations, and this work includes secure hosting, digital work flow management, authenticated access to electronic resources, and online conference registration.〔 In 2001 PDC relocated its operations and most of its staff to Charlottesville, Virginia as a consequence of increasing technical demands of this expanding range of services.〔Atkins, Ace. "Deep Thoughts" in ''C-Ville Weekly'', July 24–30, 2001, p.5〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philosophy Documentation Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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