About: Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy

Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy is a series of conference proceedings produced by the philosophy department at Bowling Green State University on the subject of applied philosophy. Each volume consists of selected papers presented at the annual conference on applied philosophy held at Bowling Green from 1979 to 1986. These conferences were sponsored by the university's Applied Philosophy Program with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The eight volumes in this series explore the philosophical implications of social problems whose solutions require rational planning and decision making. The series was produced in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center. Contributors to the series include Frithjof Bergmann, Myles Brand, David Hoekema, Jaegwon Kim,