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What We Do

The Philosophy Documentation Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable access to the widest possible range of philosophical materials. Established in 1966, the PDC has earned a reputation for excellence with the publication of essential scholarly resources in philosophy, applied ethics, religious studies, classics, and related disciplines. We now provide a full range of electronic publishing services, including digital workflow management and support for a range of both institutional and individual subscription options.

New for 2009

This year we are pleased to welcome the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy International Association, Francis William Newman Society, Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal and The Philosopher's Magazine. Memberships, subscriptions, and renewals will be manageable on this web site, and customers will also be able to submit them by mail, phone, fax, or e-mail as follows:

Philosophy Documentation Center
P. O. Box 7147, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-7147
Tel. 800-444-2419  (toll free within the US & Canada)
Tel. 434-220-3300,  Fax: 434-220-3301,  E-mail order@pdcnet.org

Expanding Content

We are expanding our electronic publication of philosophy journals and series with work on discontinued titles from Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the US, and the UK. In 2009 all issues of the Bulletin de la Société Américaine de Philosophie de Langue Française, Cahiers du Centre d’Études Phénoménologiques, Die Philosophin, The Journal of Critical Analysis, The Journal of Pre-College Philosophy, and Studi Internazionali di Filosofia will be made available on Philosophy Online, our new electronic publishing platform. Titles already available include Cogito, Irish Philosophical Journal, and Tulane Studies in Philosophy.

Our Mission

This work is made possible by our commitment to provide affordable online access to all issues of the journals and series we publish — a commitment unmatched by any other philosophy publisher. The searchable full text of more than 1,000 issues of American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, The American Journal of Semiotics, Augustinian Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy, Idealistic Studies, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Philosophical Research, New Vico Studies, The Owl of Minerva, Philosophy & Theology, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, Radical Philosophy Review, Social Philosophy Today, and Teaching Philosophy is currently available online, along with 60 other journals and series. All of this material is available on Philosophy Online. Contact us if you're interested in a free trial!
 
Last updated June 11, 2009