The Society helps to bring together professional philosophers and non-professionals, to bring philosophical ideas and problems to the public attention, and to encourage wider discussion of both traditional and topical philosophical issues.
Membership is open to all.
A higher rate of 36 per annum applies to institutional subscribers such as libraries. The Philosopher is the oldest general Philosophy Journal in the world. The Philosopher believes in principle anything can be made clear to the interested reader, and that, in the words of the Society's archivist, whilst the expression of obscurity is pardonable, the reverse is not. Articles are considered without discrimination as to subject matter or author. The only criterion is that it must be philosophical in method.