Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Philosophical Topics is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the publication of new work in the major areas of philosophy. Each thematic issue consists entirely of invited papers. Recent issues have been concerned with perception, agency, modern philosophy, identity, and free will. The journal is published by the University of Arkansas philosophy department and the University of Arkansas Press. The editor is Edward Minar. Philosophical Topics began publishing under this title with volume 12 in 1981. The first eleven volumes (1970-1980) were published as The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy. All issues of both journals are available in electronic format from the Philosophy Documentation Center.