Founded in 1993, the Philosophy of Time Society (PTS) promotes the study of the philosophy of time from a broad analytic perspective. It grew out of an NEH Seminar on the Philosophy of Time that George Schlesinger organized in 1991. The members of that seminar wanted to promote interest in the philosophy of time and Jon N Turgerson offered to become the first Director of the society, with the initial costs underwritten by the Drake University Center for the Humanities. The PTS hosts three annual meetings in conjunction with the divisional meetings of the American Philosophical Association (APA). Click on the “Meetings” and “Call for Papers” tabs to find out about upcoming meetings.
The PTS also collaborates with the Centre for Time in Australia, the Center for Philosophy of Time in Italy, and S.P.o.T in Germany as part of the International Association for the Philosophy of Time (IAPT). The primary purpose of the IAPT is the organization of an annual conference on the philosophy of time, the venue of which rotates typically between Europe, Australasia, and North America. The next meeting of the IAPT will take place in June 2024 in Lugano, Switzerland.