The objects of the Association are all of the following:
to promote philosophy, including:
philosophical education; and
philosophical research and scholarship;
to promote the exchange of philosophical ideas, including by:
publishing or procuring the publication of, the Journal or other journals;
organising or causing to be organised, national and international conferences; and
becoming a member of, co-operating with, or affiliating with, companies or associations having objects similar to those of the Company;
to support its members, and professional philosophers generally, in connection with their philosophical activities.
In pursuit of these aims the AAP:
edits the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, one of the world's leading philosophy journals; and
schedules and supports the annual AAP Conference, hosted by different philosophy programs across the Australasian region.
In addition, the AAP:
awards annual prizes for promoting philosophy in the media, as well as for the practice of philosophy in schools;
collects benchmarking data on the profession;
responds to requests and reviews from Government bodies and related authorities;
develops, runs and supports projects that are relevant to the profession and which raise the profile of philosophy in Australasia more generally;
facilitates an annual Heads' of Philosophy Programs meeting; and
maintains a list of conferences and public lectures, jobs and scholarships, philosophy programs in Universities in Australasia, and philosophy related mailing lists.
