The Paul Carus Lectures Edited by Eugene Freeman This series of books evolves from papers delivered biannually at the American Philosophical Association meeting by a distinguished philosopher chosen by the Association. These lectures are a memorial to Paul Carus, editor of The Open Court and The Monist, editorial director of the Open Court Publishing Company from 1887 until his death in 1919. They are dedicated to his belief in the need to further free and original philosophic inquiry.