A Report Was Recently Issued by a Committee of an Organization whose members are concerned with teaching and writing philosophy, The American Philosophical Association. It was invited to undertake an examination of the present state of philosophy and the role philosophy might play in the postwar world. The invitation came from and was financed by a non professional body The Rockefeller Foundation. This fact is an indication that the theme is considered to be of public not merely professional concern. This intimation is borne out by a statement regarding the task entrusted to the Committee.