journals in English, yielding the following top 20: {| cellspacing="9"; cellpadding="0"; |+ style="background:#efefef;" | Table of prominent professional journals in contemporary philosophy |- | 1. Philosophical Review | 6. Australasian Journal of Philosophy | 11. Synthese | 16. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society |- | 2. Mind | 7. Philosophers' Imprint | 12. Canadian Journal of Philosophy | 17. The Monist |- | 3. Nous | 8. Philosophical Studies | 13. Erkenntnis | 18. European Journal of Philosophy |- | 4. Journal of Philosophy | 9. Philosophical Quarterly | 14. American Philosophical Quarterly | 19. Journal of the American Philosophical Association |- | 5. Philosophy & Phenomenological Research | 10. Analysis | 15. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly | 20. Thought | |} Concerning continental philosophy specifically, a 2012 survey of mostly professional philosophers asked them to rank the highest quality "continental tradition" philosophy journals in English. Listing the survey's top 6 results: {| cellspacing="4"; cellpadding="1"; |+ style="background:#efefef;" | Table of prominent professional journals in continental philosophy |- | 1. European Journal of Philosophy | 4. Inquiry |- | 2. Philosophy & Phenomenological Research | 5. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie |- | 3. Journal of the History of Philosophy | 6. British Journal for the History of Philosophy |} The Philosophy Documentation Center publishes a well-known "Directory of American Philosophers" which is the standard reference work for information about philosophical activity in the United States and Canada. The directory is published every two years, alternating with its companion volume, the "International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers" (the only edited source for extensive information on philosophical activity in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Latin America). Since the start of the 21st century, philosophers have also seen the growing utilization of blogs as a means of professional exchange. A few notable milestones in this development include an informal listing of philosophy blogs begun by philosopher David Chalmers which has since become a widely used resource by the profession, the establishment of a partnership between ethics blog PEA Soup and the prominent journal Ethics to post featured articles for online discussion on the blog, and the role of blogs like What is it Like to be a Woman in Philosophy? in bringing attention to the experience of women in the profession. The analytic–continental divide The beginning of the divide Contemporary continental philosophy began with the work of Franz Brentano, Edmund Husserl, Adolf Reinach, and