APA Committee Issues Statement on Swinburne’s SCP Keynote (Updated) The Committee on the Status of LGBTQ Philosophers in the Profession, one of the committees of the American Philosophical Association, has issued a statement in light of the controversy regarding Richard Swinburne’s keynote address at the 2016 Midwest Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP) meeting. The statement first emphasizes that Swinburne’s talk was a keynot..