 Baumrin suggested that Bynum should persuade a number of famous philosophers to serve on a Board of Consulting Editors, then send a journal proposal to the publisher Basil Blackwell, who already published several important philosophy journals, such as "Mind".Bynum followed Baumrin's advice and sent a proposal to Blackwell in late 1968.Blackwell accepted Bynum's proposal, and the first issue of "Metaphilosophy" was published in January 1970.