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| Journal of Philosophical Research | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Philosophical Research |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Language | English |
| Abbreviation | J. Philos. Res. |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Annual |
| History | 1975–present |
| Issn | 0091-2031 |
Journal of Philosophical Research is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal publishing articles in analytic philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, philosophy of language, and related subfields. Founded in the mid-1970s, the journal has featured contributions from scholars associated with universities, research institutes, and learned societies across North America and Europe. Over decades it has intersected with debates connected to movements and figures such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Wilfrid Sellars, Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, and institutions like Princeton University, Harvard University, and the University of Pittsburgh.
The journal was established in 1975 amid expansions in analytic philosophy at centers including University of California, Berkeley, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Yale University, and Columbia University. Early issues included work addressing problems raised by thinkers such as Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, Rudolf Carnap, and W. V. O. Quine, and debates tied to events like the rise of logical positivism, the influence of the Vienna Circle, and the aftermath of the Analytic–Continental divide. Institutional support and distribution involved partnerships with organizations such as the American Philosophical Association, the Philosophy Documentation Center, the Social Sciences Research Council, and university presses including Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.
The journal’s scope covers topics associated with scholars and traditions like Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, G. W. F. Hegel, David Hume, John Locke, and contemporary figures including Donald Davidson, P. F. Strawson, David Lewis, Thomas Nagel, and Martha Nussbaum. Editorial policy emphasizes rigorous argumentation, methodological clarity, and engagement with primary sources such as Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations, Naming and Necessity, and Word and Object. Peer review is conducted by referees drawn from departments at institutions like Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, University of Chicago, and research centers such as the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Institute for Advanced Study.
Published annually by the Philosophy Documentation Center with distribution through academic libraries at places like the Library of Congress and consortia including JSTOR and Project MUSE, the journal issues single-theme volumes and general issues. Access policies have evolved alongside publishers such as Routledge, Springer, and Taylor & Francis; digitization efforts align with initiatives from HathiTrust, Google Books, and institutional repositories at Princeton University Library and Harvard Library. Submissions undergo editorial screening and anonymized refereeing; accepted manuscripts are copyedited following standards used by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.
The journal is indexed in bibliographic services and citation databases including Philosopher's Index, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Modern Language Association database. Metadata and abstracts are harvested by library systems such as OCLC WorldCat and linked data efforts involving the Digital Public Library of America and the Open Archives Initiative. Citation tracking relates the journal’s articles to works cataloged by providers like CrossRef, Google Scholar, and Microsoft Academic.
Articles in the journal have engaged with topics advanced by figures such as Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, Donald Davidson, David Lewis, and Nelson Goodman, and have been cited alongside works published by Blackwell, Routledge, and MIT Press. Notable contributions have been discussed in venues like Mind (journal), Philosophical Review, Nous, The Journal of Philosophy, and in monographs from presses such as Princeton University Press and Oxford University Press. The journal’s influence is traceable through citations in treatises addressing metaethics debates linked to G. E. Moore and John Rawls, and in analytic treatments continuing threads from Wittgenstein and Kripke.
Editorial leadership has included scholars affiliated with universities and institutes like Rutgers University, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, University of Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science, and the Australian National University. The editorial board typically comprises philosophers associated with departments such as King's College London, UCL, University of Edinburgh, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, McGill University, Duke University, and research organizations including the British Academy and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The journal is regarded by scholars at Princeton, Yale, Harvard, MIT, and Stanford as a reputable outlet within analytic philosophy, attracting submissions from philosophers linked to the Vienna Circle tradition, the Pragmatist lineage including William James and Charles Sanders Peirce, and contemporary schools associated with scholars such as Miriam Solomon, Kit Fine, and Timothy Williamson. Its articles are cited in graduate syllabi at programs like University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, and New York University, and inform debates at conferences organized by the American Philosophical Association, the Mind Association, and the Society for Exact Philosophy.
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