Journal of Philosophy

Journal of Philosophy
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Title	Journal of Philosophy
Discipline	Philosophy
Language	English
Abbreviation	J. Philos.
Publisher	Routledge (formerly Columbia University Press)
Country	United States
Frequency	Monthly
History	1904–present
Issn	0022-362X

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Journal of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic periodical publishing research in philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and related areas. Founded in 1904, it has featured work by leading figures associated with Princeton University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Oxford University Press authors, and scholars linked to movements such as analytic philosophy, logical positivism, ordinary language philosophy, and continental philosophy. The journal is recognized for influential articles that intersect with debates involving Ludwig Wittgenstein, Willard Van Orman Quine, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and more recent contributors connected to John Rawls, Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, and David Lewis.

History

The journal was established in 1904 at Columbia University during a period when figures like Josiah Royce and William James shaped American intellectual life; early issues included exchanges with scholars from Princeton Theological Seminary and contributors associated with Harvard University. In the interwar years the periodical became a forum for responses to Russell's paradox and discussions influenced by publications from Cambridge University Press and debates involving G. E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein. During the mid-20th century, articles responded to developments at institutions such as University of Chicago and University of Oxford, and to wider shifts exemplified by events like the rise of logical positivism and the influence of conferences at Mount Holyoke College and symposia connected to American Philosophical Association. Later editorial changes involved editors with appointments at Columbia Law School, Princeton Theological Seminary, and collaborations with publishers such as Routledge.

The journal's scope emphasizes analytic work in metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, ethics, and political philosophy while also publishing pieces engaging with phenomenology and continental thinkers like Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre when they intersect with analytic concerns. Submissions undergo blind peer review by referees affiliated with institutions such as New York University, University of Pittsburgh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, and Stanford University. Editorial policy situates the journal among outlets that include Mind (journal), Philosophical Review, Noûs, Synthese (journal), and Erkenntnis, privileging clarity and argumentative rigor in the style associated with editors tied to Princeton University Press and scholarly societies like the American Philosophical Association.

The periodical has published key pieces that shaped debates about reference, identity, and justification, alongside articles responding to works by Bertrand Russell, Saul Kripke, Willard Van Orman Quine, and Donald Davidson. Influential contributions engaged with topics from Gettier problem reactions to interpretations of Hume's problem of induction and critiques of Cartesian skepticism, with authors affiliated to Oxford University, Cambridge University, Brown University, Cornell University, and Columbia University. The journal has printed responses to major monographs published by Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press, and has run symposiums featuring scholars connected to Harvard Law School, Princeton University, Chicago School of Economics affiliates, and commentators from University of California, Berkeley.

The editorial board comprises scholars holding appointments at institutions such as Columbia University, Princeton University, New York University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Yale University, Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The journal appears monthly and issues are managed through a submission system with oversight comparable to editorial practices used by Elsevier and Taylor & Francis. Back issues have been digitized in collections alongside other periodicals archived at repositories like JSTOR and institutional libraries at Columbia University Libraries and British Library holdings.

Scholars cite the journal across literatures associated with analytic philosophy, philosophy of science, moral philosophy, and interdisciplinary work linking to departments at Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, and University of Chicago. Citation analyses referencing databases maintained by Web of Science and Scopus show persistent influence comparable to that of Philosophical Review and Mind (journal). Critical reception includes debates published in response issues and letters involving scholars from University of Pittsburgh, Ohio State University, University of Toronto, and Australian National University.

The journal is indexed in major services including Philosopher's Index, Web of Science, Scopus, JSTOR, and EBSCOhost. Library catalogs at Library of Congress and holdings tracked by OCLC list comprehensive runs of the title, and metadata is incorporated into discovery services used by institutions such as Columbia University Libraries and Harvard Library.

Category:Philosophy journals Category:Publications established in 1904