Philosophy: Information for Authors
Philosophy
The editorial policy of the journal pursues the aims of the Institute: to promote the study of philosophy in all its branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, social and political philosophy and the philosophies of religion, science, history, language, mind and education. The Institute is not committed to any school or method and its membership is not restricted to those with special qualifications in philosophy. Contributors are expected to avoid all needless technicality.
Prospective authors should send their contributions, typed and double-spaced on quarto or A4 paper, to
The Editor:
Professor Anthony O'Hear
Royal Institute of Philosophy
Contributions should on no account be longer than 10,000 words. Generally speaking far shorter is much to be preferred. Submissions may not be returned. Email submissions are not acceptable.
Authors should observe the conventions of the journal. The Editor will alter manuscripts wherever necessary to make them conform to journal style.
Quotation marks
Single quotation marks should be used except where there is a quotation within another.
E.g. 'He cried out “one should only use double quotation marks within single quotation marks”, and stormed off.'
Unless the punctuation is an integral part of the quotation, it should be outside the quotation marks.
E.g. She looked up and asked 'Like this?'
He nodded and replied 'yes, that's exactly right'.
Titles of articles should be in single quotation marks. Scare quotes should be in single quotation marks.
Italics
The titles of books and journals should be in italics.
Foreign words and phrases should be in italics.
E.g. 'reductio ad absurdum' and 'a priori'.
Hyphens, en-rules, em-rules
En-rules should be used for parentheses, rather than em-rules.
E.g. 'en-rules are – according to Hart's rules – the most appropriate for
NOT
'en-rules are─according to Hart's rules─the most appropriate for
En-rules should be used to indicate ranges, rather than hyphens.
E.g. '136–234'
NOT
135-234
Footnotes
Notes and references will be printed as footnotes. Citations should also be given as footnotes and should appear as follows:
1. John Hyman, 'Pains and Places', Philosophy 78 (2003), 5–24
2. R. B. Louden, Morality and Moral Theory (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992).
3. Op. cit. note 1, 101–112.
NOTE – do not include 'pp.' or 'p.' to indicate pages.
Structure
Sub-sections should be headed with Arabic rather than Roman numerals.
Abstracts should appear at the start of articles, and should be between 100 and 200 words in length.
At the end of articles, the name of the author's institution should appear in bold. We will also include the author's email address, unless requested not to.
E.g. ...is being sensed. This kind of proprioception is fundamental to the perception of objects. Its importance is not recognised by the writers discussed above, nor even by Gibson.
assistant@royalinstitutephilosophy.org
At the end of reviews, the author's name should appear in bold.
Only corrections of typesetter's errors can be allowed in proofs. Authors are therefore asked to send any alterations or additions to Professor O'Hear as soon as possible after receiving his letter of acceptance.
Authors of articles, discussion papers and review articles will receive a pdf offprint free of charge. Print offprints may be purchased from the publisher if ordered at proof stage. Authors will also receive a copy of the issue in which their article appears.
Books for review should be sent to the Editor at the Institute and not to Cambridge University Press. Publishers are asked to note that non-philosophical works are not reviewed in Philosophy
Contributors of accepted articles will be asked to assign their copyright (on certain conditions) to the Royal Institute of Philosophy so that their interest may be safeguarded.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any material in which they do not own copyright, to be used in both print and electronic media, and for ensuring that the appropriate acknowledgements are included in their manuscript.
Authors' corrected proofs should be sent to Professor O'Hear, Royal Institute of Philosophy,
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