Guidelines for Contributors

The editor welcomes accessible and engaging contributions from philosophers and other thinkers on any topic broadly related either to philosophy or to the development of thinking skills. It is anticipated that most contributors will be academics.

Contributions should be below 3000 words (unless otherwise agreed with the editor). Very short pieces are welcome.

The editor would particularly like to encourage the use of imaginative and unusual ways of making ideas engaging and accessible, e.g. through the use of dialogue, humour, illustrations (black and white line and photos), examples taken from the media, etc. Papers engaging with some topical debate are especially welcome.

Contributors should presuppose no philosophical background knowledge on the part of the reader. The use of jargon and logical notation, especially where unexplained, should be avoided.

While the presentation of original thought is very much encouraged, a submission need not go beyond providing an engaging introduction to a particular philosophical issue or line of argument. Authors are asked to include within their submissions clear and fairly thorough introductions to any debates to which they wish to make a contribution.

The Royal Institute of Philosophy retains the option of reprinting published pieces in later collections. Authors may republish pieces with the Institute’s permission (the requirement being that THINK be credited with first publication). Authors are automatically free to republish in any collection of their own work. Papers should only be submitted if the author agrees to be bound by the conditions set out in this paragraph.

The editor has the assistance of a panel of referees drawn from the Institute’s Council.

Please include with your contribution a brief statement of your position and institution (where relevant).

House style

The editor would be grateful if final submissions adopt the THINK house style. Please use single quotation marks (double when embedded) and dashes rather than hyphens for punctuation. Please italicize rather than underline.

Where it is unavoidable that notes be included, they should be endnotes in the THINK style. Examples:

Fred Author, Title of The Book (Place: Publisher, 2002), p. 23.

D. Academic, ‘Title of Paper’, A Journal, vol.1, no.1 (1990), pp. 34-56.

Submissions

Contributions should be sent to:

Stephen Law (editor)
THINK
Heythrop College
University of London
Kensington Square
London W8 5HQ

Email: think@royalinstitutephilosophy.org