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About The Philosopher |
The Philosopher is the oldest general
Philosophy Journal in the world. It provides a forum for short, original,
brilliant and accessible articles (and, it is true, space for a few rather
less good ones!) . The Philosopher believes in principle anything can be
made clear to the interested reader, and that, in the words of the Society's
archivist, whilst the expression of obscurity is pardonable, the reverse
is not. Articles are consdered without discrimination as to subject matter
or author. The only criterion is that it must be philosophical in method.
The ever present threat of intellectual strangulation by the encroaching
jungle of academic style - extensive footnotes and jargon-strewn indigestible
prose - is vigorously hacked away at by the editorial team of:
The Philosopher can be contacted via email at: thephilosophicalsociety@yahoo.co.uk,Resort to post in cases of difficulty! The Philosopher,Notes for Contributors Contributions are welcome from members and non-members. Authors are encouraged to study the Journal for style and literary conventions. The Philosopher insists on a high standard of readability and transparency, more in line with Classical discussions than with the quite different aims and rationales of journals catering for the academic market. Articles should not exceed 3000 words, and are preferred considerably shorter. These should be sent typed or printed on one side of the page to the above Newcastle address, marked for the attention of the Editor. Please include a copy in electronic form - either as a text only file on disk, or by E-mail to: docmartincohen@yahoo.co.uk, as well as to z.stavrinides@bradford.ac.uk, also marked clearly as a copy. The Journal is moving towards direct electronic submission of papers too, see our online submissionspage. The cover page should bear the title of the paper, the name and address of the author, and number of words. Articles, illustrations and disks will not be returned unless accompanied by an SAE carrying the correct postage. We try to make a preliminary assessment of publication potential within three months of receipt, at which point articles may then be further referreed at the Editor's discretion. Authors receive a complimentary copy of the Journal on publication. Reviews The reviews editor encourages members to become reviewers for the Journal. A list of newly received books is printed in each issue, and in additon, there is a wide range of earlier texts available on request. A list of books recently available is on the website, here (as it were). Review articles can be up to 1500 words long, but short reviews of less than 350 words are preferred, and reviews of 100-200 words are equally welcome for the In a Word section. In return for this review, of course, whether published or not, reviewers retain the copy of the book. Due to the large numbers of books for review, we cannot guarantee to publish all reviews, and those published may be, in some cases, years down the line. However, it is essential that any review copy requested be read and reviewed promptly, preferably in time for the immediately following issue. Reviews should following the same conventions as above, and should be marked for the 'Reviews Editor', Jones Irwin, and addressed to: Department of Philosophy,If you wish to make email contact, use jones1@popmail.com please. Reviewers may also contact the Deputy Editor, at the Philosophy Department, Bradford University, Bradford West Yorkshire, email: z.stavrinides@bradford.ac.uk or submit reviews online. All submissions may be sent to The Philosopher, c/o the Centre for Lifelong Learning, at the above Newcastle address. Due to the volume of correspondence, if you require acknowlegement, please include an SAE. Footnotes and References Please keep notes to an absolute minimum,
and preferably have none at all. If you do wish to include notes, please
gather them into a Notes section at the end of the article. Further unreferenced
works which might be helpful to the reader, should be indicated in the
main text.
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