Tsinghua Studies in Western Philosophy
, a biannual journal run by the Department of Philosophy at Tsinghua University, hereby issues a standing call for submissions (for possible publication beginning with the Summer Issue of 2020). This call is directed at scholars in western philosophy (including master-level and doctoral students) who are based in institutions of higher education both in China and overseas.
The Journal has three topical areas:
Theoretical Philosophy,
including but not limited to metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of science, philosophy of logic, and philosophy of mathematics.
Practical Philosophy,
including but not limited to ethics and political philosophy, especially welcoming (1) historical studies in the traditions of Kant and Classical German Philosophy and (2) systematic studies in contemporary practical philosophy.
Philosophy, Culture and Science,
with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work.
It bears emphasis that both historical and systematic studies fall within the scope of the Journal. The Journal welcomes papers that are clear instructure, rigorous in argument, concrete in thesis, and concise in diction.
The Journal is trying to establish a double-blind peer review system. But even before it succeeds in this, the Journal is committed to a high standard of academic ethics and will follow the best international practices in treating the quality of the submissions as the chief standard of acceptance. The Journal has zero-tolerance towards submissions that violate the norms of academic integrity.
The Journal accepts submissions in Chinese and in English. Papers in Chinese must be within 16000 characters, including footnotes and references but excluding the abstract. Papers in English must be within 8000 words, again including footnotes and references but excluding the abstract. Papers exceeding these limits will not be considered. In order to encourage Chinese scholars to actively participate in the international philosophical community, the Journal will, when papers are equal in quality, favor those in English.
The Journal charges no publication fee and does not pay the authors.
Ideally, submitted papers will be vetted by the editorial team within two weeks and, if rejected, given prompt notification. Papers passing this initial round of editorial review will be sent on to reviewer(s) for blind review and can expect a response in three months.
All submissions should be sent to [email protected]
The subject-line of the submitting email should use the following format: author name, title of submission, intended topical area, and word-count. For example: “Asher Jiang, Quine’s Ontology, Theoretical Philosophy, 9808 characters (7994 words)”.
All submissions must be in WORD format. No other format will be accepted.
All submissions must be properly prepared for blind review (removing all identifying information), otherwise no submission will be considered.