Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind Volume 1
January 20, 2022 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198845850.001.0001 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Editorial introduction or volume description |
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| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Describes the inaugural volume of Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind, which contains thirteen articles on three themes: the value of consciousness, naturalism and physicalism, and the nature of content. The editors state the series will publish armchair, empirically driven, and historical philosophy of mind, and will aim for exactly half of invited contributors to be women and half men, while noting it cannot control manuscript delivery or submission quantity and quality by gender. |
Abstract
Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind is an annual publication of some of the most cutting-edge work in the philosophy of mind. The philosophy of mind has, for at least half a decade, been torn between a traditional, armchair-led approach and a naturalistic, empirically driven approach. The most prestigious general philosophy journals tend to favor the traditional approach, while journals dedicated to the philosophy of mind tend to favor the naturalistic approach. Meanwhile, the history of philosophy of mind gets no play in philosophy-of-mind-dedicated journals, and is of course published mostly in history-of-philosophy journals. Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind will publish work from all three sectors: armchair philosophy of mind, empirically driven philosophy of mind, and history of philosophy of mind. As far as invited contributions are concerned, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind will observe a strict gender balance, with exactly half of the invitees being women and half men. It does not control, of course, the ultimate delivery of manuscripts by the invitees, nor the quantity and quality of submissions from each gender. This inaugural volume contains thirteen articles focused on three themes: the value of consciousness, naturalism and physicalism, and the nature of content.