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Philosophy Compass (journal) Philosophy Compass is an online peer-reviewed philosophy journal established by Blackwell Publishers (now Wiley-Blackwell) in 2006http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phco.2006.1.issue-1/issuetoc. One of eight Compass journalshttp://blackwell-compass.com, Philosophy Compass publishes peer-reviewed articles which summarise the latest developments in a particular area of the field. The journal, like all the Compass journals, is aimed at an international readership including academic researchers, postgraduates students and advanced undergraduates.

Aims of the Journal

The aim of Philosophy Compass is to be a reference tool for researchers and students, working in the field of philosophyhttp://philosophy-compass.com/about/. According to the journal’s publicly available 'Notes for Authors' documenthttp://www.blackwell-compass.com/author_centre, articles are intended to be about 5,000 words long, and are available to readers in PDF and XML format, organized into annual volumes and monthly issueshttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291747-9991.

Journal Sections

Philosophy Compass has 13 sections, as follows:

Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art
Chinese Comparative Philosophy
Continental
Epistemology
Ethics
History of Philosophy
Legal & Political
Logic & Language
Metaphysics
Mind & Cognitive Science
Naturalistic Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Science

Editorial Structure

Each journal section is edited by one or more section editorshttp://www.philosophy-compass.com/editors, and also has a large, international editorial board who advise those section editorshttp://philosophy-compass.com/editorial-board/. The Editor-in-Chief of the journal is Brian Weatherson of Rutgers University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Weatherson. Weatherson runs a philosophy-themed blog, "Thoughts, Arguments, and Rants".

References

External links

[http://philosophy-compass.com]
[http://blackwell-compass.com
[http://tar.weatherson.org/]