Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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History

Continuously published since its foundation in 1923 – with all members of the Australasian Association of Psychology and Philosophy receiving copies of the journal free of charge as a perquisite of their membership (it was also available to non-members at a cost of three shillings an issue, or ten shillings a year) [4] – it was published quarterly (in March, June, September and December) from 1923 until 1937, and triannually from 1938 to 1978, except for the period from 1943 to 1947, when limited war-time supplies restricted the publication to only two issues a year.

It resumed quarterly publication in 1979. Originally published by the Australasian Association of Psychology and Philosophy (later, Australasian Association of Philosophy) itself, it switched to Oxford University Press in 1998. Since 2005, the journal has been published by Routledge. [5]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief:

Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday, 14 October 1924. Australasian Association of Psychology and Philosophy.JPG
        Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday, 14 October 1924.

Notable articles

To celebrate the ninetieth volume of the journal, a "virtual special issue" was released in 2012, containing links to ten articles from past issues selected by then editor-in-chief Stewart Candlish. [6] According to the Web of Science, the following three articles have been cited most frequently (>150 times):

Best Paper Award

Since 2007, an annual prize of A$1,000 is awarded for the best paper published in the journal in the previous year. [7]

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References

  1. Young, R., "Australasian Journal Of Philosophy" in A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, Monash University Publishing, (Clayton), 2010.
  2. "Philosophy",The Queenslander, (Saturday, 23 December 1922, p.3.)
  3. "Notes and News", The Journal of Philosophy, Vol.44, No.16 (31 July 1947), pp.446–448 (at p.447).
  4. "Journal of Psychology and Philosophy", Western Mail, (Thursday, 22 March 1923), p.39.
  5. Candlish, Stewart, "The First Hundred Years of (The) Australasian Journal of Philosophy", Australasian Journal of Philosophy. doi : 10.1080/00048402.2020.1871385
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Taylor & Francis Online: AJP Best Paper Award Archived 29 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine .