Philosophical Explorations
Last updated ISSN 1386-9795
Philosophical Explorations is published by Taylor & Francis in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Philosophical Explorations concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Free Will and Agency
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1386-9795, 1741-5918 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 707 |
| Publishing since | 1998 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpex20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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