Philosophical Issues
Last updated ISSN 1533-6077
Philosophical Issues is published by Wiley in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,900.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Philosophical Issues concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Free Will and Agency
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
- Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1533-6077, 1758-2237 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,900 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 816 |
| Publishing since | 1991 |
| Journal website | www.blackwellpublishing.com/seriesbyseries.asp?ref=P |
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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