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CALL FOR PAPERS

 

The Journal of Islamic Philosophy is now accepting submissions for upcoming issues. The journal is interested in papers on both ancient and modern Islamic philosophical topics. The emphasis is upon creating a link between traditional Islamic philosophy and contemporary philosophy. The following guide provides the scope of specialized figures and topics.

 

Topics and issues:	Important Muslim philosophers / thinkers:
Aesthetics Ancient Philosophy Muctazala Asharism and Maturidism Bioethics Eastern Philosophy Epistemology Ethics Existentialism Illuminationist Kalām Logic Medieval Philosophy Metaphysics Objectivism Phenomenology Philosophy of Education Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of Science Postmodernism Sufism and Philosophy Women and Philosophy	Al-Kindī Abu Bakr al-Rāzī Ibn Masarra Al-Fārābī Abd al-Jabar Ibn Sīnā Ibn Hazm Al-Juwayni Al-Ghazālī Ibn Bajjah Ibn Tufayl	Al-Suhrawardī Ibn Rushd Fakhr al-dīn al-Rāzī Ibn al-cArabi Ibn Khaldūn Mullā Ṣadrā Shah Wali Allah Al-Afghani Rashid Rida Muhammad Iqbal Muḥammad Abduh
	Other influential philosophers / thinkers, as they relate to, or in comparison with Islamic philosophy:
	Socrates Plato Aristotle Thomas Aquinas Frances Bacon Rene Descartes Baruch Spinoza Thomas Hobbes John Locke Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz George Berkeley	David Hume Jean-Jacques Rousseau Immanuel Kant Søren Kierkegaard John Stuart Mill Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche William James Alfred North Whitehead Martin Heidegger Jean-Paul Sartre Karl Popper

 

Guidelines:

• Please include a 200 to 300 word abstract, as online philosophy search databases contain only abstracts and not the complete work. Click here for more information on writing a good abstract.

• List of key terms in the article. (optional)

• Submissions are welcome from anyone working in the field: professors, scholars, students. Submissions may be of any reasonable length (under forty pages), and must meet professional and academic standards, suitable for publication. 

• See Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper: Link1, link2 (pdf), link3:

• Please include complete citations in embedded footnotes; bibliographies are not included, so footnotes must be complete. English is strongly preferred.

• The journal follows the Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed. or later) for citations and general style guidelines.

• Articles should be submitted in Gentium font with transliterations as necessary. The Gentium font is an open-source font and works on both PCs and Macs. Font may be downloaded from: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=Gentium_download 

• The Journal of Islamic Philosophy reserves the right to make necessary editorial and design changes for publication.

• Include with your email your name, university or organizational affiliation, mailing address, telephone / fax number, and a working e-mail address. In case of changes to any of this information during the editorial process please inform us immediately. As most of the contact will be through e-mail be sure that we always have your latest email. 

• All submissions must be sent by email in digital file format per guidelines below.

Digital File Format:

• Submissions should be sent in Microsoft word format. Please make sure that it is either in .doc format or rtf if you are using any other software to compose your article.

• Please DO NOT SUBMIT files in Microsoft's .docx format. (This is a new format that is in MS office 2007/2008 for Macs.)

• If there are any questions regarding format and style, please email the editor: editor@muslimphilosophy.com