The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

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For over fifty years, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science has published the best international work in the philosophy of science under a distinguished list of editors including Alexander Bird, Peter Clark, Mary Hesse, James Ladyman, Imre Lakatos, and David Papineau.

One of the leading international journals in the field, it publishes outstanding new work on a variety of traditional and 'cutting edge' topics, from issues of explanation and realism to the applicability of mathematics, from the metaphysics of science to the nature of models and simulations, as well as foundational issues in the physical, life, and social sciences. Recent topics covered in the journal include the epistemology of measurement, mathematical non-causal explanations, signalling games, the nature of biochemical kinds, and approaches to human cognitive development, among many others. The journal seeks to advance the field by publishing innovative and thought-provoking papers that open up new directions or shed new light on well-known issues.

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science receives over 500 submissions a year. In making their decisions, the Co-Editors-in-Chief seek advice from a team of Associate Editors and a large number of expert referees.

The journal has a policy of seeking to reach a decision on all submissions within six weeks of receipt. This is partly to encourage early career authors in particular to submit articles, but also to avoid unnecessary and disruptive delays.

The editorial team also ensures comprehensive coverage of the most important books on philosophy of science and related subjects, and publishes longer review articles on books of major significance in the field.


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News

New policy on length of articles
Due to a large increase in the number of high-quality submissions to the BJPS, the Editors have made some changes to their policy on the word limit of articles. For more details, read the message from the Editors here.

Bessel Award
BJPS Associate Editor Roman Frigg wins prestigious Bessel Award for his cutting-edge research in philosophy. More information can be found here.

2015 Popper Prize
The Editors of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science are pleased to announce that the 2015 Popper Prize has been awarded to Matthew Slater (Bucknell University) for his paper, ‘Natural Kindness’, Volume 66 (2015), 375-411. Read his article free online now!

New OUPblog post from BJPS authors now available to read online. Read 'The life of culture' by Andreas De Block and Grant Ramsey, and read their original article free online.

Cushing Memorial Prize Winner
Eleanor Knox (King's College London) has been awarded the James T. Cushing Memorial Prize in History and Philosophy of Physics for her BJPS article 'Newtonian Spacetime Structure in Light of the Equivalence Principle'. Read why she won here.

New Associate Editors
The BJPS is delighted to announce that Lara Buchak (UC Berkeley), Alyssa Ney (University of Rochester), Anya Plutynski (Washington University in St. Louis), and Robert Rupert (University of Colorado) have joined the editorial team at the BJPS.

Auxiliary Hypotheses
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science has its own blog, Auxiliary Hypotheses. We cover trends in (subfields of) philosophy of science, current news/science stories that link up with issues in the philosophy of science, informal philosophy of science conference reports, stories from the world of academic philosophy from a philosophy of science angle, offer advice from an editor’s perspective, and anything else that might take our fancy.

Virtual Issue: Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science
Psychology emerged within the last two centuries from a long tradition of philosophical speculation about the mind, and it has to a large degree remained entangled with that tradition. Psychological theorizing overlaps with philosophical discourse at many points, and has also produced a host of concepts, methods, and models that shed new light on some of philosophy’s old problems. This combination has made it one of the most fertile sources of material for philosophers of science. We've put together this virtual issue, Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science, which is freely available to read online now!

Highly Cited Papers
Read the papers that contributed to our 2015 Impact Factor here.

Editors' Choice Article Collection
This free collection, updated with each issue, features exemplary articles chosen by our editors. Access the editors' choice article collection here.

Blog post
The authors of a recent BJPS article, Richard Dawid, Stephan Hartmann, and Jan Sprenger have posted on the OUPblog, read it online now:
Inferring the unconfirmed: the no alternatives argument

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