About the Journal

Focus and Scope

POST-FILOSOFIE is an open-access and double-blind peer-reviewed journal of critical philosophy. POST-FILOSOFIE adopts a multidisciplinary and comparative approach based on the dialogue with different sciences and epistemological paradigms.

POST-FILOSOFIE aims at publishing contributions of the high possible level which inhere all the possible research fields of Humanities. Indeed, our Journal is a point of convergence among disciplines which focus on the Human Knowledge with its peculiar forms of rationality.

We believe that the philosophical practice cannot be reduced to a historiographical “rumination”, neither it can be considered as an end in itself. Rather, we believe that the archival and established research methods must face the challenges of the present. 

From such a perspective, the – however inflated –  prefix “post-” alludes to a double semantic layer: on the one hand, it refers to the pluralism of philosophical orientations and perspectives which indisputably characterise our present; on the other hand, “post-”designates  the movement of torsion within the philosophical tradition, and the search for new languages and categories capable of thinking and understanding our present.

On this point we agree with Deleuze and Guattari when they affirm that “Philosophy cannot be reduced to its own history, because it continually wrests itself from this history in order to create new concepts that fall back into history but do not come from it” (G. Deleuze - F. Guattari, What is philosophy? ).

In the light of these considerations, POST-FILOSOFIE aims at undertaking a critical delimitation of the history of philosophy (and, therefore, of metaphysics), refusing a self-referential prepective: such a critical approach rejects the tautological repetition of the Selfsame (as it happens in Heidegger), and the mere reconstruction of the special branches in which philosophical practice has gradually structured itself (ontology, gnoseology, ethics and so on), becoming an academic discipline. On the contrary, the work of critical delimitation not only accepts the challenges of thought, but it also includes the world in which we live in the field of philosophical experimentation, underlining the fecundity and limits of the concepts transmitted by the philosophical practice.

In this sense, philosophical practice preserves its intrinsic connotation of historical knowledge – as our dear Eugenio Garin would say. In the matter in question, the adjective “historical” has to be preserved in its profound meaning,  avoiding the ever-present risk of museumization and reduction to a merely academic knowledge. From such a perspective, we believe that the philosopher has to accomplish four tasks, at least:

1. Starting from the aporiae of the present, and adopting a critical-genealogical approach, the philosopher has to reconstruct the process which led to the present-day proliferation of specialist and separated knowledges. More specifically, starting from birth of philosophy in Greece, the philosopher has to investigate the reasons of the separation between natural sciences and social sciences, or humanities. The philosopher cannot neglect any fields of human knowledge: from political to religious, from social to legal, from economic to psychological.

2. The philosopher has to explore the theoretical background (i.e., metaphysical, scientific, theological-political) of fundamental contemporary concepts, such as “democracy”, “citizenship”, “human rights”, “multiculturalism”, and so on.

3. The philosopher has to collect and theorise the instances of truth and justice that come from the contemporary society, preserving a reasonable and utopian approach.

4. The philosopher has to develop the criticism against the economic hubris of  the present-day capitalism, recognising and giving voice to the multiple “differences” which are redefining contemporary subjectivities in new forms: starting from sexuality and gender, passing through ethnicity and religious sphere.

Journal Directors

 

PEER REVIEW PROCESS AND POLICIES

 

Acceptances or rejections of manuscripts are subject to a double-blind peer-review.

The editorial board will send a reply to the author in 6 weeks from the date of receipt.

In case of conflicting valuations from the peer reviewers, the article will be submitted to the test trial of a member of the Scientific Committee. Submitting an article, the author accept the blind peer review process and the referees judgments on the manuscript.

Manuscripts received for peer-review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with other subjects except if authorized by the editors-in-chief.

 

REVIEWERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

 

  • Reviewers can assist the editors in making editorial decisions.
  • If necessary, reviewers must also assist the authors in improving their articles. In this regard, reviewers can suggest the authors that the manuscript is lacking of important information regarding their research works: e.g. studies conducted by other authors. In this case, any suggestion must be accompanied by appropriate references and quotations.
  • Reviewers must be academically qualified to review the manuscripts. If reviewers consider themselves unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or know that it is not possible to respect the deadline, they must immediately notify the editors so that the paper can be sent to other reviewers.
  • Reviewers must evaluate the content of manuscripts without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Reviewers must declare any potential conflict of interest deriving from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscripts subject to the evaluation process.
  • Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author(s) are not acceptable.
  • Reviewers must not use abusive language in their report.
  • Reviewers must express their evaluations clearly with supporting arguments, as well as they must present their opinions on the works in a clear way in the review format.
  • Reviewers inform the Editors-in-Chief about any reason to reject publication of the manuscripts; e.g., libel, copyright infringement, plagiarism and auto-plagiarism.

 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

 

  • The Editors-in-Chief coordinate the work of editors.
  •  The Editors-in-Chief have the authority to make final decision in the acceptance or rejection of submitted manuscripts. This final decision previously undergoes a consultation with the other Scientific Committee members, when appropriate, in a fair and an impartial manner.
  • The Editors-in-Chief must not have any conflict of interest with respect to the article under consideration.
  • The Editors-in-Chief must preserve anonymity of reviewers as well as to the author during the review process.
  • When an error is detected, the Editors-in-Chief must make publication of corrections, clarifications, retractions and/or apologies, if it is needed.
  • The Editors-in-Chief handle specific cases of conflict of interest and disputes by following the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines available at http://publicationethics.org

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to its contents, believing that making research freely available to the public improves the global exchange of knowledge.

 

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PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

All the subjects involved in the act of publishing (authors, journal directors, editorial staff, peer reviewers) must agree upon standard of expected ethical behaviour.

The ethic statements of POST-FILOSOFIE is based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines available at http://publicationethics.org.

 

AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Submitting their works to POST-FILOSOFIE, the authors declare that their manuscripts are completely original and unpublished. The manuscripts based on plagiarism will be excluded. In this regard, the editorial staff reminds that the work of other authors must be appropriately quoted and cited.
  • Submitting their works to POST-FILOSOFIE, the authors guarantee that their manuscripts have not been published elsewhere, neither considered for publication elsewhere.
  • The manuscripts submitted to POST-FILOSOFIE has to list all the researchers who have significantly participated in the research work.
  • The co-author list must exclude all the subjects who did not effectively contribute to the manuscript.
  • Authors must declare the possible conflicts of interest arisen in every stage of their research works.
  • If the authors detect significant errors or inaccuracies in their manuscripts, it is their obligation to immediately notify the editors and cooperate with them to either retract or appropriately correct the paper.
  • Authors of the articles should also make available the sources or data on which the research is based, so that they can be kept for a reasonable period of time after publication and possibly made accessible.
  • The manuscripts must contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

 

 

EDITORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

 

  • Editors decide which submitted manuscripts should be published or rejected.
  • Editors must ensure a fair double-blind peer-review process to all submitted articles for publication.
  • Editors must take in account the evaluation made by the reviewers.
  • Editors must evaluate manuscripts according to their knowledge of the article content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Editors will strive to prevent any potential conflict of interests between the author, editorial and review personnel.
  • Editors must be guided by the policies of POST-FILOSOFIE editorial board and constrained by the legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.
  • Editors must pay special attention to errors regarding the structure of the manuscript and elements forming part of the article. It is important to promote publication of correction or retraction.
  • If  editors hear from a third subject – e.g., a reviewer – that a published manuscript contains significant errors, it is their obligation to notify it to the authors immediately.
  • Editors must not use in their own research unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript without the express written consent of the author.

 

Publication Frequency

POST-FILOSOFIE is an annual journal.

 

Papers submission

For informations o for papers submission for publication write to: postfilosofie.rivista@uniba.it

 

Indexes

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Post-publication discussions and corrections

"Post-Filosofie" provides open access to its content, believing that making research freely available to the public improves the exchange of knowledge globally, and therefore encourages initiatives to create, enhance and institutionalise debate following the publication of contributions.
When an error is detected, the editor, if necessary, publishes corrections, clarifications, retractions and/or apologies. Should authors find significant errors or inaccuracies in their manuscripts, it is their obligation to inform the editors immediately and work with them to withdraw or correct the document appropriately. Editors must pay particular attention to errors in the structure of the manuscript and its elements. Publication of corrections or retractions is encouraged. If a third party - e.g. a reviewer - reports significant errors in a published manuscript, the editors are obliged to notify the authors immediately.