Current and Forthcoming Issues in the Journal of Scottish Philosophy
Current Volume
Volume 7 Issue 2 Fall 2009
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The Scottish Kantians: An Exploration – J H Burns
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Sympathy, Beauty, and Sentiment: Adam Smith’s Aesthetic Morality – Robert Fudge
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Kames’ Naturalist Aesthetics and the Case of Tragedy- Rachel Zuckert
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Millar on Slavery - Fred Ablondi
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Reid and Moral Emotions - Sabine Roeser
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Victor Cousin and the Scottish Philosophers - George Elder Davie
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Hume's Changing Views on the 'Durability' of Skepticism - Brian Ribeiro
Forthcoming Volumes
Volume 8 Issue 1 Spring 2010
Themed Issue on Ancient Philosophy in the Scottish Enlightenment
Guest Editor: James A. Harris, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Please view the instructions for contributors.
Volume 9 Issue 1 Spring 2011
Themed Issue on Scottish Aesthetics
Guest Editors: Andrew Chignell, Cornell University and Timothy Costello, College of William and Mary
Scottish philosophy, especially in the eighteenth century, regularly addressed questions related to themes that now fall under the discipline of philosophical aesthetics. Thinkers including Hutcheson, Hume, Reid, Duff, Kames, Stewart, Alison, Gerard and Smith all made notable contributions to a variety of issues, including the nature of beauty and sublimity, the gothic, taste and whether there is a standard for aesthetic judgment, tragedy, genius, and criticism.
Submissions are invited on any subject and/or author related to this theme. Papers concerning the influence of Scottish aesthetics in a wider context (for example, its reception in Germany) and/or the contemporary relevance of the Scots' views, are especially welcome.
Deadline for initial submission: January 31st 2010
Volume 10 Issue 1 Spring 2012
Themed Issue on Practical Ethics
Guest Editor: Colin Heydt, University of South Florida
Among Scottish philosophers of the 18th and 19th century moral philosophy and practical ethics were intertwined in ways that subsequently became alien to analytic philosophy. The re-emergence of "applied" or practical ethics in late 20th century philosophy has reopened the question of the relation between the two. Papers are invited that investigate the ways in which the Scottish philosophical tradition combined an interest in theoretical and practical ethics. Explorations of the degree to which these might be relevant to contemporary philosophical concerns are especially welcome.
Deadline for initial submission: October 1st 2010