Special Issues – Call for Papers

Calls for papers for special issues of the HOPOS journal are below. For all special issues, the word limit is 7000 words and all submissions are peer reviewed. Authors should consult the HOPOS submission guidelines.

Building Universe(s). The philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of cosmology (18th-20th century)
Advisory Editors: Silvia De Bianchi, Federico Viglione
Deadline January 31, 2021
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Animism and its Discontents: Soul-Based Explanations in Early-Modern Natural Philosophy and Medicine
Advisory Editors: Boris Demarest, Jonathan Regier, Charles Wolfe
Deadline Passed (October 31, 2019)
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Nineteenth-Century French Philosophy of Science: Positivism and its Continuations
Advisory Editors: Warren Schmaus, Olivier Rey
Deadline Passed (October 31, 2019)
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Descriptive Psychology and Völkerpsychologie – in the Contexts of Historicism, Relativism, and Naturalism
Advisory Editors: Christian Damböck, Uljana Feest, Martin Kusch
In Press, Will Appear May 2020
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Thought Experiments in the History of Philosophy of Science
Advisory Editors: Michael T. Stuart, Yiftach Fehige
Forthcoming October 2020
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