Philosophical Writings

Submission Guidelines

- Papers should include an abstract of approximately 150 words.
- Papers should be word processed in Microsoft Word format.
- Papers should not exceed 6000 words.
- Papers should usually be a minimum of 2000 words.
- Times New Roman 12 font is preferred.
- The name and address of the author should NOT appear on the essay.
- A cover sheet should be included with the author's name & contact details.

E-mail submissions are preferred and should be sent to:
Philosophical.Writings@durham.ac.uk

Formatting Requirements
- Internal notation should be used rather than footnotes or endnotes.
- Notation should be by name, publication date and page number, e.g. (Wollheim 1980, p. 1).
- The bibliography should appear at the end of the paper.
- The bibliography should be set out in alphabetical and chronological order.

Once papers have been accepted authors will be required to format their papers to conform
with Philosophical Writings guidelines. Click Here for Philosophical Writings fomatting guidelines.

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Feedback
Please note that the review stage is broken down into two stages.
In the first stage the managing editors determine whether the submission is of
sufficient quality to be passed on to the editorial board. Submissions that do not make it
past this initial stage will not receive detailed feedback. Those who do make it past the first
stage will only recieve feedback if it takes the editor longer than two months to reach a decision.

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Proofs
Authors may be sent proofs if there is sufficient time to do so; they should be
corrected and returned to the editors. Major alterations to the text will not normally
be accepted. The editors retain the right to make minor alterations to the text
when necessary.

Off Prints
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Number of Copies    United Kingdom        Europe              Rest of World
1                              £0.70                      £2.00                £4.00
2                                  £1.00                      £2.70                    £7.30
3                                  £1.50                        £3.90                £10.80
4                                £1.80                          £4.90                    £13.90
5                                  £2.45                      £6.20                £17.40
6                                   £3.15                        £7.30                 £21.00
7                                £3.50                        £8.50                £24.00
8                                    £3.85                        £9.60                    £27.60
9                                    £4.00                        £11.00                  £31.00
10                               £4.50                        £12.50              £34.60

Postal Submissions
Postal submissions must include two copies of the paper.
Postal submissions must be accompanied by an electronic version of the paper.
Submissions may be posted to the following address:

Editor
Philosophical Writings
Department of Philosophy
University of Durham
50 Old Elvet
Durham DH1 3HN
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: 0191 334 6550
Fax: 0191 334 6551
Email: Philosophical.Writings@durham.ac.uk

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