Submission Guidelines

We invite submissions of high-quality papers, in PDF format and between 6,000 and 10,000 words in length, excluding abstract and references. Please insert citations in a way that allows you to automatically convert your reference list into one of the following formats: .bib, .ris, .yaml, or .json. (Otherwise you might have to manually convert your references in case of acceptance for publication.) The focus of the Special Topic lies on Radical Disruptions of Self-Consciousness (see the Manifesto of the Selfless Minds workshop). Only thematically focussed papers directly dealing with the theme of the Special Topic (as outlined in the Manifesto) will be considered for publication. Please prepare your submission for blind review.

Word limit: 6,000 – 10,000 words.

Format: PDF (.tex, .md, .odt, .docx, or .rtf files can be submitted upon acceptance for publication).

Mandatory: Please insert citations in a way that allows you to automatically convert your reference list into one of the following formats: .bib, .ris, .yaml, or .json. (Otherwise you might have to manually convert your references in case of acceptance for publication.)

Deadline: April 30, 2019.

Invited Submissions

All papers presented at the Selfless Minds workshop in October 2018 (https://selflessminds.org/programme.html) will be considered for publication in this first Special Topic of Philosophy and the Mind Sciences. This includes contributions by the following persons: Adriana Alcaraz Sánchez, Adrian Alsmith, Yochai Ataria, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Monima Chadha, Anna Ciaunica, Christian Coseru, Sascha Benjamin Fink, Philip Gerrans, Chris Letheby, Jakub Limanowski, Thomas Metzinger, Raphaël Millière, Roy Salomon, Kathryn Swanson, Link Swanson, Wanja Wiese, and Jennifer Windt.

Editors of the 1st Special Topic of Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

Guest Editors: Thomas Metzinger (Mainz) & Raphaël Millière (Oxford).

Editors-in-Chief: Sascha Benjamin Fink (Magdeburg), Wanja Wiese (Mainz), Jennifer Windt (Monash).

Editorial board of Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

Michael Anderson (Western)

Ned Block (NYU)

Tyler Burge (UCLA)

Olivia Carter (Melbourne)

Monima Chadha (Monash)

David Chalmers (NYU)

Andy Clark (Sussex)

Daniel Dennett (Tufts)

Ophelia Deroy (LMU)

Martin Dresler (Donders)

Steve Fleming (UCL)

Karl Friston (UCL)

Philip Gerrans (Adelaide)

Jakob Hohwy (Monash)

Bigna Lenggenhager (UZH)

Fiona MacPherson (Glasgow)

Thomas Metzinger (JGU Mainz)

Heleen Slagter (UvA Amsterdam)

Antti Revonsuo (Turku, Skövde)

Anil Seth (Sussex)

Peter Singer (Princeton, Melbourne)

Evan Thompson (UBC)

Dan Zahavi (Copenhagen, Oxford)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be sent to selflessminds2018@gmail.com.

Questions concerning the journal itself should be sent to editors@philosophymindscience.org.