Southwest Philosophy Review Call For Papers 

An association of scholars and philosophers founded in 1936, Southwestern Philosophical Society provides a forum for philosophical and scholarly research. While SWPS originally served philosophers in the American Southwest, it has been for many years a national and international society. While SWPS does follow trends and methods that prevail in the world of Anglo-American philosophy, the Society is proud of its pluralism and its tradition of openness where scholars of all major traditions find their views and philosophical styles taken seriously.

The 2020 meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society cannot be held and will be cancelled due to budget cuts and and travel restrictions. However, we will still publish conference length papers in volume 37, issue 1 of the journal.

Papers on any philosophical topic are welcome. There are mutiple benefits to submitting to the Southwest Philosophy Review:

1. All papers undergo blind peer review from two scholars; 

2. A select number of papers will receive a written commentary, published in Volume 37, issue 2; 

3. While the journal owns the copyrights to the journal-formatted article, the author retains copyright over the words. Thus, the author can potentially expand the conference-length article and publish it in another venue. 

Submission Guidelines

Electronic submissions are required and should be submitted to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swps2020. Papers must be in PDF format (if accepted for publication, the autor must provide a MS Word [.doc/docx] or Rich Text Format [.rtf]). Papers submitted in any other format cannot be processed. Papers may not exceed 3000 words in length (not including notes and references). Submissions should include a word count and 150 word abstract (not counted in total word count) on the title page. Papers exceeding this length will not be considered. Papers should be prepared for blind review. The deadline for submissions is August 16, 2020. 

Awards: The Society gives an annual award of $150 to the best paper written by a graduate student or recent Ph.D. (degree must have been granted within three years of the meeting). Authors who are eligible for either the prize should indicate this on the cover page of their submission.

Membership: You must be a member of the society to publish in volume one of the journal. Dues must be paid by November 1st, 2020. To join, send inquiries to Deb Heikes, University of Alabama – Huntsville, heikesd@uah.edu.

SWPS Officers

• President: Justin Bell, University of Houston – Victoria
• Vice-President and Program Chair: Paul Carron, Baylor University
• Secretary & Treasurer: Deborah Heikes, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Journal Editor: Todd Stewart, Illinois State
• At-Large Members:
  • Emily McGill, Keene State College
  • Glenn "Boomer" Trujillo, University of Louisville 
• Local Arrangements: Scott Aikin, Vanderbilt University 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Paul Carron at Paul_Carron@baylor.edu.