What kind of articles are published in the IPN blog?

 

General articles about philosophy. Articles can be about

• Philosophy for Society and Public – Articles that explore the questions and events of society from philosophical viewpoints.

• Life of philosophy and philosophers in India – Articles that explore and document the experiences of philosophers and the nature of philosophy – as a discipline/practice/profession – in India. 

• Academic Philosophy – Articles that introduce (either to fellow academicians or the public) a specific topic in Philosophy.

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Academic engagements like

• Brief, accessible summaries by researchers about their latest publications (books or papers) for wider dissemination

• Reviews of philosophy books

• Critical responses to papers

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Who can write for the IPN blog?

Given that the aim of the IPN blog is to enable a dialogue between philosophers and the public, we accept articles from both philosophers and the public. Philosophers who are not members of IPN, including undergraduate and graduate philosophy students, can also submit. 

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Submission Guidelines

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Critical Responses to Journal Papers

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There are two ways of initiating these response articles for the IPN Blog: 

• A scholar can send a response to a recently published paper to the editors. The editors will try to reach the author for a reply to the response-note submitted. 

• If a scholar has published an article recently, the scholar can get in touch with the blog editors with a few suitable respondents’ names (preferably faculty or advanced PhD scholars).

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Scope of response articles to journal papers at the IPN blog: 

• Responses are limited to papers written by philosophy scholars in India. 

• Only responses to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals are accepted.

• The paper, preferably, should not be older than 10 years.

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Points about structure:

• The response articles will consist of two parts: (a) the critical response by a scholar and (b) the reply from the author

• Each of these parts is around 300 words.

• A critical response should not just be a summary of the paper. It attempts to critically, and yet briefly, evaluate the paper by doing any of the following: raises some challenges to the paper’s claims, provides further clarifications/support for the claims, or extends the paper’s claims to other domains of debate. 

• The author of the paper, in turn, replies to the points raised by the responder.

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Book Review

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There are two ways of initiating book reviews for the IPN Blog: 

• A scholar can send a review of a recently published book to the editors. 

• If a scholar has published a book recently, the scholar can get in touch with the blog editors with a few suitable reviewers’ names (preferably faculty or advanced PhD scholars).

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General points for all articles

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• While submitting the article, please share the document over google-doc. The article can also be submitted as a standalone docx file. 

• Please use the Chicago Manual Style author-date in-line citations and end bibliography.

• Use endnotes instead of footnotes. 

• Please use Grammarly or other tools to remove spelling and grammar mistakes. 

• We have a non-negotiable policy against plagiarism. 

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Review process

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• The article will be reviewed by the editorial team and suitable comments will be provided

• Wherever necessary, the editorial team will reach out to other scholars for their feedback and recommendations.

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Editorial team

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• Manohar Kumar (Faculty, IIIT Delhi)

• Varun S Bhatta (Faculty, IISER Bhopal)

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