Book
Review Information
By arrangement
with the Johns Hopkins Press, the Journal
publishes approximately sixty
reviews annually. The
Book
Review Office (Boston College
Philosophy Department, 140
Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill,
MA, 02467-3859, USA) receives
complimentary review copies from
North American publishers and,
occasionally, from authors; all such
books with history of philosophy
content are included in the
quarterly list of Books Received.
Authors are advised that, because
European publishers normally
provide online catalogs rather than
review copies, it is wise to bring
publications to the attention of the
Book Review Editor, Jean-Luc Solère <solere@bc.edu>,
for consideration.
The policy of the
Board of Directors is to commission
impartial reviewers, accepting no
unsolicited reviews; every effort is
made to avoid actual and perceived
conflicts of interest. When
conflicts
are unavoidable, they are disclosed. Reviews
are original work, neither having
appeared, nor scheduled to appear or
be presented, elsewhere. Academics
and independent scholars with the
PhD or equivalent who, in principle,
would like to review for the Journal
are welcome to send their CVs to
the Book Review Editor, Jean-Luc Solère <solere@bc.edu>. Reviewers
are normally asked to submit their
800-word reviews within three
months, and all reviews must appear
within three years of the date of a
book’s publication.
Most Journal readers
are professional historians of
philosophy, or their students, so
original language scholarship that makes
detailed use of primary philosophical
texts, focusing on interpretation or
argumentation, is preferred. Ideally,
reviews provide an expert evaluation of
the philosophical significance of a
monograph or edited collection, written
for other historians of philosophy who
may not know that particular field. Most
readers want to know whether they should
be consulting this book themselves, or
acquiring it for their college or
university libraries.
The Journal does not
review previously published material or
translations of works available in modern
European languages. Works of
peripheral interest to historians of
philosophy—in history of ideas, biography,
political theory, the arts, or
history—cannot be accommodated within the
limited space available for reviews. Only very
rarely are dictionaries, guides, or
companions reviewed, perhaps if devoted to
an understudied figure or period.
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