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Canadian Journal of Philosophy Template

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About the Canadian Journal of Philosophy format

Canadian Journal of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Philosophy and Theoretical Science, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics, Philosophical Ethics and Theory.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 12 (2023) 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Canadian Journal of Philosophy has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inPhilosophy and Theoretical Science Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophical Ethics and Theory Political Philosophy and Ethics Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
ISSN0045-5091
Citation impact (2-yr)0.42
h-index80
i10-index764
Total citations33,629
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Toronto
Journal websitewww.canadianjournalofphilosophy.com
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Papers published in Canadian Journal of Philosophy per year

63
2014
52
2015
71
2016
65
2017
64
2018
46
2019
63
2020
68
2021
42
2022
50
2023
47
2024
30
2025

Citation impact of Canadian Journal of Philosophy by publication year

750
2014
960
2015
1.1K
2016
1.3K
2017
1K
2018
468
2019
840
2020
366
2021
325
2022
100
2023
33
2024
2
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Canadian Journal of Philosophy

The Nature of Laws

Michael Tooley · 1 Dec 1977

This paper is concerned with the question of the truth conditions of nomological statements. My fundamental thesis is that it is possible to set out an acceptable, non Circular account of the truth conditions of laws and nomological statements if and only if relations among universals — that is, among properties and relations, construed realistically…

Autonomy and Personal History

John Christman · 1 Mar 1991

Virtually any appraisal of a person’s welfare, integrity, or moral status, as well as the moral and political theories built on such appraisals, will rely crucially on the presumption that her preferences and values are in some important sense her own. In particular, the nature and value of political freedom is intimately connected with the…

Pronouns, Quantifiers, and Relative Clauses (l)

Gareth Lloyd Evans · 1 Sep 1977

Some philosophers, notably Professors Quine and Geach, have stressed the analogies they see between pronouns of the vernacular and the bound variables of quantification theory. Geach, indeed, once maintained that ‘for a philosophical theory of reference, then, it is all one whether we consider bound variables or pronouns of the vernacular'. This slightly overstates Geach's…

Welfare Should Be the Currency of Justice

Richard J. Arneson · 1 Dec 2000

Some theories of justice hold that individuals placed in fortunate circumstances through no merit or choice of their own are morally obligated to aid individuals placed in unfortunate circumstances through no fault or choice of their own. In these theories what are usually regarded as obligations of benevolence are reinterpreted as strict obligations of justice.…

The Revisionist Difference Principle

A. Williams · 1 Jun 1995

John Rawls's famous difference principle is capable of at least four distinct statements, each of which occurs in A Theory of Justice. According to what I shall term the Crude Principle it is a necessary and sufficient condition for the justice of an institutional scheme which expands social and economic inequality that, subject to the…

Canadian Journal of Philosophy template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Canadian Journal of Philosophy use?
Canadian Journal of Philosophy uses Numbered references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 12 (2023) 45–58.
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