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Philosophical Issues Template

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About the Philosophical Issues format

Philosophical Issues is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics, Philosophy and Theoretical Science, Philosophical Ethics and Theory.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Philosophical Issues 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy and Theoretical Science Philosophical Ethics and Theory Free Will and Agency Philosophy and History of Science
ISSN1533-6077
Citation impact (2-yr)1.68
h-index76
i10-index392
Total citations22,534
Article processing charge$2,630
Top institutions publishing hereRutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Journal websitewww.blackwellpublishing.com
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Papers published in Philosophical Issues per year

23
2014
20
2015
25
2016
24
2017
24
2018
32
2019
25
2020
22
2021
27
2022
25
2023
23
2024
21
2025

Citation impact of Philosophical Issues by publication year

589
2014
649
2015
692
2016
768
2017
581
2018
975
2019
228
2020
97
2021
177
2022
43
2023
67
2024
4
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Philosophical Issues

What's Wrong with Moore's Argument?

James Pryor · 3 Sep 2004

Moore looked at his hands and argued: (1) Here are two hands. (2) If hands exist, then there is an external world. (3) So there is an external world.1 Something about this argument sounds funny. As we’ll see, though, it takes some care to identify exactly what Moore has done wrong. I will assume that…

Mental Paint and Mental Latex

Ned Block · 1 Jan 1996

The greatest chasm in the philosophy of mind -maybe even all of philosophydivides two perspectives on consciousness. The two perspectives differ on whether there is anything in the phenomenal character of conscious experience that goes beyond the intentional, the cognitive and the functional. A convenient terminological handle on the dispute is whether there are qualia.…

KNOWLEDGE AND CERTAINTY

Jason Stanley · 1 Sep 2008

What is the connection between knowledge and certainty? The question is vexed, in part because there are at least two distinct senses of “certainty”. According to the first sense, subjective certainty, one is certain of a proposition if and only if one has the highest degree of confidence in its truth. According to the second…

Philosophical Issues template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Philosophical Issues format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Philosophical Issues template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Philosophical Issues use?
Philosophical Issues uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Philosophical Issues 12 (3): 45–58.
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Philosophical Issues is a multidisciplinary journal published by Wiley. DocuGuru's Philosophical Issues template matches Wiley's official submission format.
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