''Ancient Philosophy'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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devoted to the study of
ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and
science
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. Since 1980 it has published over 1,300 articles and reviews in this field. This journal has a Level 2 classification from the Publication Forum of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. and a
SHERPA/RoMEO "green" self-archiving policy. It is edited by
Ron Polansky in the Department of Philosophy at
Duquesne University
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. It is published on behalf of Mathesis Publications by the
Philosophy Documentation Center
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.
Notable contributors
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Seth Benardete
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Richard Bett
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Jaako Hintikka
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Drew Hyland
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Gareth Matthews
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Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (12 January 1929 – 21 May 2025) was a Scottish-American philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's '' After Virtue'' (1981) is one of ...
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Roger Scruton
Sir Roger Vernon Scruton, (; 27 February 194412 January 2020) was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of Conservatism in the United Kingdom, c ...
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Gisela Striker
Gisela Striker (born 1943) is a German classical scholar. She is Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Classics at Harvard University and a specialist in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.
Education and career
Striker was born and educated in Ger ...
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Gregory Vlastos
Gregory Vlastos (; ; July 27, 1907 – October 12, 1991) was a preeminent scholar of ancient philosophy, and author of many works on Plato and Socrates. He transformed the analysis of classical philosophy by applying techniques of modern ana ...
Indexing
''Ancient Philosophy'' is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, ''L'Année philologique'', ERIH PLUS, Humanities Index, Index Religiosus, International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, International Philosophical Bibliography, Periodicals Index Online, The Philosopher's Index,
PhilPapers
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, Religion and Philosophy Index, and
Scopus
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,
and TOC Premier.
See also
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List of philosophy journals
References
External links
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Philosophy Documentation Center
Biannual journals
Classics journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1980
Ancient philosophy journals
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