''British Journal for the Philosophy of Science'' is a

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, owned by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science and published by

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. The journal publishes work that uses philosophical methods in addressing issues raised in the natural and human sciences.

Overview

The leading international journal in the field, ''BJPS'' publishes outstanding new work on a variety of traditional and 'cutting edge' topics, from issues of explanation and realism to the applicability of mathematics, from the metaphysics of science to the nature of models and simulations, as well as foundational issues in the physical, life, and social sciences. Recent topics covered in the journal include the epistemology of measurement, mathematical non-causal explanations, signalling games, the nature of biochemical kinds, and approaches to human cognitive development, among many others. The journal seeks to advance the field by publishing innovative and thought-provoking papers, discussion notes and book reviews that open up new directions or shed new light on well-known issues. ''The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science'' operates a triple-anonymized peer review process and receives over 600 submissions a year. It is fully compliant with the RCUK open access policy, and is a member of the

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(COPE). In 2016, book reviews were moved to online-only publication in the ''BJPS Review of Books''. In 2021, the journal launched ''BJPS Short Reads'', essays and a podcast featuring introductions to their published articles. The journal also runs a blog, ''Auxiliary Hypotheses''.

Editors-in-chief

The current

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are Tim Lewens (

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) and Robert D. Rupert (

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). The following persons have been editors-in-chief:

The BJPS Popper Prize

The "Sir Karl Popper Essay Prize" was originally established at the wish of the late Laurence B. Briskman (

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), who died on 8 May 2002, having endowed a fund to encourage work in any area falling under the general description of the critical rationalist philosophy of

Karl Popper Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the ...

. Briskman was greatly influenced by Popper, who remained the dominant intellectual influence on his philosophical outlook throughout his career. While originally open for submissions, since 2011 the prize is only awarded to papers having appeared in the journal. The endowment ended in 2017, at which point the journal took over funding the prize. The decision was also taken to widen the prize's remit, to include all papers published in the journal and not just those concerned with Popper's work. At the same time, the prize's name was changed to the "BJPS Popper Prize".

Abstracting and indexing

According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 3.2.

References

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