Metaphilosophy

In this distinctive series, developed from the annual special issue of Metaphilosophy, leading scholars are invited to publish new research stressing considerations about philosophy and particular schools, methods, or fields of philosophy. The intended scope is very broad: no method, field, or school is excluded

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Metaphilosophy recently celebrated the publication of it's 40th volume. To celebrate, a symposium entitled "The future of Philosophy: Metaphilosophical Directions for the 21st Century" took place.

Listen to podcasts of the event, which include lectures by: Terrell Ward Bynum, Timothy Williamson, Philip Kitcher and David Papineau.

Read the 2011 celebratory Fortieth-Anniversary Special Issue on The Future of Philosophy: Metaphilosophical Directions for The Twenty-First Century.

Philosophy Inside Out
by Philip Kitcher

Philosophical Expertise and the Burden of Proof
by Timothy Williamson

The Concept of Human Dignity and the Realist Utopia of Human Rights
by Jürgen Habermas

The Capabilities of People with Cognitive Disabilities
by Martha Nussbaum

Speciesism and Moral Status
by Peter Singer

Cognitive Disability and Cognitive Enhancement
by Jeff McMahan

Truth-telling as Reparations
by Margaret Urban Walker

Fortieth-Anniversary Special Issue on The Future of Philosophy: Metaphilosophical Directions for The Twenty-First Century
Volume 42, Issue 3, April 2011

All of the Special Issues listed below are also available as books, click here for more information

Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information
(edited by Patrick Allo)
Volume 31, Issue 3, April 2010

Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic
(edited by Heather Battaly)
Volume 41, Issue 1-2, January 2010

Cognitive Disability and its Challenge to Moral Philosophy
(edited by Eva Feder Kittay and Licia Carlson)
Volume 40, Issue 3-4, July 2009

Global Democracy and Exclusion
(edited by Ronald Tinnevelt and Helder T. Schutter)
Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2009

Stem Cell Research
(edited by Lori Gruen, Laura Grabel and Peter Singer)
Volume 38, Issue 2/3, April 2007