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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Se han revisado las Políticas Editoriales de la Revista de Estudiantes de Filosofía Inmanere
  • Se ha subido un texto con todoso los elementos solicitados en los Requisitos Formales y, adem´ás, un texto que garantice la anonimia del escrito.

Author Guidelines

Articles

a) The first page should contain a centered title. Additionally, it should include the author's full name (without abbreviations), academic affiliation (name of the institution where the author is pursuing their undergraduate studies in Philosophy, city, and country), contact email, and ORCID code. Furthermore, a regular student certificate must be attached when submitting the article.

b) It should include an abstract in both Spanish and English, consisting of no less than 150 words and no more than 250 words. Additionally, a maximum of five keywords (in italics) should be added to properly identify the central aspects of the article.

c) The text should be divided into the following sections at a minimum:

  1. Introduction
  2. Development
  3. Conclusions
  4. Bibliographic References

Except for the first and last sections, the author is free to title the sections as they see fit. If the author decides to subdivide the sections, they can do so as long as they respect the numbering format: 1.1, 1.1.1, 2.1, 2.2, and so on.

 

Essays

a) Essays should be written in a clear, engaging, and simple style, aiming to be accessible to a broad audience without sacrificing philosophical rigor and argumentation. The goal is to showcase the depth and meticulousness of philosophy in an agile, thought-provoking, and creative manner, avoiding the density and technicalities often found in traditional academic writing. Originality and creativity in approaching the topic are highly valued.

b) The first page should include the title in both Spanish and English, an abstract in both languages, and keywords in both languages as well. Additionally, it should include the author's name(s), the university where they are pursuing their undergraduate studies in Philosophy, email address, and ORCID. At the end of the essay, a list of bibliographic references used should be included, not exceeding 5 texts according to the References criteria. The same criteria mentioned for articles should be followed for the first page of the essay, as well as for citing bibliographic references within the body of the essay and in the reference list. Furthermore, a regular student certificate must be attached when submitting the essay.

c) The essay will be evaluated following the same evaluation process as an article (editor, director, and external reviewers). Its relevance to the Editorial Policies of the journal, the importance and timeliness of the problem addressed, the quality of the writing in terms of accessibility, elegance, and rigor, and the correct exposition of a specific philosophical problem will be taken into account. Originality and creativity in approaching the topic will be valued.

 

Books Reviews

a) It should include the minimum bibliographic information for identifying the reviewed text: title, author(s), editor(s) and/or translator(s) (if applicable), publisher, place of publication, year, number of pages, and the ISBN or equivalent code. For books reviewed in another language, the bibliographic information should be provided in the original language.

b) The review should present an overview of the content, regardless of its length, without neglecting any criticisms or observations deemed pertinent by the author. It is expected that the review highlights relevant aspects for undergraduate philosophy students and demonstrates an adequate understanding of the reviewed text.

c) The use of footnotes should be avoided. In case of referencing a passage from the reviewed text, the corresponding location should be identified in parentheses.

d) At the end of the text, on the left-hand side, the author should include their full name (without abbreviations), their academic affiliation (specifying the university where they are pursuing their undergraduate studies in Philosophy), and their email address.

e) It is recommended that the book being reviewed is no more than three years old and is relevant and accessible to undergraduate philosophy students.

 

Requirements and Guidelines for Academic Document Presentation

1. All documents must be created using Microsoft Word processor (any version) and the document file should have the author's name: authorname.doc.

2. Furthermore, documents must be submitted anonymously, without including the author's personal information in the document file.

3. The page format should be A4.

4. The font and paragraph format should be Georgia for the entire document. The font size should be 12 and the line spacing should be 1.5 for the main text. Additionally, the page number should be inserted in the center bottom of each page.

5. Footnotes should be reserved for supplementary explanations to the text, such as the original language of the referred text. These footnotes should have a font size of 10 and single line spacing (1.0). They should be numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals.

6. For the use of ancient languages like Greek, the corresponding original symbols should be used.

7. The length of the document (excluding references) should approximate the following word counts:

      • Articles: minimum 4,000 words and maximum 15,000 words.
      • Essays: minimum 1,500 words and maximum 2,500 words.
      • Reviews: maximum 1,500 words.

8. All documents must adhere to the APA 7th edition guidelines, following the specific requirements of each category. See the citation and reference standards below.

 

 

Citation and Reference Guidelines

Articles must be submitted following the usual standards in academic papers, including stylistic and formal conventions. The referencing style to be used is APA 7th edition, which also applies to the Revista de Filosofía UCSC.

 

Most Common Citation Cases

a) Classical works should adhere to the traditionally accepted nomenclature.

Example:

Well-known is the passage from the Greek philosopher at the beginning of his Politics (Aristotle, 1252, a1), where he refers to the polis as a community.

If the text is explicitly stated, the edition used should be specified, unless it is a personal translation. In both cases, the reference should be in square brackets.

Examples:

"Toda polis es, como vemos, un cierto tipo de comunidad" (Aristóteles, 1252, a1, [trans. 2000]).

"Como es manifiesto, toda ciudad es un tipo de comunidad" (Aristóteles, 1252, a1, [own translation])

b) Non-classical works can be used for direct quotations or as references. In the first case, there are two ways: quotations shorter than 40 words and quotations equal to or longer than 40 words.

b.1) For quotations shorter than 40 words, include them within the paragraph using double quotation marks and provide the bibliographic reference with the author's last name, year of publication, and page number. For example:

"Lejana de la concepción griega de imagen: 'la concepción greco-helenista de imagen, según la cual la imagen significa obviamente algo inferior frente al modelo que representa' (Schönborn, 1999, p. 22)."

b.2) For quotations equal to or longer than 40 words, place them in a separate paragraph with a 1.27 cm indentation, without quotation marks, and 1.5 line spacing. At the end of the quotation, provide the traditional reference with the author's last name, year of publication, and page number. In this case, the period comes immediately after the citation, not after the parentheses. For example:

"El amor en segundo grado implicará que el amor distinga el uno del otro a los que une, por ende, que se distinga de cada uno de ellos, lo cual no es posible a menos que un tercero conozca también ese amor" (Marion, 2006, p. 118)

b.3) When it is not a direct quotation but a reference, quotation marks are not necessary, but the author's last name and the year of publication should be indicated in parentheses. For example:

Around the thought about the body, different perceptions of it are found. Some argue that the body is a wrapper and purely material (Nancy, 2007), while others argue that the body is not identical to the flesh and it occurs as invisible (Marion, 2005).

In the case of mentioning the author previously, only the year needs to be indicated. For example:

Around the thought about the body, different perceptions of it are found. Nancy argues that the body is a wrapper and purely material (2007), while Marion argues that the body is not identical to the flesh and it occurs as invisible (2005).

c) The use of single quotation marks ('') should be solely for highlighting elements in the text. The use of double quotation marks ("") should be solely for quotations.

 

References (books and journal articles)

One author book: Author's last name, Initial. (Year of publication). Title in italics. Publisher.

Example:

- Heidegger, M. (2018). Being and Time. University Press.

Book with two or more authors: Authors' last names, initials. (Year of publication). Title in italics. Publisher.

Example:

- Soto, D., Jara, M. (eds.). (2011). Political Philosophy in the Querella de las Investiduras. Follow Me Publishers.

Book chapter: Chapter author's last name, initial. (Year of publication). Chapter title. In Editor's last name, initial. (Ed.), Book title in italics (pp. page range). Publisher.

Example:

- Toro, G. (2015). The Philosophical Mysticism in Modern Times. In Martínez, A. (ed.), Mysticism in Philosophy (pp. 51-70). Herder.

In a journal: Start with the authors' last names, followed by their initials (repeat if there are multiple authors). Then, provide the year of publication, the article title, the journal title in italics, the volume in italics, the issue number in parentheses, the page range, and, if applicable, the DOI.

Example:

- Castañeda, L. A. and Neri, F. (2015). Nanotechnology: a source of new paradigms. Journal of Philosophy, 8(15), 15-60. hhtps://doi-org/15.332.2014.12.49710

On a website: Author's last name, initial. (Date of visit). Article title in italics. Website name. URL.

Example:

- Aquino, T. (October 7, 2019). Summa Theologiae. Corpus Thomisticum. www.corpusthomisticum.org/iopera

Citation: (Aquino, 2019)

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