Journal of Philosophical Logic
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The Journal of Philosophical Logic, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal founded in 1972. It is published by Springer
Springer Science+Business Media
- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

 and "provides a forum for work at the crossroads of philosophy and logic, old and new, with contributions ranging from conceptual to technical.

Accordingly, the Journal publishes papers in all of the traditional areas of philosophical logic
Philosophical logic
Philosophical logic is a term introduced by Bertrand Russell to represent his idea that the workings of natural language and thought can only be adequately represented by an artificial language; essentially it was his formalization program for the natural language...

, including but not limited to: various versions of modal, temporal, epistemic, and deontic logic; constructive logics; relevance and other sub-classical logics; many-valued logics; logics of conditionals; quantum logic; decision theory, inductive logic, logics of belief change, and formal epistemology
Formal epistemology
Formal epistemology uses formal methods from decision theory, logic, probability theory and computability theory to elucidate epistemic problems. Work in this area spans several academic fields, including philosophy, computer science, economics, and statistics...

; defeasible and nonmonotonic logics; formal philosophy of language; vagueness; and theories of truth and validity.

In addition to publishing papers on philosophical logic in this familiar sense of the term, the Journal also publishes papers on extensions of logic to new areas of application, and on the philosophical issues to which these give rise. The Journal places a special emphasis on the applications of philosophical logic in other disciplines, not only in mathematics and the natural sciences but also, for example, in computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, linguistics, jurisprudence, and the social sciences, such as economics, sociology, and political science."

Indexing

It is currently abstracted in: Bibliographie linguistique/Linguistic bibliography, Bibliography of Linguistic Literature, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/Arts and Humanities, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Digital Mathematics Registry, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, FRANCIS, Google Scholar
Google Scholar
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, Humanities International Index, International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR), Mathematical Reviews, MLA International Bibliography, PASCAL
PASCAL (INIST database)
PASCAL is a scientific bibliographic database, which is maintained by INIST, CNRS. PASCAL covers the core scientific literature in Science, Technology and Medicine with special emphasis on European literature....

, Répertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie, SCOPUS
Scopus
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, Summon by Serial Solutions, The Philosopher's Index, TOC Premier, Zentralblatt Math
Zentralblatt MATH
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Editors

  • Hans van Ditmarsch, University of Sevilla, Spain
  • John Horty, University of Maryland, USA
  • Philip Kremer, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Branden Fitelson, Rutgers University, USA
  • Complete board

External links

  • Journal of Philosophical Logic — official website at Springer Science+Business Media
    Springer Science+Business Media
    - Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

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