Philosophers' Imprint is a refereed philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 journal, edited by Stephen Darwall and J. David Velleman

J. David Velleman

J. David Velleman is a Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He taught previously for more than twenty years at the University of Michigan. He primarily works in the areas of ethics, moral psychology, and related areas such as the philosophy of action and practical...

. The journal is advised by an international board of editors and published on the Internet by the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 Digital Library. Unlike many other philosophy journals, the Imprint offers access to its published articles for free to anyone on the World Wide Web—no subscription or registration whatsoever is required. While articles are not published during regular intervals, readers can be notified of new publications by mailing list.

The mission

The idea behind Philosophers' Imprint was inspired by the Open Access movement. The goal is to start the foundation for a "future in which academic libraries no longer spend millions of dollars purchasing, binding, housing, and repairing printed journals, because they have assumed the role of publishers, cooperatively disseminating the results of academic research for free, via the Internet."

Notable articles

The following is a partial list of some of the most notable articles in the Imprint (in date order):

• "The Question of Realism" (2001) - Kit Fine
  Kit Fine
  Kit Fine is Silver Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at New York University. He previously taught for several years at UCLA...
  
  
• "Normativity, Commitment, and Instrumental Reason" (2001) - R. Jay Wallace
  R. Jay Wallace
  R. Jay Wallace is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His area of specialization is moral philosophy. He is most noted for his work on practical reason, moral psychology, and meta-ethics.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Do Demonstratives Have Senses?" (2002) - Richard G. Heck
• "Thoroughly Modern McTaggart" (2002) - John Earman
  John Earman
  John Earman is a philosopher of physics. He is currently an emeritus professor in the History and Philosophy of Science department at the University of Pittsburgh. He has also taught at UCLA, the Rockefeller University, and the University of Minnesota, and was president of the Philosophy of...
  
  
• "The Role of Perception in Demonstrative Reference" (2002) - Susanna Siegel
• "Getting Told and Being Believed" (2005) - Richard Moran