Ephemeris - The Journal of Philosophy

Introduction

Ephemeris is an undergraduate journal of philosophy, student-run and dedicated to harvesting exceptional undergraduate writing grounded in the distinct value and interest of the philosophical endeavor.

Ephemeris originates from Union College's Philosophy Club - a forum for social and intellectual interaction among philosophers at Union. For more information regarding Union College's Philosophy Club events, click here."

Selections for the Ephemeris 2012 Edition

Submitted by Caleb on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 13:44

Well, the list has been finalized for the 2012 Edition of Ephemeris. The pieces selected are as follows:

God, Perfection and Necessity
Czar Bernstein
Florida State University

Intuitions about Specific Situations and Intuitions about General Principles
John Bunke
Bowdoin College

Life, Liberty, and Property: The Right Wing's Neglect of Happiness
Reuben Fuller-Bennett
Brooklyn College

Egoistic Altruism: A Political Interpretation of Generositas in Spinoza’s Ethics
Katie Hurrelbrink
George Washington University

Ephemeris 2012 Accepted Papers

Submitted by Caleb on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 15:20

We have just about finalized our list of accepted papers for our 2012 edition of Ephemeris. Stay tuned because we will be posting the list of accepted authors here some time in the next few days. The editors would just like to thank everyone who submitted papers for consideration and to say that we had an excellent set of submissions this year.

Table of Contents Ephemeris 2011

Submitted by bichxa on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 22:58

Enjoy and download essays from Ephemeris 2011

Accepted Papers: Ephemeris 2011

Submitted by bichxa on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 14:55

We are pleased to announce the acceptance of the following works for Ephemeris XI, 2011:

Locke on Nominal vs. Real Essence and the Identity of Substances
Michelle Dyke
Yale University

Photography
Tyler Holbrook
Apalachian State University

Choice: The Death of Incommensurability
Brian Karimi-Pashaki
Union College

Two Concepts of Causation, At Least One Kind
Jared Lafer
Brown University

Dealing with Moral Incommensurability: A Proposal from Human Rights
Emily Lnenicka
Union College

Warranted Christian Belief and Internal Justification
Steve Tensmeyer
Brigham Young University

We congratulate the authors whose work was accepted and we thank everyone who has submitted work. Please understand we had to make a very limited selection from the rich diversity of submitted essays.

The issue is being laid out now (8/26/2011) by the printer and we anticipate the issue will come off the presses the middle of September. Accepted authors will receive two copies. Everyone is welcome to a copy on request.

We encourage all qualified authors to consider submitting work in the future. We herewith announce submissions are open for the 2012 edition of Ephemeris.

Submitting essays to Ephemeris

Contributions: Contributions are solicited in all areas of the philosophical discipline, political theory, metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, religion, feminist philosophy, philosophy of race, eastern philosophy, philosophy of mind and so on.
Contributions should take the form of an essay, article, or short note, preferably no more than 5,000 words. Responses to previously published articles are also welcome. We must retain full editorial discretion in altering work for publication.

Format: All work must be submitted as an electronic copy in standard Word or RTF format. Footnotes are preferable to endnotes. A rough stylistic guide is the MLA standard.

We are now accepting submissions for Ephemeris 2013. The deadline is February 15, 2013.