American Philosophical Quarterly

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Since its inauguration in 1964, the American Philosophical Quarterly (APQ) has established itself as one of the principal English vehicles for the publication of scholarly work in philosophy. The whole of each issue—printed in a large-page, double-column format—is given to substantial articles; from time to time there are also "state of the art" surveys of recent work on particular topics. The editorial policy is to publish work of high quality, regardless of the school of thought from which it derives.

APQ is published by the University of Illinois Press on behalf of North American Philosophical Publications.

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Call for Papers:

• Special Issue: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence [Submission Deadline July 31, 2023]
• Special Issue: Can AIs Be Bona Fide Moral Agents? [Submission Deadline August 15, 2023]

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Call for Papers

Special Issue: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Editor in Chief: Patrick Grim

Guest Editor: Luciano Floridi

Artificial Intelligence (AI), from machine learning to robotics, generates enormous opportunities and significant challenges. In the past few years, many of them have led to a flourishing of international initiatives and growing research concerning the ethics and governance of AI. This special issue solicits the submission of original articles that investigate how AI is transforming classic questions or leading to new ones in moral thinking, and how such questions may be addressed successfully. Topics of special interest include but are not limited to AI and: authenticity, creativity, and intellectual property rights; bias, discrimination and fairness; the digital divide; digital sovereignty; capabilities and empowerment; cyberconflicts and cybersecurity; fake news and deep fakes; ethical frameworks and principles; ethics-base auditing; human autonomy and self-determination; sustainability and sustainable development goals. 

All approaches, methodologies, and schools of thought are welcome, with particular attention to sound and evidence-based reasoning. Purely historical or speculative articles are not encouraged.

To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should send an email including name, surname, academic affiliation and preferred email in the body of the email and the submitted article, fully anonymised, in word format, as an attachment to:

Elisabetta Bulla 
Centre for Digital Ethics 
University of Bologna
segreteria.amministrativa.cde@gmail.com

The deadline is July 31, 2023.

Special Issue: Can AIs Be Bona Fide Moral Agents?

Editor in Chief: Patrick Grim

Guest Editor: Selmer Bringsjord

Human agents now share their world with non-trivial artificial agents, and some of the latter undeniably of late match (at least average) human performance in many domains.  For example, the artificial agents ChatGPT and Galactica can instantly write entire essays of at least considerable eloquence, and the Academy is currently grappling with how work from human students can be distinguished from "work" provided by the likes of such artificial agents.  In that discussion it is generally assumed that it would be immoral for a human student to submit an AI-authored essay as if it were written by said human.  Now, some of today's artificial agents will, upon being suitably prompted, rather volubly generate prose about ethics; but (Q) can artificial agents be genuine moral agents themselves?  This question is the basis for the special issue.  Of course, the question here has nothing in particular to do with cheating:  any and all “ethically charged” behaviors in the human sphere may be worth considering in connection with Q.

Only papers that specifically and deeply wrestle with the driving question Q will be considered.  Those wishing to deal in an APQ paper with vast and varied philosophical issues arising from and intertwined with AI (e.g., authenticity, creativity, and intellectual property rights; bias, discrimination and fairness; the digital divide; digital sovereignty; capabilities and empowerment; etc.) other than Q are encouraged to submit a paper for related special issue edited by Luciano Floridi.

To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should send an email including name, surname, academic affiliation and preferred email in the body of the email, and the submitted article, anonymized, in pdf format, as an attachment to:

Selmer Bringsjord
Department of Cognitive Science, Department of Computer Science, RPI
Selmer.Bringsjord@gmail.com

The deadline is August 15, 2023.

Editors

Editor
Patrick Grim
University of Michigan
Center for Study of Complex Systems
americanphilquarterly@gmail.com

Executive Editor
Nicholas Rescher
Department of Philosophy
1012 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Fax (412) 383-7506
rescher@pitt.edu

Consultants

• Robert Francis Almeder, Georgia State University
• Professor Nomy Arplay, Brown University
• Professor Bradley Armour-Garb, SUNY Albany
• Professor Paul Humphreys, University of Virginia
• Professor Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Baylor University
• Professor Jennifer Lackey, Northwestern University
• Professor Marc Lange, University of North Carolina
• Professor Alfred Mele, Florida State University
• Professor Paul Moser, Loyola University Chicago
• Professor Neil Tennant, Ohio State University
• Associate Professor Patrick Toner, Wake Forest College

PDF Policy

Submissions

The American Philosophical Quarterly welcomes original articles that advance our understanding of philosophical problems or positions, on any aspect of philosophy apart from history. Articles are subject to blind review and evaluated based on originality, rigor, depth of insight, mastery of relevant literature, and lucidity of style. The journal does not publish news items, book reviews, critical notices, or "discussion notes" (short or long). The journal does not consider articles under consideration elsewhere.

Contributions should be 2,000 to 7,000 words in length, include an informative abstract of fewer than 125 words, up to 5 key words, and be formatted as a Word document (or a file type compatible with MS Word). All files should be double spaced throughout. Endnotes are preferred to footnotes and should be used sparingly. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition) in preparing manuscripts for APQ. In order to ensure anonymity of submissions, authors using Word are advised to go to "File. . .Properties. . ." and delete all author-identifying information, under all tabs.

Authors can download the APQ Style Guide

Articles should be submitted electronically to the APQ online manuscript submission system. This secure, personalized resource will allow you to track your manuscript through each step of the review and acceptance process. To begin, click on the link below to set up your personal account and upload your submission. Your transmitted material will be reviewed as soon as possible.

The APQ will not publish material that has already appeared elsewhere. This is not at odds with authors sharing their papers with selected individuals whose comments they would welcome or whom they wish for other reasons to inform about their work. But it precludes pre-publication with broadcast dissemination, alike in print or electronically in open-access forums such as Academia.edu.

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Notices of Books Received

The journal occasionally prints notices of books received.
Books submitted for this list should be sent to:

Nicholas Rescher
Executive Editor, APQ
Department of Philosophy
1012 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

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