About the Journal
Focus and Scope
“Ruch Filozoficzny" is an international scientific quarterly published by the Polish Philosophical Society and the Institute of Philosophy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Founded by Kazimierz Twardowski in Lviv in 1911, it presents research carried out in Polish philosophical circles and promotes international cooperation between Polish and foreign philosophers. Since 2015, at least one issue of the quarterly a year has been published in English. The journal contains not only articles and reviews but also shorter publications such as announcements, reports, and current information which constitute significant elements of information flow. Jubilee notes, memoirs and obituaries are also published to record and commemorate important events.
In the ARTICLES section we publish texts of contemporary researchers in the field of philosophy (history of philosophy, axiology, ethics, aesthetics, logic, epistemology, philosophy of culture, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of politics).
In ARCHIVES OF RUCH FILOZOFICZNY section we recall significant, influential texts published in the quarterly in previous years.
In CONFERENCE AND LECTURE PAPERS section we publish papers presented in Polish Philosophical Society meetings and on philosophical conferences
POLISH PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY section contains reports from the Polish Philosophical Society Main Board meetings and presents the scientific and organizational activities of the Society divisions.
In STATEMENTS AND POLEMICS we present discussions concerning significant publications and events in the philosophical circles.
In OBITUARIES AND MEMOIRS section we commemorate deceased philosophers and researchers.
Peer Review Process
- Every article is reviewed by independent reviewers (from the outside of the autor’s institution, the Editorial Board, and Journal’s Academic Board) in compliance with double-blind review rules.
- In case of texts written in a language other than Polish, at least one of the reviewers is affiliated to a foreign institution.
- The reviewer is not an author in the issue which they review.
- The Editorial Board observes that the identities of the authors and reviewers are unknown to both parties.
- The review is provided in a written form and contains a clear request for an approval or a rejection of the text.
- The review form (in Polish and English) in *.doc format can be downloaded here in Polish or English.
- The Editorial Board does not reveal the names of the reviewers to the authors. The lists of the reviewers who collaborate with the journal are published once a year.
- Authors of texts are informed about the conclusion of the review within three months from the date of submitting the text.
Open Access Policy
The journal offers access to the contents in the open access system on the principles of non-exclusive license Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 3.0).
The publisher records the journal statistics.
Advisory Board
Polish Philosophical Society
Władysław Stróżewski (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland) – Polish Philosophical Society Chairman, Barbara Markiewicz (University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland), Paweł Łuków (University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland), Magdalena Gawin (University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland) Ryszard Kleszcz (University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland), Krzysztof Brzechczyn (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Marek Rembierz (University of Silesia, Cieszyn, Poland), Krystyna Krauze-Błachowicz (University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland), Sebastian T. Kołodziejczyk (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland)
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland:
Andrzej Szahaj, Urszula Żegleń, Jolanta Żelazna
International Collaboration:
Xandra Bello (Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain), Pavol Dancák (Prešovská Univerzita, Prešov, Slovakia), Werner Euler (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brasil), Roomet Jakapi (University of Tartu, Estonia), Sarah Hutton (University of York, Great Britain), Laurent Jaffro (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France), Zlatica Plašienková (Univerzita Komenského, Bratysława, Slovakia), Craig Smith (University of Glasgow, Great Britain), Andrzej Wierciński (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
List of Reviewers
LIST OF REVIEWERS
Vol. LXXI (2014-2015)
Seweryn Blandzi (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Adam Grzeliński (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Roomet Jakapi (University of Tartu, Estonia), Marek N. Jakubowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Marcin Jaranowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Miłowit Kuniński (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Damian Leszczyński (University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland), Justyna Miklaszewska (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Andrzej Noras (University of Silesia, Katowice), Adam Olech (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland), Przemysław Parszutowicz (Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland), Jarosław Rolewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Waldemar Skrzypczak (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Krzysztof Stachewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Andrzej Szahaj (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Jan Woleński (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Andrzej Zalewski (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland), Jolanta Żelazna (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Urszula Żegleń (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland).
Vol. LXXII (2016)
Magdalena Bizior-Dombrowska (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Joanna Dudek (University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland), Lesław Hostyński (Maria Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland), Marcin Jaranowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Radosław Kuliniak (University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland), Jacek Malinowski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Jacek Migasiński (University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland), Andrzej Noras (University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), Sławomir Raube (University of Białystok, Białyskok, Poland), Wojciech Rechlewicz (Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland), Jarosław Rolewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Krzysztof Stachewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Tomasz Stegliński (Uniwersytet of Łódź, Poland), Krzysztof Śleziński (University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), Wiesław Wójcik (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland), Andrzej Zalewski (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland).
Vol. LXXIII (2017)
Helena Ciążela (The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland), Stanisław Czerniak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Janusz Grygieńć (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Przemysław Gut (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland), Kinga Kaśkiewicz (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Andrzej Kucner (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland), Radosław Kuliniak (University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland), Tomasz Kupś (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Andrzej Lisak (Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland), Elżbieta Paczkowska-Łagowska (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Zbigniew Nerczuk (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Adam Olech (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland), Ewa Podrez (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland), Sławomir Raube (University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland), Jarosław Rolewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Wiesława Sajdek (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland), Daniel Sobota (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Krzysztof Stachewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Ewa Starzyńska-Kościuszko (Uniwersity of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland), Tomasz Stegliński (University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland), Dalius Viliunas (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania), Sławomir Wacewicz (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Krzysztof Wawrzonkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Katarzyna Więckowska (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Michał Wróblewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Mirosław Żelazny (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland).
Vol. LXXIV (2018)
Artem Besedin (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation), Stanisław Czerniak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Harry T. Dickinson (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Great Britain), Geoffrey Gorham (Macalester College, Saint Paul, USA), Janusz Grygieńć (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Marc Hight (Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, USA), Roomet Jakapi (University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia), Honorata Jakuszko (Maria Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland), Dariusz Kucharski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland), Tomasz Kupś (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Dorota Leszczyna (University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland), Oresta Losyk (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine), Justyna Miklaszewska (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Andrzej W. Nowak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Wiesława Sajdek (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland), Artur Szutta (University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland), Marta Szymańska (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Marta Śliwa (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland), Tomasz Tulejski (University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland), Krzysztof Wawrzonkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Kenneth Winkler (Yale University, New Haven, USA), Sandra Zakutna (University of Presov, Presov, Slovakia), Jolanta Żelazna (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Bartosz Żukowski (University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland).
Vol. LXXV (2019)
Margaret Atherton (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA), Magdalena Bizior-Dombrowska (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Jagna Brudzińska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Stanisław Czerniak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Paweł Hanczewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Marek Hetmański (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland), Lesław Hostyński (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland), Roomet Jakapi (University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia), Adam Jonkisz (Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum, Cracow, Poland), Kinga Kaśkiewicz (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Paweł Kawalec (John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Lublin, Poland), Radosław Kazibut (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Marek Kochanowski (University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland), Waldemar Kmiecikowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Dariusz Kucharski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland), Tomasz Kupś (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Marek Łagosz (University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland), Paweł Łupkowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Jacek Malinowski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Rafał Michalski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Przemysław Nowakowski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland), Adam Olech (Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Częstochowa, Poland), Silvia Parigi (Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Napoli, Italy), Teresa Pękala (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland), Zbigniew Pietrzak (University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland), Kazimierz Piotrowski (Academy of Fine Arts, Łódź, Poland), Gerhard Preyer (Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Marek Pyka (Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland), Jarosław Rolewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Krzysztof Stachewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Marta Śliwa (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland), Tadeusz Szubka (University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland), Włodzimierz Tyburski (The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland), Max Urchs (EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany), Krzysztof Wawrzonkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Jan Woleński (University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszów, Poland), Mariusz Urbański (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Jolanta Żelazna (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland).
Krzysztof Abriszewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Saladdin Ahmed (Union College, Schenectady, USA), Paweł Bernat (Polish Air Force University, Dęblin, Poland), Helena Ciążela (The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland), Predrag Cicovacki (College of the Holy Cross, Warcester, USA), Piotr Domeracki (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Marek Drwięga (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Piotr Duchliński (Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Cracow, Poland), Dominika Dzwonkowska (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland), Joanna Dudek (University of Zielona Gora, Poland), Sebastian Gałecki (Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Poland), Adam Grobler (University of Opole, Opole, Poland), Janusz Grygieńć (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Paweł Hanczewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Jarosław Horowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Jarosław Janowski (The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland), Tomasz Jarmużek (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Jacek Jaśtal (Cracow University of Technology, Poland), Andrzej Karalus (Gdansk University of Technology, Poland), Kinga Kaśkiewicz (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Paweł Kawalec (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland), Radosław Kazibut (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Karolina Kettler (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland), Andrzej Kiepas (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland), Stefan Konstańczak (University of Zielona Gora, Poland), Maria Kostyszak (University of Wrocław, Poland), Mateusz Kucz (The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland), Radosław Kuliniak (University of Wrocław, Poland), Tomasz Kupś, (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Aleksandra Kuzior (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice), Andrzej Lisak (Gdansk University of Technology, Poland), Bogdan Lisiak (Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Cracow, Poland), Iwona Lorenc (University of Warsaw, Poland), Paweł Łuków (University of Warsaw, Poland), Jacek Migasiński (University of Warsaw, Poland), Zbigniew Nerczuk (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Anita Pacholik-Żuromska (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Alicja Pietras (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland), Witold Płotka (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland), Jerzy Pogonowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Wojciech Rechlewicz (Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland), Jarosław Rolewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Mateusz Salwa (University of Warsaw, Poland), Marek Sikora (Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland), Przemysław Spryszak (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Krzysztof Stachewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Tomasz Stegliński (University of Lodz, Poland), Tadeusz Szubka (University of Szczecin, Poland), Danuta Ślęczek-Czakon (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland), Halina Święczkowska (University of Bialystok, Poland), Włodzimierz Tyburski (The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland), Krzysztof Wawrzonkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Mariusz Wojewoda (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland), Jan Woleński, University of Information, Technology and Management (Rzeszów, Poland), Sandra Zakutna (University of Prešov, Slovakia), Michał Zembrzuski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland), Jolanta Żelazna (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Mirosław Żelazny (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), Bartosz Żukowski (University of Lodz, Poland).
Article processing charges and submission charges
The journal „Ruch Filozoficzny" quarterly welcomes article submissions and does not charge a submission or publication fees.
Ethical standards
"Ruch Filozoficzny" quarterly is committed to respecting ethical standards at all stages of the publishing process (collaboration with authors, reviewing, writing and publishing texts). Below we list the most important expectations set forth for editors, reviewers and authors.
1. EDITOR’S DUTIES
- To act in an honest, objective and fair manner, fulfilling the expected duties, without discrimination on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
- Consider the texts submitted for publication solely on the basis of their scientific value (without taking into account their possible commercial values).
- Accept and compile submitted texts according to adopted and publicised procedures, and in the event of complaints regarding ethical standards or conflicts of interest proceed as appropriate in accordance with the procedures.
- Provide authors with the opportunity to respond to any substantive allegations.
- Consider possible complaints regardless of when the original publication appeared and store the documentation related to such complaints.
- Editors bear full responsibility and have the right to reject or accept an article. Upon detection of any errors, the editorial team has the right to publish a correction or withdraw the text.
- "Ruch Filozoficzny Quarterly" implement the principles of accuracy in scientific publications and procedures for the detection of scientific misconduct, particularly the instances of plagiarism, "ghostwriting" and "guest authorship." For this purpose we use CrossCheck (iThenticate) and Polish anti-plagiarism programmes (e.g. "Osa").
- Cases of serious scientific misconduct (instances of plagiarism, "ghostwriting" and "guest authorship") will be disclosed and the relevant authorities will be notified of a copyright infringement.
- The publisher of "Ruch Filozoficzny Quarterly" has introduced procedures aimed at combating the phenomenon of "ghostwriting" and "guest authorship". All authors are required to complete and sign the "ghostwriting" and "guest authorship" declaration.
- We are always ready to publish amendments and clarifications, and if necessary – withdraw a text and publish apologies.
2. REVIEWERS’ DUTIES
- Streamline the decision-making process and improve the quality of a published text by reviewing the manuscript in an objective manner and within an optimal time frame. The evaluation should be objective.
- Keep confidential all the information provided by the editor or author. Not store the manuscript or make its duplicates.
- Notify the editor of any published or submitted content that is substantially similar to that contained in the reviewed text.
- The reviewer should be aware of potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional relationships resulting from the collaboration of the reviewer and the author in the same projects or other such relationships), should alert the editor in the event that such a situation occurs and, if necessary, refrain from the evaluation of the submitted text. Reviewers should pay attention to published works that are not yet cited.
- Reviewed articles should be treated confidentially.
3. AUTHOR’S DUTIES
- All authors commit themselves to participate in the peer review process.
- The author should keep an accurate record of data related to the submitted manuscript as well as render such data available at a justified request of the editor. In justified cases and where permitted by an employer, funding institution and other interested parties it will be allowed to deposit data in an appropriate repository or a place of storage for the purpose of exchange and further use by other persons.
- The author signs the license declaration form and the author's declaration to state that all the information contained in the article is true and authentic.
- The author confirms that the manuscript sent had not been submitted for publication elsewhere.
- The author declares which parts of the text overlap with other texts published or submitted by him/her for publication (by pointing to and citing these sources). The author provides the editor with a copy of a manuscript that may contain overlapping or closely related content to confirm that all the works in the delivered manuscript are original and point to or quote content reproduced from other sources.
- The author provides his/her permission to reproduce the content from other sources (this particularly concerns translations).
Abstract and index services
The journal "Ruch Filozoficzny" is included in the following abstracts and index services:
- Akademicka Platforma Czasopism UMK (Open Journal System)
- DOAJ
- Philosopher's Index
- Scopus
- ERIH PLUS
- Google Scholar
- PBN / POL-Index
- ICI Journal Master List - Index Copernicus
- ARIANTA
- COBISS
- Crossref
- PhilPapers
- Polski Indeks Filozoficzny
Scoring of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education: 70
The journal is digitally archived by the IT Centre, Nicolaus Copernicus University
Forms, declarations, and contracts
Review form can be downloaded from HERE
Author’s declaration concerning the compliance with ethical standards HERE
Licence contract HERE
Journal History
„Ruch Filozoficzny Quarterly” is an organ of Polish Philosophical Society. Since its founding by Kazimierz Twardowski in Lviv in 1911, its traditional role is presenting and exchanging the research carried out in Polish philosophical circles. The stress is put on its specificity and, subsequently, on the international collaboration. Hence, since 2015 one issue of the quarterly has been published in English version each year. To achieve the objectives, apart from standard scientific papers and reviews the journal contains also shorter publications such as conference and lecture papers, announcements, reports, current information which are significant elements of the circulation and exchange of thought. Jubilee notes, memoirs and obituaries are also published to record and commemorate important events.
Publishing of the quarterly is the result of close collaboration between The Central Board of Polish Philosophical Society in Warsaw and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Since 2013, the journal has been published in electronic version on the Digital Publishing Platform for Magazines of Nicolaus Copernicus University based on Open Access System.