Focus and Scope

The main aim of "Studies in the History of Philosophy" is to present the results of scientific research in the field of the history of Western philosophy, from ancient to contemporary thoughts. We publish original scholarly articles (in English, German, and Polish), academic translations of important philosophical texts into Polish, archival source texts, and book reviews.

In the ARTICLES section, we publish original treatises on philosophy and the history of philosophy.

In the TRANSLATIONS section, we publish scholarly philosophical texts translated into Polish and essential works of Polish philosophy translated into English.

In the section ARCHIVES OF POLISH PHILOSOPHY, we publish the latest historical and philosophical research in the history of Polish philosophy, including scholarly sources for the history of Polish philosophy.

In the REVIEWS section, we publish reviews and presentations of current publications/books on philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Peer Review Process

REVIEW PROCESS

• Every article is reviewed by at least two independent reviewers (from the outside of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Editorial Board, and Journal’s Academic Board).
• In case of texts written in a language other than Polish, at least one of the reviewers is affiliated to a foreign institution, different than the nationality of the author. 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 *.pdf can be downloaded here PL or EN.
• 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.

GHOST-WRITING PREVENTION (APPLIES TO TEXTS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION)

•  „Ghost writing” is when someone makes a substantial contribution to a publication but their name is neither disclosed as the one of an author nor mentioned in the acknowledgements included in the publication.
• “Guest authorship” or “honorary authorship” is when one claims to be an author or a co-author of a publication, although their contribution to it is insignificant or none.
• The Editorial Board endeavours to eliminate the phenomena of dishonesty and scientific misconduct (i.e. “ghost writing” and “guest authorship”).
• The Editorial Board requires authors to disclose authors’ individual contributions to the publication. (The author who submits the manuscript is held responsible for the disclosure.)
• Any instances of detected scientific misconduct will be revealed, including notification of relevant institutions (the author’s employer, scientific societies, science editors’ associations, etc.)
• The Editorial Board requires authors to provide information about means of funding the publication, the contribution of research institutions, associations and other entities (“financial disclosure”).
• The Editorial Board records any detected signs of scientific misconduct, especially the instances of breaching or violating ethical rules of research.
• Every author is required to sign an agreement with the Publisher, confirming the originality and authenticity of the submitted text, translation, or study. The agreement template can be downloaded in Polish or in English. Two copies of the completed and signed template should be sent to the Editorial Board.
• The Publisher does not pay royalties to the authors for the texts accepted for publication in the journal.

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).

Advisory Board

Bolesław Andrzejewski (Poznań, Poland)
Steffen Dietzsch (Berlin, Germany)
Honorata Jakuszko (Lublin, Poland)
Andrzej Kaniowski (Łódź, Poland)
Yasushi Kato (Tokyo, Japan)
Nancy Kendrick (Wheaton, USA)
Peter Kyslan (Prešov, Slovakia)
Ruta Marija Vabalaite (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Radosław Kuliniak (Wrocław, Poland)
Bernd Ludwig (Getynga, Germany)
Jarosław Rolewski (Toruń, Poland)
Mykola Symchych (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Werner Stark (Marburg, Germany)
Anna Szyrwińska-Hörig (Vechta, Germany)
Sandra Zákutná (Prešov, Slovakia)
Mirosław Żelazny (Toruń, Poland) – chairman

List of Reviewers

We are grateful to our reviewers who, in years 2010–2021, cooperated with us, and whose comments ensured hight substantive standard of the published texts.

List of reviewers (2024 - June 2026):

Małgorzata Abassy (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Dariusz Barbaszyński (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Maciej Dombrowski (University of Wrocław), Piotr Domeracki (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Paweł Dybel (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Edyta Głowacka-Sobiech (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Barbara Grabowska (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Adam Grzeliński (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Katarzyna Heremska (Pedagogical University of Cracow), Tomasz Huzarek (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Marek Jawor (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Cezary Kalita (University of Siedlce), Kinga Kaśkiewicz (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Liliana Kiejzik (University of Zielona Góra), Katarzyna Kremplewska (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Roman Kubicki (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Dariusz Kubok (University of Silesia in Katowice), Piotr Łaciak (University of Silesia in Katowice), Dariusz Łukasiewicz (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz), Ondrey Marchevsky (University of Prešov), Rafał Michalski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Frantisek Mihina (University of Prešov), Janusz Mizera (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Anita Pacholik-Żuromska (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Anna Palusińska (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Mateusz Pencuła (University of Warsaw), Krzysztof Rojek (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin), Janusz Sidorek (SGH Warsaw School of Economics), Krzysztof Stachewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Tomasz Stegliński (University of Lodz), Vladislav Suvák (University of Prešov), Jolanta Świderek (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin), Jakub Szczepański (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Mariusz Szynkiewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Jakub Tercz (University of Warsaw), Joanna Usakiewicz (University of Bialystok), Vabalite Ruta Marija (Mykolas Romeris University), Tomasz Waszak (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Alfred Wierzbicki (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin), Ryszard Wiśniewski (Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa), William Wood (Univerzita Pardubice), Jolanta Żelazna (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Lech Zieliński (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Ireneusz Ziemiński (University of Szczecin), Jan Zubelewicz (Warsaw University of Technology).

List of reviewers (2010–2021):

Bolesław Andrzejewski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Monika Bakke (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Bogdan Banasiak (University of Łódź), Dariusz Barbaszyński (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Henryk Benisz (University of Opole), Ilona Błocian (University of Wrocław), Paweł Bohuszewicz (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Andrzej Bronk (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Franciszek Chmielowski (Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Art in Cracow), Waldemar Chorążyczewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Justyna Czekajewska (Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań), Stanisław Czerniak (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Natalia Danilkina (Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad), Maciej Dombrowski (University of Wrocław), Nigel Dower (University of Aberdeen), Anna Drabarek (Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Warsaw), Liybov Drotyanko. (National Aviation University, Kyiv), Paweł Dybel (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Anna Dziedzic (University of Warsaw), Bogdan Dziobkowski (University of Warsaw), Werner Euler (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis), Adam Filipowicz (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw), Krystyna Górniak-Kocikowska (Southern Connecticut State University, New Heven), Barbara Grabowska (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Adam Grzeliński (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Przemysław Gut (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Włodzimierz Heflik (Pedagogical University of Cracow), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (University of Nevada, Reno), Christoph Horn (University of Bonn), Steffen Huber (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Tomasz Huzarek (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Stepan Ivanyk (University of Warsaw), Mieczysław Jagłowski (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Honorata Jakuszko (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), Stanisław Janeczek (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Tomasz Jarmużek (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Stanisław Jedynak (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), Jan C. Joerden (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt an der Oder), Elżbieta Jung (University of Łódź), Dariusz Juruś (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Andrzej Kaniowski (University of Łódź), Ihor Karivets (Lviv Polytechnic National Universit), Ryszard Kasperowicz (University of Warsaw), Kinga Kaśkiewicz (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Nancy Kendrick (Wheaton College, Wheaton), Jan Kiełbasa (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Agnieszka Kijewska (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Heiner F. Klemme (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Tadeusz Kobierzycki (Chopin University of Music, Warsaw), Monika Komsta (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Stefan Konstańczak (University of Zielona Góra), Jerzy Kopania (University of Bialystok), Leszek Kopciuch (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), Martyna Koszkało (University of Gdańsk), Małgorzata Kowalska (University of Bialystok), Sabina Kruszyńska (University of Gdańsk), Ludmiła Kryshtop (People's Friendship University of Russia, Moscow), Tomasz Kubalica (University of Silesia in Katowice), Roman Kubicki (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Dariusz Kucharski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw), Andrzej Kucner (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Radosław Kuliniak (University of Wrocław), Sławomir Kunka (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Jarosław Kupczak (Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow), Małgorzata Kwietniewska (University of Łódź), Anna Latawiec (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw), Marek Lechniak (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Andrzej Leder (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Dorota Leszczyna (University of Wrocław), Józef Lipiec (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Krzysztof Lipka (Chopin University of Music, Warsaw), Adam Lipszyc (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Andrzej Lisak (Gdańsk University of Technology), Iwona Lorenc (University of Warsaw) Oresta Losyk (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv), Piotr Łaciak (University of Silesia in Katowice), Andrzej Łukasik (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), Maciej Manikowski (University of Wrocław), Ondrej Marchevský (University of Prešov), Aleksandra Matyukhina (National Aviation University, Kyiv), Janusz Mączka (Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow), Rafał Michalski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Jacek Migasiński (University of Warsaw), Frantisek Mihina (University of Prešov), Justyna Miklaszewska (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Hubert. T. Mikołajczyk (Pomeranian University in Slupsk), Janusz Mizera (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Jadwiga Mizińska (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), Artur Mordka (University of Rzeszów), Maciej Motak (Cracow University of Technology), Tomasz Mróz (University of Zielona Góra), Damian Mrugalski (Studium Dominicanum, Warszawa), Monika Murawska (Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw), Zbigniew Nerczuk (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Aleksiej Nikołajewicz Kruglow (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow), Andrzej Noras (University of Silesia in Katowice), Valentyn Onopriyenko (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv), Małgorzata Opoczyńska-Morasiewicz (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Rafał Palczewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Jakub Pawlikowski (Medical University of Lublin), Bogusław Paź (University of Wrocław), Katarzyna Pękacka (Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań), Teresa Pękala (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin) Joachim Piecuch (University of Opole), Gerhard Preyer (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main), Sławomir Raube (University of Bialystok), Jarosław Rolewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Marek Rosiak (University of Łódź), Mirosław Rutkowski (University of Szczecin), Adriana Schetz (University of Szczecin), Piotr Schollenberger (University of Warsaw), Dieter Schönecker (University of Siegen), Gerhard Schönrich (TUD Dresden University of Technology), Piotr Semków (Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia), Paweł Sikora (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin), Olga Sisakova (University of Prešov), Adam Smrcz (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), Daniel R. Sobota (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Maciej Soin (Lodz University of Technology), Marek Sołtysiak (Pontifical University of John Paul II, Cracow), Krzysztof Stachewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Werner Stark (Philipps University of Marburg), Ewa Starzyńska-Kościuszko (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Tomasz Stegliński (University of Łódź), Maciej Strutyński (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Piotr Szałek (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Agnieszka Szczap (University of Zielona Góra), Jakub Szczepański (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Sławomir Sztajer (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Sławomir Sztobryn (Academy of Technology and Humanities in Bielsko-Biała), Antoni Szwed (University of the National Education Commission, Cracow), Danuta Ślęczek-Czakon (University of Silesia in Katowice), Marta Śliwa (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Krzysztof Śnieżyński (Jesuit University Ignatianum in Cracow), Marek Średniawa (Warsaw University of Technology), Halina Święczkowska (University of Bialystok), Jakub Tercz (Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw), Anna Tomaszewska (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), Beata Trochimska-Kubacka (University of Wrocław), Barbara Tuchańska (University of Łódź), Włodzimierz Tyburski (Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Warsaw), Max Urchs (EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Wiesbaden), Joanna Usakiewicz (University of Bialystok), Rūta Marija Vabalaitė (Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius), Krzysztof Wawrzonkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Andrzej Wierciński (University of Freiburg), Ryszard Wiśniewski (Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa), Wojciech Włoch (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Roomet Yakapi (University of Tartu), Robert Zaborowski (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), Sandra Zákutná (University of Prešov), Marcin T. Zdrenka (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Paweł Zieliński (Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa), Renata Ziemińska (University of Szczecin), Ireneusz Ziemiński (University of Szczecin), Przemysław Zientkowski (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz), Urszula Żegleń (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Jolanta Żelazna (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Mirosław Żelazny (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), Bartosz Żukowski (University of Łódź).