Aim
The aim of this journal is to promote international dialogue on the philosophy of life. It features original, full-length papers as well as research reports and other relevant materials. Every paper in the journal is published in PDF format and is freely downloadable from this website, the repository of Waseda University  , and/or the repository of Osaka Prefecture University .
Philosophy of Life
We define philosophy of life as an academic research field that encompasses the following activities:
1) cross-cultural, comparative, or historical research on philosophies of life, death, and nature.
2) philosophical and ethical analysis of contemporary issues concerning human and non-human life in the age of modern technology.
3) philosophical analysis of the concepts surrounding life, death, and nature.
Our research methods include the interpretative study of particular philosophers, comparative research in the history of ideas, normative approaches to applied ethics, and philosophical-metaphysical-conceptual analysis.
Journal of Philosophy of Life deals with a variety of philosophical issues concerning life, death, and nature, that arise in a wide range of fields including bioethics, environmental ethics, environmental philosophy, religious studies, gender studies, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, biopolitics, nursing studies, philosophy of education, Holocaust studies, peace studies, and the history of ideas.
List of Articles
Volume 15
Special Issue: Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.6: Selected Papers from the Liverpool Conference (Peer-reviewed)
Preface
Michael Hauskeller
[PDF] Open Access
Neutral Nihilism
Why Nihilism Is Neither Good nor Bad
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.15, No.1 (January 2025):1-20
[Abstract][PDF] Open Access
Pessimism and the Tragedy of Strong Attachments
Patrick O’Donnell
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.15, No.1 (January 2025):21-40
[Abstract][PDF] Open Access
The Void of Meaningful Activity after Completion
Fumitake Yoshizawa
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.15, No.1 (January 2025):41-56
[Abstract][PDF] Open Access
Meaning as Horizon
Thomas Rule
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.15, No.1 (January 2025):57-72
[Abstract][PDF] Open Access
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Open Access Book
Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.6: Selected Papers from the Liverpool Conference
Edited by Michael Hauskeller
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.15, No.1 (January 2025):1-72
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Volume 14
Special Issue: Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.5: Selected Papers from the Tohoku Conference (Peer-reviewed)
Preface
[PDF] Open Access
Perfectionism and Vulgarianism About a Meaningful Life
David Matheson
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.14, No.1 (March 2024):1-13
[Abstract][PDF] Open Access
What’s the Point If We’re All Going to Die?
: Pessimism, Moderation, and the Reality of the Past
Matthew Pianalto
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.14, No.1 (March 2024):14-34
[Abstract][PDF] Open Access
[Review Article]
Meaning in Life in the Context of Psychopathology and Personal Recovery
Bernice Brijan
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.14, No.1 (March 2024):35-53
[Abstract][PDF] Open Access
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Open Access Book
Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.5: Selected Papers from the Tohoku Conference
Edited by Masahiro Morioka
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.14, No.1 (March 2024):1-53
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[Essay]
The Structures of Human Life
Ben G. Yacobi
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.14, No.2 (August 2024):54-70
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
> Articles Before Volume 14
Call for Manuscripts
* We encourage those who wish to publish papers in our journal to give presentations at the International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life and submit revised manuscripts after the conference.
* Speakers at the 7th International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life (2025) are welcome to submit their revised manuscripts by October 31, 2025.
* General submissions are now closed. However, we continue to receive manuscripts from authors who have published in the previous volumes of JPL.
Please see the "Note to Contributors" section below.
Note to Contributors
- Manuscripts should be sent to the editor (please send to both of the following addresses: journal[a]philosophyoflife.org and morioka[a]waseda.jp).
- Unpublished English manuscripts will be considered for publication. Manuscripts must be written in English and normally should not exceed 8.000 words in length. In exceptional cases longer manuscripts may be published if it is deemed truly necessary.
- Manuscripts must include an abstract in English. Abstract must not exceed 150 words in length. Contributor should send information about the author using this format.
- Manuscripts should generally follow Chicago Manual of Style. Use of JPL format is also recommended. Submitted WORD files will be converted to a PDF and uploaded with some headers added. Contributors are responsible for the layout of the uploaded file.
- We accept the following three categories of manuscripts: papers, essays, and review articles. While contributors can designate which category their manuscript should belong to, the final decision will be left to the editors. Papers include original academic papers, preliminary reports, survey papers, and papers which contain a summary or essential elements of a paper or papers that the author has previously published in his or her native languages. Essays include short & long essays and periodical essays. Please note that some manuscripts submitted as papers might be published under the category of preliminary reports, review articles, or essays.
- Manuscripts must be proofread by native English speakers before being submitted. Online editing services are recommended for contributors whose first language is not English.
- Manuscripts of papers will be examined by our editorial staff and if promising they will be forwarded to anonymous referees. Manuscripts of essays will be reviewed by the editor(s). We try to give authors our decision within ten weeks. Once accepted,
papers should appear within four weeks on this website. Manuscripts submitted by the editors or the members of editorial advisory board will be treated as invited papers/essays and will be reviewed by the editors. Papers included in special issues are peer-reviewed unless otherwise noted. (Revised in July 2024).
- The copyright of published manuscripts will be the property of Journal of Philosophy of Life. While Journal of Philosophy of Life reserves the right to publish the manuscripts, the authors are allowed to duplicate, print, or upload their manuscripts without permission once they are published in the journal. This means that authors can freely upload their articles to their website, or publish them as a chapter in a book.
- We do not charge any open-access fees to contributors.
- By submitting their manuscripts all contributors are deemed to have given permission for the publication of their manuscripts on the website of Journal of Philosophy of Life and on the repository of Waseda University .
Editors
Masahiro Morioka (editor-in-chief), Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan
Kazuyuki Hosomi, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Tetsuhiko Shinagawa, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University, Japan
Editorial Advisory Board
Bertold Bernreuter, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Thaddeus Metz, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Christian Steineck, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Mark Zlomislic, Conestoga College, Canada
Bibliographic Data
Title: Journal of Philosophy of Life
ISSN: 2185-4505
Place of Publication: School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama, 3591192 Japan. (Former Place of Publication: Research Institute for Environmental Philosophy and Philosophical Anthropology, Research Organization for the 21st Century, Osaka Prefecture University. Gakuencho 1-1, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, 5998531 Japan).
Publisher: Waseda Institute of Life and Death Studies, Waseda University.
Editor-in-chief: Masahiro Morioka
Email: journal[a]philosophyoflife.org
*The first issue of the journal was published on March 24, 2011. This website was established on April 9, 2010.
Journal of Philosophy of Life (Publisher)
ISBN:978-4-9908668(0-8/1-5/2-2/3-9/4-6/5-3/6-0/7-7/8-4/9-1)
Place of Publication: School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama, 3591192 Japan. |
