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 8
Essay
Life’s Perennial Problems
Kyle Takaki
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.8, No.1 (January 2018):1-19
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
“Dehellenization of Thought” and the Philosophy of Life
: From the Viewpoints of Leslie Dewart and Masahiro Morioka
Allan Savage
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.8, No.1 (January 2018):20-34
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
Life in Progress
: Musings about Speech, Thought and Understanding
Allan Savage
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.8, No.2 (July 2018):35-47
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
No Such Thing As the Good-Life
: A Critique and Plea for Ignorance
John Shand
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.8, No.2 (July 2018):48-64
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
A Brief Passage Through the Wilderness
Ben G. Yacobi
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.8, No.2 (July 2018):65-72
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Volume 7
Special Issue: Nihilism and the Meaning of Life: A Philosophical Dialogue with James Tartaglia
Preface
Masahiro Morioka
[PDF] Open Access
Nihilism and the Meaning of Life
James Tartaglia
[PDF] Open Access
Transcendent Reality and the Consciousness Problem
Adam Balmer
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):1-15
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to Adam Balmer
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):16-20
[PDF] Open Access
Is Consciousness Transcendent?
: Comments on James Tartaglia’s Philosophy in a Meaningless Life: A System of Nihilism, Consciousness and Reality
Philip Goff
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):21-32
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to Philip Goff
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):33-49
[PDF] Open Access
Nothing but Nihilism?
: The Spirit of Purposelessness in James Tartaglia’s Philosophy in a Meaningless Life
Ronald A. Kuipers
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):50-69
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to Ronald A. Kuipers
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):70-80
[PDF] Open Access
The Deep Personal Resonance of Nihilism
Tracy Llanera
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):81-91
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to
Tracy Llanera
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):92-97
[PDF] Open Access
Living in the Frame
: Meaning on Loan from Nihilism
Alan Malachowski
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):98-119
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to
Alan Malachowski
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):120-135
[PDF] Open Access
In Search of Perspective
: Notes on Freedom, Transcendence, and Finitude in Tartaglia’s Philosophy in a Meaningless Life
Bjørn Torgrim Ramberg
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):136-151
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to
Bjørn Ramberg
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):152-159
[PDF] Open Access
How Human Life Could be Unintended but Meaningful
: A Reply to Tartaglia
Brooke Alan Trisel
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):160-179
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to
Brooke Alan Trisel
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):180-186
[PDF] Open Access
Transcendence
J. J. Valberg
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):187-194
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to
J. J. Valberg
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):195-207
[PDF] Open Access
‘Life is Meaningless.’ Compared to What?
Damian Veal
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):208-260
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to
Damian Veal
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):261-278
[PDF] Open Access
Transcendence and Mediation
: From Tartaglia to the Free-Will Debate
Sho Yamaguchi
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):279-304
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Reply to
Sho Yamaguchi
James Tartaglia
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):305-315
[PDF] Open Access
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Book (Compilation of all the above papers)
Nihilism and the Meaning of Life
: A Philosophical Dialogue with James Tartaglia
Edited by Masahiro Morioka
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.1 (July 2017):1-315
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access |
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Paper
The Trolley Problem and the Dropping of Atomic Bombs
Masahiro Morioka
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.2 (August 2017):316-337
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Paper
Death to Death
: Descartes, Living Bodies, and the Concept of Death
Susan Mills
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.2 (August 2017):338-360
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
The Being of Death
Jim Hanson
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.2 (August 2017):361-376
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
Becoming a Seer
: Thoughts on Deleuze, Mindfulness and Feminism
Finn Janning
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.2 (August 2017):377-390
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
Meaning and Fulfilment in Life
: The Roles of Criticism, Self-Discovery and Autobiography
Tony Summer
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.7, No.3 (October 2017):391-405
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
> Articles Before Volume 7
Call for Manuscripts
*Call for manuscripts for Vol.8, No.3 (2018): The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2018. Submission is closed until December 31, 2018. We are editing a special issue for 2019.
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 reports. 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, survey papers, or essays.
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papers should appear within four weeks on this website. We do not necessarily provide information about referees' comments. 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. (Revised in July 2017).
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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 Johannesburg, 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: Project of Philosophy and Contemporary Society (Tokyo Philosophy Project), Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, 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. |
