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Volume Editor: Luca Vanzago
Thanks to the recent publication of the lecture courses held at the Collège de France in the 1950’s, Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy is now much better known in its later developments following the publication of the Phenomenology of Perception. The particular attention placed by Merleau-Ponty on the theme of nature, already acknowledged by the scholars, is thus clearly confirmed and shows the fecundity of the meditation of the French phenomenology with respect to several research areas that are most investigated today, from the neurosciences to evolutionary biology and ecology. The aim of this special issue is to deepen these research lines in order to examine Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological and ontological approach and evaluate its value and limits, and at the same time discuss the naturalistic and reductionist tendencies that are prevalent in these fields in the light of Merleau-Ponty’s criticisms. Among the themes that can be suggested there are accordingly both papers dealing with Merleau-Ponty’s achievements regarding one particular field of research among those above outlined, and papers examining, from a Merleau-Pontian phenomenological standpoint, the main epistemological themes concerning the present state of scientific research.
Submission guidelines
Submission can be made in English, Italian, French, and German and should not exceed 9,000 words including abstract, references and footnotes.
Manuscripts are welcome in English, Italian, German or French. They should be prepared for anonymous refereeing and sent by email attachment in Microsoft Word together with a .pdf version to luca.vanzago@unipv.it. Contributions are sent to two independent reviewers in a double-blind procedure prior to the publication decision. Authors may be requested to change or improve their articles when suggested by reviewers. Please attach both a fully blinded version of your paper as a “Manuscript” and a separate “Cover page” indicating full name of the authors, academic title, university affiliation and full contact details. The submission should contain an abstract in English, not exceeding 150 words. For further details, please see guidelines (all submissions will be acknowledged).
Submitted manuscripts can be formatted in any clear and consistent style, but authors finalizing their papers for publication will be required to hand in a final version that respects the journal’s stylistic rules (download Style guidelines).
Submission of a manuscript is understood to imply that the paper has not been published before and is not being considered for publication by any other journal. The publication of the papers implies that authors waive the copyright; they could request the copyright to the journal for future publication of them.
Deadline for submission: October 15, 2014.
Notification of acceptance, conditional acceptance, rejection: December 15, 2014.
Final version due: January 31, 2015.
