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First open-access journal for mathematical philosophy founded
The Journal of Mathematical Philosophy, published by the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU, has begun accepting submissions on a 'diamond' open-access model that charges neither authors nor readers.
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The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München has founded the first open-access journal devoted to mathematical philosophy. The Journal of Mathematical Philosophy has begun accepting submissions.
"Diamond" open access
What distinguishes the journal is its funding model: no article processing charge for authors and no subscription for readers. The literature calls this diamond open access.
The rationale follows from that: open-access publishing remains difficult for many authors and institutions because of high article processing charges. The journal sets out to remove that barrier.
Scope
The range is broad:
- Formal epistemology
- Philosophical logic
- Philosophy of science
- Decision theory
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Formal metaphysics
- Philosophy of language
- Formal ethics
- Philosophy of artificial intelligence
Submissions are double-blind refereed. Jürgen Landes and Lennart Ackermans of LMU Munich are joint editors-in-chief.
Why it matters
The open-access argument in philosophy has run for years: high processing charges disadvantage researchers at institutions with limited budgets. A journal that charges neither authors nor readers — in a field that leans heavily on formal methods — offers a concrete example in that debate.
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