The ''British Journal of Aesthetics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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covering philosophical aesthetics and the philosophy of art. It was established in 1960 and is published by

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on behalf of the

British Society of Aesthetics The British Society of Aesthetics (BSA) is a philosophical organization founded by Herbert Read in 1960 to promote the study of aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and tast ...

. The first issue was edited by Harold Osborne in November 1960. The journal was originally published by

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and then by Thames & Hudson, before switching to its current publisher in 1975.

Editors-in-chief

The following people have been editor-in-chief of the journal: * 1960-1978: Harold Osborne * 1978-1995: Terry Diffey * 1995-2008: Peter Lamarque * 2008-2019: John Hyman, Elisabeth Schellekens * 2019–present: Paloma Atencia-Linares, Derek Matravers

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: * Arts and Humanities Citation Index *

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/Arts & Humanities * EBSCO databases *

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* ProQuest databases *

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Notable articles

Some of the most cited articles published in the journal are: * * * * *

BSA essay prize

Since 2008, the journal publishes the biannual British Society of Aesthetics essay prize.

References

External links

* {{Philosophy journals, state=collapsed Aesthetics journals Oxford University Press academic journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1960 English-language journals 1960 establishments in the United Kingdom