''Synthese'' () is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering the
epistemology
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,
methodology
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, and
philosophy of science
Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, ...
, and related issues.
The name ''Synthese'' (from the Dutch for ''
synthesis'') finds its origin in the intentions of its founding editors: making explicit the supposed internal coherence between the different, highly specialised scientific disciplines.
Jaakko Hintikka was
editor-in-chief
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from 1965 to 2002. The current editors-in-chief are
Otávio Bueno (
University of Miami
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), Wiebe van der Hoek (
University of Liverpool
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), and Kristie Miller (
University of Sydney
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).
Editorial decision controversies
In 2011, the journal became involved in a controversy over
intelligent design
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. The printed version of the special issue ''Evolution and Its Rivals'', which appeared two years after the online version, was supplied with a disclaimer from the then editors of the journal that "appeared to undermine
he authorsand the guest editors".
The journal engendered controversy again in 2016, when an article was called a "homophobic and sexist rant".
"Due to an unfortunate human error", one of the articles accepted for publication in the special issue ''Logic and Relativity Theory'' was not sent by the guest editor to the editors of the journal for approval as the then current policies had required. Upon the discovery of this discrepancy, the editors of the journal imposed a
moratorium on new special issues for approximately two-three months pending review of the policies.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
Reception
In 2022, the journal was ranked 4th in a meta-analysis of philosophy journals.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2022
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 1.5.
See also
*
List of philosophy journals
References
External links
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{{Philosophy journals, state=collapsed
Logic journals
Philosophy of science journals
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals
Monthly journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1936