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The Monist

An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry

Barry Smith, Editor

The Monist publishes thematic issues on particular philosophical topics and each issue is a collected anthology of continuing interest. Established as a quarterly publication of the philosophy of science, this journal has always published a wide range of work in other fields. It is one of the oldest academic journals in the world and has achieved international recognition as one of leading philosophy journals in the English language. Scholarship published in The Monist helped professionalize philosophy as an academic discipline in the United States.

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  • Contributors include Lewis White Beck, John Dewey, Gottlob Frege, Hans-Georg Gadamer, David Hilbert, Jaakko Hintikka, Ted Honderich, Sidney Hook, C. I. Lewis, Ernst Mach, Martha Nussbaum, Charles S. Peirce, Hilary Putnam, W. V. Quine, Nicholas Rescher, Bertrand Russell, Peter Singer, and Gregory Vlastos.


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