Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors Guidelines

Selección de Textos Series published in four languages, Spanish, Portuguese, English and French.

Preparation of the manuscript (book with editor/s)

The submission for book with editor(s) must be in Microsoft Word or LaTeX file. Send a PDF file especially if you make a significant use of mathematical or logical notation in your paper.

LaTeX Template: Ask the editor; for books whose call for papers specifically indicates it.

All the data of author(s) must be included. The Editorial Committee will prepare the papers in blind version for its correct evaluation.

Name the file as follows: «SurnameName.docx». For example: DoeJane.docx. The subject of the message will be specified in each call for papers.

The structure for articles in book with editor/s

1. Title in original language (if English, you must translate it into Spanish)
2. Abstract in original language (if English, you must translate it into Spanish).
3. Keywords in the original language (if English, you must translate them into Spanish). They should include at least 5 words that are not included in the title.
4. Title in English.
5. Abstract in English.
6. Keywords in English. At least 5 that are not included in the title.
7. Introduction.
8. Body of the paper (sections and subsections).
9. Conclusion.
10. Bibliographic references.

Length

1. Maximum length of the article is 15,000 words, including the abstract, footnotes and references.
2. Maximum length of the abstract is 300 words.

Images

If the manuscript includes images they should be attached in a separate file in high quality jpg format. If the images are not sufficiently clear, the editors reserve the right to exclude them from the publication. The author must also send the corresponding permission to use the image if it does not belong to the author or is not free of copyright.

Typography and others

All text in Times New Roman font, size 11 point and single line spacing.

The different sections of the text should be numbered and in bold. Do not inden the section title.

Neither bold nor underlining should be used inside the text.

Footnotes in Times New Roman font, size 8, single line spacing.

Do not indent the beginning of paragraphs.

Important: The titles and subtitles in Spanish should only be capitalized in the first letter of the first word. You should not start each word with a capital letter, except for proper names. Also do not use capital letters for the entire title. In English you can start the word of the titles in capital letter but following the rule for English titles.

References

References should appear at the end of the document under the heading of «References» and organized in alphabetical order.

The Author-Date System must be used.

VERY IMPORTANT: You must indicate the DOI registration for references (all articles, books, reviews, etc.); if it is not possible, indicate the URLs.

Only those publications that have been used for the manuscript and that are specifically cited in the work should be included.

According to the style indicated, the bibliographical references must be inserted within the text, indicating in parentheses only the author’s surname, year of publication and the page (s).

The bibliography should come at the end of the article in alphabetical order, repeating the surnames in the case of several books or articles by the same author, followed by the year of publication corresponding to the bibliographic reference indicated in the article. Texts by the same author must be ordered according to their order of appearance.

Citations within the text of the manuscript (Author-Date Style)

When the quotation has less than 40 words, it should be included within the text, in quotation marks and without italics. A period (full stop) should be written at the end of the quotation and its data.

If the citation has more than 40 words, the text is written as a block, without quotation marks, on a separate line, with indentation. At the end of the quotation the period is placed before the data.

Footnotes (Very Important)

Notes should be placed at the bottom of the page and numbered consecutively.

The number and extension of footnotes should be reduced to a minimum and the clarifications should be specific.

Bibliographic references or citations should not be included in the footnotes.

Tables, graphs, figures and charts

Tables or charts should be presented in the body of the text. They must be accompanied by their corresponding title and legend and numbered consecutively, in Times New Roman font and size 10 point.

The figures or graphs should be presented in high quality PNG or JPEG files.

EXAMPLE OF CITATIONS AND REFERENCES

– Quotes –

Quote inside the text:

   (Frege 1879, 44)

   (Heidegger 1939, 31-45)

If it is more than one reference in the same quote:

   (Frege 1879; 1901).

If the author has more than one publication per year, they are differentiated with lowercase letters according to their order of appearance. Example:

   (Frege 1879a; 1879b)

   (Frege 1879b, 34)

When the cited book has more than one author:

   Two authors: (Frege and Dedekind 1879, 44)

   Three authors: (Frege, Dedekind and Peano 1879, 44)

   More than three: (Frege et al. 2006)

– Bibliography –

The bibliography should come at the end of the article in alphabetical order, repeating the surnames in the case of several books or articles by the same author, followed by the year of publication corresponding to the bibliographic reference indicated in the article. Texts by the same author must be ordered according to their order of appearance.

Books

   Surname(s), Name(s) (year). Title. City: Publisher.

One author:

Carnap, Rudolf (1947). Meaning and Necessity. Chicago: Chicago University Press.

Two authors:

Redmond, J., Fontaine, M. (2011). How to Play Dialogues. An Introduction to Dialogical Logic. London: College Publications.

Three or more authors:

Lorenzen, P, Lorenz, K., Rahman, S. (1978). Dialogische Logik. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.

Book with editor(s)

Gabriel, G., Hermes, H., Kambartel, F., Thiel, C., Veraart, A., McGuinness, B., Kaal, H. (eds.) (1980). Gottlob Frege. Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

Book chapters

One author:

Rowe, D. (2000). The Calm Before the Storm: Hilbert’s Early Viewson Foundations. In F.E.A. Hendricks (ed.), Proof Theory. History and Philosophical Significance, pp. 55–94. London: Kluwer Academic Publisher.

Two or more authors:

Knuuttila, T., Merz, M. (2009). Understanding by Modeling An Objectual Approach. In H. W. de Regt, S. Leonelli, K. Eigner (eds.), Scientific Understanding. Philosophical Perspectives, pp. 146–168. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Journal articles

Surname(s), Name(s) (year). Paper title. Journal Name Volume(Issue): pages. doi.

One author:

Cummins, R. (1975). Functional Analysis. The Journal of Philosophy 72(20): 741–765. doi: 10.2307/2024640

Two or more authors:

de Regt, H. W., Dieks, D. (2005). A contextual approach to scientific understanding. Synthese 144(1): 137–170. doi: 10.1007/s11229-005-5000-4

Online references

Blanchette, P. (2012). The Frege-Hilbert Controversy. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frege-hilbert/. Access: 17/08/2018.