Since its founding in 1965, the Transactions is the premier peer-reviewed journal specializing in American philosophy and its history. Though named after the founder of American Pragmatism, all types of American thought are covered from the Colonial period to the present.
Membership in the Charles S. Peirce Society is initiated by subscribing to the Transactions. Subscriptions, as well as individual articles, are available from IU Press Journals.
Editor-in-Chief
Cornelis de Waal
Indiana University Indianapolis
Editors
Robert Lane
University of West Georgia
Daniel Brunson
Morgan State University
Consulting Editors
- Thomas Alexander (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
- Mats Bergman (University of Helsinki)
- Rosa M. Calcaterra (Università Roma Tre)
- James Campbell (University of Toledo)
- Vincent Colapietro (Penn State University)
- Gary A. Cook (Beloit College)
- Marilyn Fischer (University of Dayton)
- Mathias Girel (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
- Larry A. Hickman (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
- David Hildebrand (University of Colorado Denver)
- James Liszka (SUNY Plattsburgh)
- Erin McKenna (Purdue University)
- Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto)
- Matthew Moore (Brooklyn College CUNY)
- Jaime Nubiola (Universidad de Navarra)
- Jose-Antonio Orosco (Oregon State University)
- Gregory Fernando Pappas (Texas A&M University)
- John Ryder (Khazar University)
- John R. Shook (Bowie State University)
- T. L. Short (Independent Scholar)
- John J. Stuhr (Emory University)
- Shannon Sullivan (Penn State University)
- Paul C. Taylor (Temple University)
- Jennifer Welchman (University of Alberta)
Book reviews
The Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society publishes book reviews in every issue, covering the breadth of scholarship related to American philosophy. Authors or publishers that have books for review are asked to contact the editor, Dr. Cornelis de Waal, so that arrangements can be made where to send the book. He can be reached directly at cdwaal@iu.edu.
Information for Contributors
Manuscripts should be formatted for blind review, with no self-identifying references. They may be submitted by either traditional mail or email; electronic submissions should be in Microsoft Word or Rich Text File (RTF) format.
The editors will give preference to manuscripts that are no longer than 7500 words. Authors with papers including more than three illustrations should contact the editors about length before sending their submissions.
If your manuscript contains already published material, even if in a different language, please contact the editors in advance.
Manuscripts should be mailed to Professor Cornelis de Waal, Department of Philosophy, IUPUI, 425 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140, or emailed to cdwaal@iu.edu.
Specifications regarding formatting of submissions
The editors are happy to accept submissions that do not strictly adhere to the following guidelines. However, submissions accepted for publication will need to be formatted as follows.
- Articles should be double-spaced and use a 12-point font.
- Articles should be accompanied with a brief abstract and a list of about ten keywords.
- Formatting should be limited to what is minimally necessary, like subheadings, italicization, block quotations, syllogisms, etc.
- We require that you use endnotes rather than footnotes. Do not try to format the endnotes to make them resemble the Transactions style, but use the software’s default setting for notes.
- Subheadings must be preceded by a single blank line.
- There should only be a single space after the period.
- Block quotations should be in 11 point and be separated from the text by a blank line before and after the quotation. No quotation marks are used for block quotations.
- The Transactions do not require a specific bibliographic style, as long as the method used is clear and used consistently.
- Wherever possible, references should be to authoritative scholarly editions, such as the Chronological Edition of the Writings of Charles S. Peirce (IU), The Works of William James (Harvard), The Collected Works of John Dewey (SIU), The Works of George Santayana (MIT), etc.
- When copying bibliographic references from web resources, paste it into your document as mere text, to prevent the file from being polluted by invisible codes.
- For specifications regarding illustrations, please contact the editor.
Transactions AI Statement
The editors of Transactions recognize that AI can be a valuable tool in scholarly and philosophical research, as well as in the preparation of manuscripts and, where appropriate, during peer review. However, as with any tool, AI must be used responsibly, critically, and in ways appropriate to the task at hand. Authors and reviewers must at all times ensure that they can take full ownership of, and responsibility for, the final product.
To facilitate fair evaluation of manuscripts submitted to Transactions, as well as the peer-review process, all use of AI and related machine-learning technologies must be disclosed at the time of submission.
For manuscripts, this disclosure should take the form of a reasonably detailed statement identifying the tools used, how they were used, what guardrails were put in place, and the outcomes of that use. Authors are required to retain all underlying materials associated with AI use, including, but not limited to, chatbot interactions. As these materials constitute non-public research data, authors may be asked to provide them to Transactions for evaluation purposes. Any text generated by AI, even when subsequently edited for style or content, may not be presented as the author’s own work, but must be marked as a quotation. Its source must be properly cited, identifying the AI used as its source. As a rule, the full source material for such passages (not just the excerpt used) must be made publicly accessible prior to submission (though upon request the editors will consider exceptions). The use of AI to generate images or line art is normally not allowed. Transactions reserves the right to reject submissions on the basis of excessive, flawed, or undisclosed use of AI.
Additional note for peer referees: since ownership of submitted manuscripts belongs to the author(s), Transactions prohibits the uploading of submitted manuscripts into AI tools unless those tools guarantee strict confidentiality and do not retain, store, or use the material for training or other purposes.
Use and documentation of resources
Submissions to Transactions must demonstrate clear engagement with the relevant scholarly literature, including recent work, and this engagement must be reflected in the manuscript. Authors are strongly encouraged to review previously published articles in Transactions to ensure familiarity with the journal’s past publications, scope, and standards. If you encounter relevant Transactions papers that are inaccessible due to paywalls while preparing your work, please feel free to reach out to the journal for assistance.
Referees are encouraged to ensure that submissions adequately take into account the relevant literature and include appropriate references, even in cases where certain works are not directly cited within the main text. The journal accepts any standard reference.
Articles in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society are abstracted and indexed in:
- Philosopher’s Index
- Humanities Index
- Arts and Humanities Index
- Historical Abstracts
- America: History and Life.
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