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Submitting to Contemporary Aesthetics
Contemporary Aesthetics encourages substantive aesthetic inquiry on current interests, in particular constructive approaches to aesthetic issues that enrich and widen our aesthetic horizon, whether of subject matter or cultural traditions. Studies that are primarily historical or are critical studies of particular art works are not appropriate to the mission of this journal, nor are articles directed to intramural debates or exclusively to critiquing other philosophers' arguments. Studies that bear directly on contemporary aesthetic theory and concerns are welcome, as are current reassessments of traditional issues. We also welcome the use of visual images and auditory and film clips to illustrate the text. The main text normally should not exceed 8,000 words. Please review the following topics in preparing your article for submission. If you have any questions or if you need assistance, please feel free to contact CA. Submitting an Article Submitting an Article
Articles for submission must be previously unpublished and in English. Papers should be well-written, and we encourage grace as well as clarity. It is important that papers be copy-edited carefully before submission. Drafts are not acceptable. In submitting work to Contemporary Aesthetics, authors agree to the policies of this journal, including free access and use of the material published in it with, of course, proper acknowledgment of authorship and source. If you have any questions about whether your article is appropriate for CA, send it directly to the editor for a preliminary review.
Our submission guidelines have been carefully prepared to facilitate the editorial process of publishing articles online. Strict adherence to formatting guidelines (described below) has three purposes. First, simple formatting allows the editors to concentrate on the content of articles submitted. Second, it allows for reliable translation of authors' formatting to the web page. The third consideration is both aesthetic and practical: multiple stylistic formats are ugly and distracting on a web page and interfere with reading. Therefore please observe the formatting instructions carefully. Formatting the Article References in articles submitted to Contemporary Aesthetics should conform to the formats below. For references that do not fit these forms, please follow the Chicago documentation style. There are several online sources for this showing endnote citation and reference list forms. See, for example, http://www.bridgew.edu/library/turabian.htm. Citations from CA It is the responsibility of the author to obtain permission for the use of any copyrighted material, including images, sound, and video files. It is preferable to place images directly in the text but, when permission is unobtainable, it is acceptable to include a link to the image directly in the text. Authors who want to include a bibliography with their article should use the same citation format described above and the bibliography directly after the notes. Naming files: File names should not contain spaces. They may contain letters, numbers, hyphens (-) and underscores (_). No other punctuation is allowed. Files must have the three-letter file extension identifying the file type (i.e. .rtf, .wpd, .doc), whether submitted from a Windows or Macintosh computer. The following are the only acceptable file types for articles: Microsoft Word (.doc) (preferred)Rich Text Format (.rtf) Corel WordPerfect (.wpd) AppleWorks, Lotus, or other word processor documents must be saved in one of the above formats. |
