Mind | Oxford Academic

Editors

Professor A.W. Moore

Professor Lucy O’Brien

About the journal

MIND has long been a leading journal in philosophy. For well over 100 years it has published the best new work in all areas of the subject. The journal continues its tradition of excellence today …

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Graduate Essay Prize

For the third time, MIND and Oxford University Press are pleased to announce the winner of the MIND Graduate Essay Prize. The winner is the essay ‘Neo-Logicism and Gödelian Incompleteness’, by Fabian Pregel. His essay is published in the October 2022 issue of the journal.

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Virtual Issue: Aesthetics

Ever wondered what contributors to MIND have said about art over the decades? This two-part virtual issue features contributions from 1925 to 2020, and spans topics from sentimentality to the identity of artworks. The first part of this offering focuses on aesthetic experience, judgement, justification, and value.

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Virtual Issue: Evidence

What is ‘evidence’ and what makes for good evidence? How should we act on our evidence? What kinds of evidence should be used in legal contexts? This virtual issue seeks to represent the range of philosophical work on these issues, demonstrating their diversity while highlighting their interrelations.

Curiosities

Why the "S" in "Intension"?

The peculiar spelling of the logical term " intension" has always given pause to laymen readers of English logical prose. From time to time, in fact, even the initiate tend to become confused.

The Chicken and the Egg

Human experimentation aside, every chicken is hatched from an egg. And every egg from which a chicken might be hatched is laid by a chicken. Equally and correspondingly commonplace is the fact that every chicken is born of chicken.

What the Tortoise Said to Achilles

Achilles had overtaken the Tortoise, and had seated himself comfortably on its back.

"So you've got to the end of our race-course?" said the Tortoise. "Even though it does consist of an infinite series of distances? I thought some wiseacre or other had proved that the thing couldn't be done?"

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Philosophy in Focus

Explore our 'Philosophy in Focus' hub, bringing focus to key philosophical themes through OUP's wealth of publishing. Our new monthly feature hosts a selection of high-quality, thought provoking content around a particular theme.

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