Aim
The aim of this journal is to promote international dialogue on the philosophy of life. It features original, full-length papers as well as research reports and other relevant materials. Every paper in the journal is published in PDF format and is freely downloadable from this website, the repository of Waseda University  , and/or the repository of Osaka Prefecture University .
Philosophy of Life
We define philosophy of life as an academic research field that encompasses the following activities:
1) cross-cultural, comparative, or historical research on philosophies of life, death, and nature.
2) philosophical and ethical analysis of contemporary issues concerning human and non-human life in the age of modern technology.
3) philosophical analysis of the concepts surrounding life, death, and nature.
Our research methods include the interpretative study of particular philosophers, comparative research in the history of ideas, normative approaches to applied ethics, and philosophical-metaphysical-conceptual analysis.
Journal of Philosophy of Life deals with a variety of philosophical issues concerning life, death, and nature, that arise in a wide range of fields including bioethics, environmental ethics, environmental philosophy, religious studies, gender studies, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, biopolitics, nursing studies, philosophy of education, Holocaust studies, peace studies, and the history of ideas.
List of Articles
Volume 12
Special Issue: Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.4: To be published in November 2022. (The call for papers is over.)
Volume 11
Special Issue: Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.3
Preface
Masahiro Morioka
[PDF] Open Access
Deep Personal Meaning
:
A Subjective Approach to Meaning in Life
Drew Chastain
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):1-23
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Causation and the Narrative Meaning of Life
Mirela Oliva
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):24-42
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
What Is Birth Affirmation?
:
The Meaning of Saying "Yes" to Having Been Born
Masahiro Morioka
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):43-59
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Beauvoir's Philosophy of Meaning in Life
Kiki Berk
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):60-77
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Meaning and Mistakes in Philosophy and Life
Benjamin Murphy
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):78-99
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Truth and Meaning in Life
:
A Badiouan Theory of Meaning in Life
Jairus Diesta Espiritu
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):100-122
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
What We Mean by 'Meaning'
Aaron Brooks
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):123-143
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
[Essay]
The Meaning of Life is the Pursuit of Love
Heidi Cobham
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):144-154
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
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Book
Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.3
Edited by Masahiro Morioka
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):1-154
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[Essay]
Lockdowns and Life-Value
: Covid Response as an Existential Problem
Jeff Noonan
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.1 (June 2021):155-172
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
[Essay]
Human Life and Deep Time
Ben G. Yacobi
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.11, No.2 (December 2021):173-178
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Volume 10
Special Issue: Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.2: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Preface
Masahiro Morioka
[PDF] Open Access
Affinity, Worth, and Fecundity
:
On Susan Wolf’s Advice for Living a Meaningful Life
John Partridge
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):1-16
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Phenomenological Interpretations of Life
:
Reductivist and Non-Reductivist Approaches in Heidegger, Scheler,
Jonas, and Barbaras
Andrew Tyler Johnson
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):17-37
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
A Stoic Approach to Living a Meaningful Life
Andrew M. Winters
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):38-57
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
The Relational Account of Meaning in Life
:
A Critique
Joshua Chang and Michelle Pitassi
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):58-77
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Living through Nature
:
Capturing Interdependence and Impermanence in the Life Framework of Values
Laÿna Droz
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):78-97
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Nothingness, the Self, and the Meaning of Life
:
Nishida, Nishitani, and Japanese Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Challenge of Nihilism
Lehel Balogh
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):98-119
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
If Goldfish Give Us Meaning in Life, What’s Next?
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A Critique of Susan Wolf’s Meaning in Life and Why It Matters
Nathaniel Serio
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):120-133
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
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Book
Philosophy and Meaning in Life Vol.2
: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Edited by Masahiro Morioka
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.1 (July 2020):1-133
[PDF][Repository] Open Access |
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Essay
Philosophy of Life
:
A Western Posthuman Identity: A First-Person Reflection on Life
Allan M. Savage
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.2 (August 2020):134-145
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
Catastrophe Ethics
: Towards a Trans/Posthuman Philosophy of Life?
Kyle Takaki
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.2 (August 2020):146-163
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
Essay
Human Freedom and Free Will
: Necessary Illusions
Ben G. Yacobi
Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.10, No.3 (December 2020):164-170
[Abstract] [PDF] Open Access
> Articles Before Volume 10
Call for Manuscripts
*The call for papers is currently closed.
*Nevertheless, we receive manuscripts by the authors who have published their papers/essays in the previous volumes of JPL.
Please see the "Note to Contributors" section below.
Note to Contributors
- Manuscripts should be sent to the editor (please send to both of the following addresses: journal[a]philosophyoflife.org and morioka[a]waseda.jp).
- Unpublished English manuscripts will be considered for publication. Manuscripts must be written in English and normally should not exceed 8.000 words in length. In exceptional cases longer manuscripts may be published if it is deemed truly necessary.
- Manuscripts must include an abstract in English. Abstract must not exceed 150 words in length. Contributor should send information about the author using this format.
- Manuscripts should generally follow Chicago Manual of Style. Use of JPL format is also recommended. Submitted WORD files will be converted to a PDF and uploaded with some headers added. Contributors are responsible for the layout of the uploaded file.
- We accept the following three categories of manuscripts: papers, essays, and reports. While contributors can designate which category their manuscript should belong to, the final decision will be left to the editors. Papers include original academic papers, preliminary reports, survey papers, and papers which contain a summary or essential elements of a paper or papers that the author has previously published in his or her native languages. Essays include short & long essays and periodical essays. Please note that some manuscripts submitted as papers might be published under the category of preliminary reports, survey papers, or essays.
- Manuscripts must be proofread by native English speakers before being submitted. Online editing services are recommended for contributors whose first language is not English.
- Manuscripts of papers will be examined by our editorial staff and if promising they will be forwarded to anonymous referees. Manuscripts of essays will be reviewed by the editor(s). We try to give authors our decision within ten weeks. Once accepted,
papers should appear within four weeks on this website. We do not necessarily provide information about referees' comments. Manuscripts submitted by the editors or the members of editorial advisory board will be treated as invited papers/essays and will be reviewed by the editors. (Revised in July 2017).
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- We do not charge any open-access fees to contributors.
- By submitting their manuscripts all contributors are deemed to have given permission for the publication of their manuscripts on the website of Journal of Philosophy of Life and on the repository of Waseda University .
Editors
Masahiro Morioka (editor-in-chief), Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan
Kazuyuki Hosomi, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Tetsuhiko Shinagawa, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University, Japan
Editorial Advisory Board
Bertold Bernreuter, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Thaddeus Metz, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Christian Steineck, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Mark Zlomislic, Conestoga College, Canada
Bibliographic Data
Title: Journal of Philosophy of Life
ISSN: 2185-4505
Place of Publication: School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama, 3591192 Japan. (Former Place of Publication: Research Institute for Environmental Philosophy and Philosophical Anthropology, Research Organization for the 21st Century, Osaka Prefecture University. Gakuencho 1-1, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, 5998531 Japan).
Publisher: Waseda Institute of Life and Death Studies, Waseda University.
Editor-in-chief: Masahiro Morioka
Email: journal[a]philosophyoflife.org
*The first issue of the journal was published on March 24, 2011. This website was established on April 9, 2010.
Journal of Philosophy of Life (Publisher)
ISBN:978-4-9908668(0-8/1-5/2-2/3-9/4-6/5-3/6-0/7-7/8-4/9-1)
Place of Publication: School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama, 3591192 Japan. |
