Welcome
The Society for Post-Critical
and Personalist Studies (SPCPS) was formed in 2004, and took over the
publication of Appraisal (first published in 1996).
The Society aims to promote interest in, and further application of, the personalist way of thinking in philosophy and other disciplines. It takes a special, but not exclusive, interest in the work of Michael Polanyi.
It publishes a journal, Appraisal, and organises conferences. All individual members receive the Society's journal Appraisal and likewise all individual subscribers to Appraisal will become members of the SPCPS.
APPRAISAL
Appraisal is published in March and October each year, 4 issues (2 yrs) constituting 1 volume.
Appraisal welcomes articles dealing with current issues in philosophy, other disciplines and life at large, from a largely personalist perspective. It also welcomes discussions of previous published articles. From time to time it publishes re-appraisals of 20th C. thinkers of a personalist orientatitation.
All articles will be subject to blind review. Before writing an article please see the Style Sheet and e-mail us for the Appraisal Master Sheet (rtf). All submissions should be sent to the Secretary
To see the contents of the current and all previous issues, please go to Current and Previous Issues
For subscriptions and purchase of a CD of all previous volumes, please go to Subscriptions
Appraisal: Calls for Articles for Publication in March and October 2013
1. Science and Theology
Possible themes: Scientific and theological methods, presuppositions, limitations, etc; theological aspects of currect scientific theories and controversies, e.g. evolution but not only that.
2. Personalist Approaches to Psychiatry, Therapy and Counselling
Possible themes: Contrasts between impersonal or subpersonal approaches and personal ones; the application of distinctively personalist philosophies; personalist treatments of particular problems and issues in these disciplines.
For each CFA, please send to secretary@spcps.org.uk a summary of about 500 words by August 31st or a completed article of up to 6000 words, prepared for blind submission, by October 31st, 2012.
For articles please use the Style Sheet (please follow the instructions for composing endnotes) and include Abstract (max. 80 words), list of Key Words, contact address at the end, and max. 80 words about yourself for Notes on Contributors.
Offficers of the SPCPS
Chairman and Editor of Appraisal: Dr R.T. Allen; 20
Ulverscroft Rd, Loughborough, LE11 3PU;
chairman@spcps.org.uk, editor@spcps.org.uk
Secretary: Mr Mark Arnold, secretary@spcps.org.uk
Treasurer: treasurer@spcps.org.uk
Librarian: Mr David Britton, librarian@spcps.org.uk
Assistant Editors:
Contents: Dr Simon Smith (Model College of Busines and Science,
Muscat, Oman)
Submissions: Mr Mark Arnold, submissions
Editorial Advisors:
Prof. Klaus Allerbeck, Faculty of Social Sciences, J-W Goethe
University, Frankfürt-am-Main, Germany
Prof. Giorgio
Baruchello, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Akureyri,
Akureyri, Iceland
Dr Angela Botez, Institute of Philosophy, Romanian
Academy of Sciences, Bucharest, Romania
Dr R.J. Brownhill, Haslemere
(formerly at the Dept of Educational Studies, University of Surrey,
Guildford)
Dr J. Cutting, Hon. Snr Lecturer, Inst. of Psychiatry,
London.
Dr Tibor Frank, Dept of Philosophy, Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
Dr Wendy Hamblet, Dept
of University Studies, North Carolina A&T State University,
Greensboro, NC
Dr David Lamb, Dept of Biomedical Science & Bioethics, University of
Birmingham
Dr Tihamér Margitay Dept of Philosophy and History of
Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest,
Hungary
Dr Endre Nagy, Dept of Social Policy, Semmelweis University,
Budapest, Hungary
Dr Henrieta Seban, Institute of Politics and International
Relations, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Bucharest, Romania
The Rev'd Julian
Ward, Nantwich, Cheshire (formerly at Regents Theological College, U. of
Manchester)
Dr Norman Wetherick, Edinburgh (formerly at the Dept of
Psychology, University of Aberdeen)
Indexing:
Appraisal is indexed in The British Humanities Index and
The Philosophers' Index.
Latest issues of the following journals:
The Pluralist, Revista Portugesa de Filosofie, La Revue Roumaine de Philososofie, Romanian Review of Political Sciences and International Relations
Other Links, especially to societies, journals, etc. interested in Michael Polanyi.