Filozofia is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 of philosophy

Philosophy

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 published by the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Slovak Academy of Sciences

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. It publishes articles in Slovak, Czech, and English. The journal's scope includes metaphysics

Metaphysics

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, epistemology, history of philosophy

History of philosophy

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, social philosophy

Social philosophy

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, philosophy of mind

Philosophy of mind

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, ethics

Ethics

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, philosophy of religion

Philosophy of religion

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, and related disciplines. The journal publishes 10 issues a year (each month, with the exception of July and August). The editor-in-chief is Dagmar Smreková.

Papers published in Filozofia are indexed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

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 and Research Alert.