Style
Papers
Authors of accepted papers are asked to include an English abstract of about 100 words and 5 keywords, and to format their papers in accordance with Disputatio's style (this is not necessary when submitting papers). Here is a sample paper. And here are some guidelines:
- No endnotes; just numbered footnotes.
- Quotations longer than 3 lines should be detached from the main text.
- Do not use contractions (e.g. write 'do not' instead of 'don't').
- Use only single quotation marks.
- Author-date system should be used in the text, as follows:
- '(Author date: page)' for quotations: The inferences drawn in these examples would all satisfy Williams' conception of a 'sound deliberative route' (Williams 1981: 104).
- 'Author date' for author reference: The inferences drawn in these examples would all satisfy the requirements put forward by Williams 1981.
- 'Author date' for book reference: The inferences drawn in these examples would all satisfy the requirements put forward in Williams 1981.
- 'Author (date: page)' for page reference: The inferences drawn in these examples would all satisfy the requirements put forward by Williams (1981: 104).
- Only works referred to in the paper should be gathered at the end, under the heading 'References', using the author-date system, as follows:
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- Books: Authorsurname, Authorname. Date. Title of the Book. City: Publisher.
- Books, translations: Authorsurname, Authorname. Date of original publication. Translated Title of the Book. Translated by Name. City: Publisher, Date of Edition Referred to.
- Books, Ancient classics: Authorname. Title. Edited by Name. City: Publisher, Date of Edition.
- Chapter: Authorsurname, Authorname. Date. Title. In Title of Book. City: Publisher.
- Paper in a collection: Authorsurname, Authorname. Date. Title. In Title of Book, ed. by Authorname Surname. City: Publisher.
- Paper in a journal: Authorsurname, Authorname. Date. Title. Name of Journal Number:pagesstart-end.
Examples:
- Aristotle. Nichomachean Ethics. Translated by Martin Ostwald. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962.
- Blackburn, Simon. 1998. Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Cohon, Rachel. 1986. Are External Reasons Impossible? Ethics 96: 545-556.
- Hume, David. 1740. A Treatise of Human Nature. Edited by L.A. Selby-Bigge and P.H. Nidditch. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
- Kant, Immanuel. 1781. The Critique of Pure Reason. Translated by Norman Kemp-Smith. London: Macmillan, 1929.
- Williams, Bernard. 1981. Internal and External Reasons. In Moral Luck. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Book reviews
- 2,500 words maximum.
- Book reviews do not have titles.
- No footnotes.
- No endnotes.
- No bibliography or references.
- Quotations longer than 3 lines should be detached from the main text.
- Citations of the book under review by page number only.
- Citations of other books or papers:
- (Author name & surname, Book Title, city, year, page.)
- (Author name & surname, 'Paper title', Journal Title Issue #, year, page.)
- (Author name & surname, 'Paper title', in Edited Volume Title, ed. by Editor Name and Surname, city, year, page.)
- Do not use contractions (e.g. write 'do not' instead of 'don't').
- Use only single quotation marks.