Style
Papers
Authors of accepted papers are asked to include an abstract of about 100 words and 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:
- 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.
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.