No. 44 (2015) | Diametros

About the Journal
Founded in 2004, Diametros (ISSN 1733-5566) is a scholarly journal that publishes original research and review articles in both English and Polish. It welcomes submissions from all areas of philosophy, as well as those at the intersections between philosophy and other disciplines. An open-access journal, indexed by all of the most important databases (Scopus, Web of Science), Diametros is free for readers & authors. Włodzimierz Galewicz (Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland) is the founder of the journal and the editor-in-chief.
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Announcements

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Transparency in Medical and Healthcare Expertise

November 21, 2023

Diametros invites scholars and researchers to contribute to a special issue focusing on the critical theme of transparency in the realm of medical and healthcare expertise. This call is inspired by the article "Expertise, disagreement, and trust in vaccine science and policy. The importance of transparency in a world of experts" (available here).

Submissions:

- Commentaries on the Article: We welcome analytical and critical commentaries on the article "Expertise, disagreement, and trust in vaccine science and policy. The importance of transparency in a world of experts", reflecting on its themes, arguments, and implications.

- Independent research papers: Additionally, submissions of independent research papers exploring broader issues of transparency in medical and healthcare expertise are encouraged.

Special issue: Ethical challenges in contemporary social research

December 15, 2022

Deadline: 15 June 2023

Special issues submission information

May 29, 2021

Diametros welcomes proposals for guest-edited special issues that are timely, advance the state of the art on a contemporary philosophical problem or theme, and fit reasonably within the scope of the journal.

Diametros

Special Topic - New medical technologies and basic healthcare

Funding Genetic Tests from Public Resources (in Polish)

The Benefits of ART, or a Problem of Families and Children? Comments on the Proposed Amendments to the Law on Infertility Treatment – Sejm’s draft no 3245 (in Polish)

The Role of a Technological Approach in the Contemporary Psychiatry (in Polish)

Reducing Organ Shortage. Active Donor Registration System as an Alternative to the Polish Opt-Out System (in Polish)

What Kind of Justice Can We Expect from a Medical Doctor? (in Polish)

Informed Consent and Research Involving Human Biological Material (in Polish)

Special Topic - Justice and Compassion – Hume’s Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Practical Ethics

Hume, Justice and Sympathy: A Reversal of the Natural Order?

Why Compassion Still Needs Hume Today

David Hume: Unwitting Cosmopolitan?

Justice, Sympathy and the Command of our Esteem

Hume's Humanity and the Protection of the Vulnerable

Polemics

Solidarity in the legal frames

Bioethics

Kant & practical philosophy

Research & ethics