The deadline for submissions to TOPOI for the special issue/collection entitled: CAPACITIES-FIRST PHILOSOPHY has been extended to *15 January 2026*.
This special issue aims to analyze various models of „capacities-first philosophy,“ also known as „capacitism,“ from the perspectives of epistemology and metaphysics. It focuses on mental capacities, particularly perception and cognitive abilities, as well as causal powers, response-dependent properties, and dispositions.
Special issue article publications often bring higher citations and visibility than regular papers and attract more relevant readership due to its scope. Topoi is indexed in the Web of Science under AHCI, currently in Quartile 1 and placed in the top-10 ranked Philosophy-Category journals, with a 2023 IF of 1,3 and CiteScore of 3,1.
Guest Editor(s):
* Luca Oliva, University of Houston, loliva@uh.edu
*C. Naomi Osorio-Kupferblum, University of Vienna, naomi.osorio@univie.ac.at
DESCRIPTION:
This special issue aims to analyze various models of „capacities-first philosophy,“ also known as „capacitism.“ It will examine the most recent and compelling arguments defending capacitism from different but complementary viewpoints in epistemology and metaphysics. We will integrate cognitive (primarily perceptual), causal, and dispositional analyses. Specifically, we intend to discuss (1) Kant’s capacitism (Longuenesse 1998; Schafer 2023) and (2) Schellenberg’s developments (2018), an account for knowledge prioritizing those cognitive conditions that are reducible to mental capacities. Within capacities-first models, we will further differentiate between cognitive abilities performing a constitutive function and related but distinct metaphysical notions. These will primarily include (3) explanatory powers, such as those clarifying causation (Thomasson 2007, 2015; Marmodoro 2010; Price 2011), and (4) response-dependent properties and dispositions (Johnston 1989, 1992, Wright 1992).
For further details, see: https://link.springer.com/collections/bjhbbcfice
