Manuscripts must be ready for the blind reviewing process. All references to the author that could reveal his or her identity must be removed, including personal acknowledgments and bibliographical references.
In the case of articles, discussions, and critical notes, both documents must also include, both in Spanish and English, the title of the manuscript, an abstract (200 words maximum), and a list of key words. Book reviews must only include, both in Spanish and English, the submission’s title (no abstract and no key words required).
The manuscript, including footnotes and bibliography, must be composed in usual Word style, double spaced, in normal font (12 points). Pages must be numbered, and sections and subsections must be clearly distinguished. Articles must not exceed 10 000 words; discussions are not to exceed 6 000 words; critical notes 8 000 words; critical book reviews 4 000 words; and informative reviews 2 000 words.
Quotations from sources in other languages must be translated into Spanish. Quotations in the original language are exceptionally accepted, in addition to the Spanish translation. Quotations longer than five lines should be transcribed in an indented paragraph, using the same line spacing as in the rest of the text. Footnote calls go in superscript Arabic numerals and must be placed after all punctuation marks. All quotations must include mention to the corresponding work (author, year of publication, pages). Place bibliographical references at the end of the work, in alphabetical and chronological order; the year of publication goes after the author’s name. Information stated in the imprint goes in Spanish.
NORMS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED
Rights: Publication of a manuscript is taken to imply that all author’s legal rights to it are transferred to Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication, the author receives a letter for the transferal of rights, which authorizes the distribution of the contribution through printed and electronic media both locally and through the Internet.
Editing: In order to expedite the editing process, Diánoia favors contributions, among those that have been accepted, that are carefully edited. All submissions accepted for publication must strictly observe these editorial guidelines. When a submission fails to do so, the author will be asked to comply within a set deadline.
Proofs: The author receives the proofs via electronic mail in PDF format. Upon revising them, the author must send his or her comments within five working days to hector.islas@filosoficas.unam.mx
Authors are strongly recommended to read their proofs carefully since all manuscripts accepted for publication in Diánoia are subject to revision of style as well as to an adjustment to editing criteria.
Citations: Authors are required to utilize the author-date format (see below), and must use it consistently throughout the manuscript for all references. Bibliography must be listed at the end of the manuscript in an alphabetical order using the authors’ last names.
Images: Images (drawings, figures or any other image) must be sent both as digital EPS and as PDF format with high resolution. Please specify the name of the program and attach any special fonts employed.
AUTHOR-DATE FORMAT
References throughout the manuscript, and quotations in particular, must be included in parenthesis in the main text with the following information: author’s last name and year of publication followed by quoted pages (last name year, pp.). Example:
“En su artículo, Barnes no formula de modo explícito la tesis de la individualización; sin embargo, es claramente un presupuesto de su argumento” (Salles 2002, p. 5).
In this form of citation, bibliography must be organized alphabetically and chronologically: author’s name followed by year of publication.
Several works by the same author must be ordered from the latest to the most recent; works by the same author published the same year must be distinguished from each other using a letter. Examples: Roe 1981a, Roe 1981b.
Roe, Shirley, 1980, “Metaphysics and Materialism: Needham’s Response to d’Holbach”, Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, no. 284, pp. 309–342.
——, 1981a, Matter, Life and Generation, XVIIIth Century Embriology and the Haller-Wolff Debate, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
——, (comp.), 1981b, The Natural Philosophy of Albert von Haller, Arno Press, Nueva York.
In the case of collective works with two or more authors, only the two first authors are mentioned followed by the expression “et al.”
Book
Book Author (last name, name or initials), year, title (in italics), edition (beginning with the second one), translator (if relevant), publishing house, place of publication (collection, if relevant). All elements separated by commas. Example:
Harman, Gilbert, 1996, La naturaleza de la moralidad. Una introducción a la ética, 2a. ed., trad. Cecilia Hidalgo, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas-UNAM, México (Cuadernos, 39).
Journal article
Journal article Author (last name, name or intials), year, “title of the article”, journal, volume (vol.), number (no.), pages (pp.). All separated by commas. Example:
Stroud, Barry, 1973, “Transcendental Arguments”, The Journal of Philosophy, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 241–256.
Text in a collective work
Author (last name, name or initials), year, “title of the article or chapter”, name/initials and editor’s last name (if different from author of the referred text), book title, translator (when relevant), publishing house, place of publication, pages (collection, if relevant). All separated by commas. Example:
Green, M.B. y D. Wikler, 1981, “Brain Death and Personal Identity”, en M. Cohen, T. Nagel y T. Scanlon (comps.), Medicine and Moral Philosophy, Princeton University Press, Princeton, pp. 49–77.
