CFP: New Directions for Fundamentality

We invite submissions for a special issue of Philosophical Studies on fundamentality.

Description

The notion of fundamentality has received much attention in recent years. In particular, significant progress has been achieved by developing and comparing different grounding-based conceptions of fundamentality, clarifying their role vis-à-vis fundamentality-like notions such as naturalness, and (most recently) defining relative fundamentality in terms of grounding.

With this theoretical groundwork in place, we believe it is time to identify new directions for the study of fundamentality. This special issue aims to achieve this by bringing together work on:

1. Novel conceptions of fundamentality: For example, confirmed contributions develop novel conceptions of fundamentality by investigating emergence, metaphysical priority, generative relations, zero-ground, and purity.

2. The theoretical role of fundamentality: For example, confirmed contributions discuss the epistemic value of fundamentality, as well as concrete applications of fundamentality to natural kinds, metaphysical indeterminacy, spacetime emergence, and normativity.

Guest Editors

• Yannic Kappes (University of Vienna)

• Benjamin Schnieder (University of Vienna)
  
  

More info and confirmed contributors https://link.springer.com/collections/hbhjgcache

Authors are asked to prepare their manuscripts according to the journal’s standard guidelines, available at: https://www.springer.com/journal/11098/submission-guidelines

Please submit your paper by July 31, 2025 via Philosophical Studies’ Online Manuscript Submission System (Editorial Manager), accessible at:

https://www.editorialmanager.com/phil/default.aspx

When uploading your paper, please be sure to select “S.I.: New Directions for Fundamentality” in the drop-down menu of “Article Type”.

All papers will undergo standard review procedures (double-blind refereeing) and, when accepted, they will be made available as online first publications until final publication.

For questions, please contact Yannic Kappes ([email protected]). Please note that we do not accept paper submissions via email.