Publish or Perish. (10th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Davies, Benjamin; Felappi, Giulia
• Is Part Of: Metaphilosophy. Volume 48:Number 5(2017)
• Page Start: 745
• Page End: 761
• Publication Date: 2017-10-10
• Subjects: academic publishing -- code of conduct -- journal submissions -- Grice -- publish or perish; Philosophy -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1111/meta.12269
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0026-1068

Abstract

Abstract: Funds and positions in philosophy should be awarded through systems that are reliable, objective, and efficient. One question usually taken to be relevant is how many publications people have in a group of well‐respected journals. In the context of significant competition for jobs and funding, however, relying on quantity of publications creates a serious downside: the oft‐lamented demand that we publish or perish . This article offers a systematic review of the problems involved in contemporary academic philosophy, and argues that the resulting situation is bad not just for individual philosophers but also for philosophy itself: we are not working as a discipline to as high a standard as we might. The article then suggests some potential solutions, including some more detailed considerations around what seems a particularly promising option: a professional code of conduct for philosophers.