{"id":697,"date":"2018-07-24T09:13:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T09:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philsoc.eu\/?page_id=697"},"modified":"2025-11-28T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:35:52","slug":"journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/events\/journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Pense\u00a0<\/em>(from Scots, meaning &#8216;thought&#8217; or &#8216;mind&#8217;) is the Philosophy Society&#8217;s journal. Founded in 2011, it was intermittently published as the <em>University of Edinburgh Philosophy Society Journal <\/em>up to 2018\/19. From 2019\/20, it has been published as\u00a0<em>Pense <\/em>and numbered as a new series.<\/p>\n<p>It is a place for student discussion and debate in written form, and for careful thought about issues that demand it from us. As the editor of the 2021\/22 issue, Martha Gibbon, puts it &#8220;the need for philosophical thought seldom seems quite so urgent. [In] a period of ever tumultuous politics and global affairs, the line between legality and morality wilfully obscured \u2014 reflection upon [&#8230;] philosophy is paramount.&#8221;\u00a0In this spirit, <em>Pense<\/em> welcomes work on a wide range of philosophical topics and provides a platform for interested students to engage in philosophy through both original articles and discussion pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions are normally open from September to February, with the journal considering papers on any philosophical topic not exceeding 3000 words in length. General queries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:pense.euphilsoc@gmail.com\">pense.euphilsoc@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pense 5 <\/em>(2024\/25) is now available! <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OxboTOIjo7auuErsWAWY79_gPxKWdwaH\/view\">Pense 5 (2024\/25)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Past Issues:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OxboTOIjo7auuErsWAWY79_gPxKWdwaH\/view\">Pense 5 (2024\/25)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pense-23_24.pdf\">Pense 4.5 (2023\/24)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/optimized_pense_4_2022-23_.pdf\">Pense 4 (2022\/23)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Pense-3-2021-22.pdf\">Pense 3 (2021\/22)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pense2.pdf\">Pense 2 (2020\/21)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pense_2019_20.pdf\">Pense 1 (2019\/20)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/journal201819.pdf\">PhilSoc Journal 2018\/19<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Philosophy-Society-Journal-2017-18.pdf\">PhilSoc Journal 2017\/18<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/university_of_edinburgh_philosophy_society_journal.pdf\">PhilSoc Journal 2012<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pense-graphic-1024x710.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pense-graphic-1024x710.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pense-graphic-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pense-graphic-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pense-graphic-1536x1065.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pense-graphic-2048x1420.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pense-graphic-1088x754.png 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pense\u00a0(from Scots, meaning &#8216;thought&#8217; or &#8216;mind&#8217;) is the Philosophy Society&#8217;s journal. Founded in 2011, it was intermittently published as the University of Edinburgh Philosophy Society Journal up to 2018\/19. From 2019\/20, it has been published as\u00a0Pense and numbered as a new series. It is a place for student discussion and debate in written form, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/events\/journal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pense<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-697","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions\/1907"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euphilsoc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}