A Brief Introduction to the Journal Homónima

1. Introduction

• Homónima’s Editorial Focus:

○ Metaphilosophy

○ Interdisciplinarity

○ Metatheory

○ Focus on methodological and philosophical pluralism

2. Components of the Editorial Focus and Their Significance

• Metaphilosophy:

○ Metaphilosophy is second-order thinking

○ It seeks to problematize and reflect on the methods and foundations of philosophy

○ For example, it explores the causes of philosophical disagreement

• Interdisciplinarity:

○ Philosophy that works in conjunction with knowledge and perspectives from other disciplines to address common themes

 Metatheory:

○ Reflection on the foundations and assumptions of other disciplines (natural sciences, social sciences, arts, etc.)

• Methodological and Philosophical Pluralism:

○ It allows for a variety of perspectives without imposing a single one as the correct one

3. Coherence and Relationship Among the Components of the Editorial Line

• The development of second-order thinking fosters mutual understanding among disciplines.

• Reflection on the foundations of other disciplines builds bridges with philosophy.
• We believe that philosophical pluralism ensures a variety of perspectives and prevents the imposition of a single viewpoint.

4. Social and Academic Rationale:

○ Sparking interest in metaphilosophy among students

○ Encouraging reflection on one’s own discipline and practice

○ To promote collaboration with other disciplines and their bibliographies

○ To foster academic work at the undergraduate level and the development of original thought from the very beginning of philosophical training

○ To offer engaging and illustrative readings, such as: interviews with scholars in line with our editorial approach; essays on philosophical reading and writing supported by faculty from the Department at the University of Chile; and translations from English to Spanish for students who have difficulty with the English language.

○ Integrating the student body into the academic world of philosophy

○ Supporting the philosophical education of students from diverse backgrounds

○ Impacting students’ academic development by providing illustrative guidance on how to practice and understand their discipline.

○ The journal serves as direct support for achieving these university objectives.

5. Thematic Breadth and Why It Is Not a Niche

○ The journal is extremely diverse and flexible in its subject matter.

○ The combination of elements in the editorial line allows us to cover all areas of philosophy and to engage with other disciplines. We do not limit ourselves to a niche

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Author Guidelines

Manuscript Submissions

Your manuscript should be submitted by email to [homonima.revista@gmail.com] (please read the document «How to write the email to send to Homónima?«), following the specific guidelines outlined below.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check that their submission complies with all the elements listed below. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines will be returned to the authors.

• If the submission has been previously published or submitted for consideration to another journal, an explanation must be provided in the Comments to the Editor, along with the corresponding permission (confirmation response) from the original publisher for republication in Homónima.
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
• Whenever possible, URLs are provided for references.
• The text has 1.15 line spacing; font is EB Garamond or Times New Roman regular; 12 or 13-point font size; italics are used instead of underlining (except for URLs); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the appropriate places within the text, rather than at the end in an appendix section.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the Author Guidelines.
• Authors are requested to adhere strictly to the manuscript submission format. The Editor reserves the right to reject a manuscript solely for non-compliance with submission standards.
• The Editors and the Editorial Committee reserve the right to reject, in the first instance, the submission of a work that does not meet the academic requirements of originality and contribution to the discipline, or that lacks the necessary research rigor or respect for the aforementioned editorial standards.

Author Guidelines

• General Instructions for Authors

The Journal of Philosophy publishes original or republished manuscripts in Spanish and English.

• Manuscript Preparation

All author data must be included in the EMAIL. In the FILE DO NOT include any author data.

Once received, the Editorial Committee will verify the works in blind format for proper evaluation.

The file name should use the ARTICLE TITLE. The file must come without AUTHOR INFORMATION IN WORD. The subject line of the message is specified in each call for submissions as: «Article submission for the scientific committee for issue X of the Homónima Journal».

• Structure for Articles

The structure and order of the work must be strictly followed:

1. Title in the original language (if in English, it must be translated into Spanish).
2. Abstract in the original language (if in English, it must be translated into Spanish).
3. Keywords in the original language (if in English, they must be translated into Spanish). At least 5 keywords not included in the title.
4. Title in English.
5. Abstract in English.
6. Keywords in English. At least 5 keywords not included in the title.
7. Introduction.
8. Development of the work (sections and subsections).
9. Conclusion.
10. Bibliographic references.

• Length Requirements for Articles Included in the Issues of the Homónima Journal:

1. The text should not exceed 9,000 words, including the abstract and footnotes, but excluding the bibliography.
2. The abstract must have a maximum of 300 words.

Images

If the work includes images, they must be attached separately in an independent file in high-quality JPG format. If the images are not clear enough, the editors reserve the right not to include them in the edition. The author must include the corresponding permission if the image is not free or their own property.

Typography and Other Formatting

• Work Title: in EB GARAMOND or Times New Roman font, size 20, bold, centered.
• Author(s) Name(s): in EB GARAMOND or Times New Roman font, size 14, centered.
• Abstract, keywords, and the full body text: must exclusively use EB GARAMOND or Times New Roman font, size 11 or 12 points, justified, with 1.15 line spacing. Do not assign a different size to subtitles or sections of the text.
• The different sections or subsections (headings, subheadings) of the text should be numbered and in bold, without special indentation.
• Do not use bold or underlining within the body of the text.
• Footnotes: in EB GARAMOND or Times New Roman font, size 10, single line spacing.
• Do not use indentation at the beginning of paragraphs or give special margins to the text.

Important: Titles and subtitles in Spanish should only have the first letter of the first word capitalized. Do not capitalize each word, except for proper nouns. Also, do not use all caps for the title. In English, title words can be capitalized following the standard rule for English titles.

• Bibliographic References for Articles

Bibliographic references should be listed at the end of the document under the heading «References» and organized alphabetically. In the case of several books or articles by the same author, the surname should be repeated. Texts by the same author should be ordered according to the year of publication.

IMPORTANT: The journal’s style standard is APA 7 format

VERY IMPORTANT: For the references in your work, you must indicate the DOI of all articles, books, reviews, etc., that possess one; or, failing that, indicate the URLs.

REFERENCING STANDARDS

Since 2026, the Editorial Team of Homónima. Journal of Philosophy has adopted APA 7 (American Psychological Association) format as its citation and referencing standard. Manuscripts using APA format from the 7th Edition onwards will be accepted.

It is worth noting that the editorial body of Homónima. Journal of Philosophy rejects any instance of partial or total plagiarism (or self-plagiarism) (cf. Editorial Policies).

Below is a summary of the application of the APA standard with examples from the philosophical discipline. Notwithstanding the above, it is the responsibility of each author to review the corresponding manual and cite appropriately.

1. Bibliographic References at the End of Texts.

Each manuscript must contain a bibliography, indicating all the works mentioned by the author, whether in the body of the text or in footnotes.

1.1 Books

The order in which the data should appear is as follows: Author(s) or Editor(s), Date, Book title in italics, and the publisher where it was published.

• Korsgaard, C. (1996). Creating the Kingdom of Ends. Harvard University Press.
• Vigo, A. (2022). Kant y la conciencia moral. Editorial Roneo.
• Gallagher, S & Zahavi, D. (2008). Phenomenological Mind. Routledge.

1.2 Books in Other Languages

• Merleau-Ponty, M. (1964). Le visible et l´invisible [The Visible and the Invisible]. Gallimard.

1.3 Book Chapters

The order of information should be as follows: Chapter author, initial(s) of the first name, year of publication, chapter title, preposition «In», editor(s) name (Ed.) or (Eds.), book title in italics, and publisher.

• Ormeño, J. (2010). Dualismo y praxis o ¿Cuál es el problema de la moral kantiana, profesor Hegel?: la crítica a la «concepción moral del mundo» en la Fenomenología del espíritu. In V. Lemm & J. Ormeño (Eds.), Hegel, pensador en la actualidad (pp. 213–229). Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales.

1.4 Encyclopedia Entries

Encyclopedia entries should indicate: author(s) name, year in parentheses, editor(s) name of the encyclopedia (Ed.), name of the encyclopedia in italics, publisher, and URL.

• Johnson, R & Cureton, A. (2022). Kant’s Moral Philosophy. In Zalta. E & Nodelman. U (Eds). The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Stanford University. [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/]{.underline}

1.5 Journal Articles

The order in which the data should be listed is: author’s last name, initial(s) of the first name, year of publication in parentheses, article title, journal name (in italics), volume, and/or page numbers.

• Espinosa, R. (2016). Falacia naturalista y razón teorética. Una aproximación sistemática al problema del «deber ser» en David Hume. Revista de Humanidades, 33, 181-212.

If the reference includes a DOI number, it should be placed at the end of the reference.

• Baquedano Jer, S. (2019). Ecocide or Environmental Self-Destruction?. Environmental Ethics, 41 (3), 237-247. [https://doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics201941324]{.underline}

2. Citation

2.1 Block Quotation

If the quotation contains 40 words or more, it should be in a separate paragraph. Do not use quotation marks for a block quotation. Indent the entire paragraph by 0.5 inches. If there are additional paragraphs within the quote, the indentation should respect the format of the cited text as follows:

Aristotle exhorts us to try to clarify or explain everything that happens. And there are as many different types of aitíai or causes as there are different types of explanations.

The Latin word causa also means a legal process, or its object. From it derives the current Spanish word causa (Anscombe, 1991, p.12).

2.2 Quotation within a Paragraph (Less than 40 words)

If a quotation consists of less than 40 words, it should be treated as a short quotation, i.e., it should be integrated into the text, enclosed in double quotation marks, and should not be in italics.

• «The name of practical philosophy refers, on the contrary, to a discipline that aims its reflection at principles, by dealing with practical reason situated in the midst of the world of action, taking it as its object» (Wieland, 1996, p. 20).

The final punctuation should go after the closing parenthesis of the citation, i.e., the period marking the end of a sentence should follow the citation and not precede it. Likewise, it is not necessary to repeat the author and year in parentheses when they already appear in the narrative of the manuscript.

2.3 Citation of Canonical Works

Classical philosophical works will be cited according to the canonical convention of each author. Some examples are provided below.

Immanuel Kant

In Kant’s case, cite referring to the edition of the «Berlin Academy of Sciences» (AA), citing the initials of the German work, the volume number, and then the pages of the edition. The only exception to this rule is the Critique of Pure Reason (KrV), which is cited, according to custom, by indicating the numbers of the first and second editions of the work, abbreviated with the letters A and B respectively.

• «The categorical imperative is thus only one, and indeed this: act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law» (GMS AA IV 421).
• «Happiness is the satisfaction of all our inclinations (extensively, in terms of their multiplicity; intensively, in terms of their degree; and protensively, in terms of their duration)» (KrV A 806/ B 834).

For more information on Kantian citation, visit the following [link]

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Editorial Policy and Ethics Regulations

Editorial Policy 

• Articles Copyright

The Journal of Philosophy: Homonima (Homonym) does not retain copyright. Authors are free to use their material elsewhere, and even to make the manuscript available on their personal website once it has been officially published by the publisher.

Authors who publish in this series agree to the following terms:

• Authors will retain their copyright and will guarantee this series the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International) which allows third parties to share the work as long as its author and its first publication in this series are indicated.
• Authors may adopt other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., deposit it in an institutional telematic archive or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication in this series is indicated.
• Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work via the Internet (e.g., in institutional telematic archives or on their website) before and during the selection process, which can produce interesting exchanges and increase citations of the published work. (See The effect of open access).

Privacy Statement

Names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this journal and will not be provided to third parties or for use for other purposes.

• Peer review process

The manuscripts proposed by the authors are submitted to double-blind arbitration. Double-blind review is primarily defined as obtaining advice from experts in the field on individual manuscripts, without informing about the identity of the author(s) or reviewers. Papers are assigned to an editor in the relevant subject area. A report will be provided by the external referees, and on this basis, the editorial board will make the final decision on the publication.

• Open Access Policy

The Journal of Philosophy: Homonym provides open and immediate access to its volumes in digital and physical formats. We uphold the principle that providing the public with free access to research helps to increase the global exchange of knowledge.

• No costs

The Journal of Philosophy: Homonym has no costs associated with the submission of papers nor does it charge for their processing (APCs / article submission charges).

• Anti-plagiarism analysis and use of AI (explained below)

The Journal of Philosophy: Homonima reviews all papers with anti-plagiarism software. Plagiarism is considered an unacceptable act. If plagiarism is detected, the editors will immediately reject the book or related individual works.

The following will be considered serious offences, including: the deliberate failure to declare the use of AI, the submission of made-up references and the intentional manipulation of quotations or data. Sanctions may include: rejection of the manuscript, publication of correction or retraction, notification to the author’s institution, and temporary or permanent ban on submission by the author(s).

• Privacy Statement
  

The authors’ names, email addresses, and any other information will be used exclusively for the purposes set forth therein and will not be provided to third parties or for use for other purposes.

• Publication ethics and declaration of bad practices

The Journal of Philosophy: Homonym adopts a neutral position with respect to the topics dealt with in its books and does not subscribe to any particular doctrine and is open to manuscripts from different perspectives and with international reach. The Journal of Philosophy Students: Homonymous promotes scholarly scientific research and discussion, regardless of its nature, whether political, ethical, gender, or other potentially or thematically contentious issues.

The publication of academic papers is subject to peer review and aims to offer high-quality and reliable scientific research. Therefore, to achieve these goals, authors, editors, and peer reviewers have specific responsibilities to achieve the ethical standards expected at all stages of their involvement, from submission to publication of papers.

The Journal of Philosophy: Homonym is committed to achieving and upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We closely follow the Comettee on Publication Ethics  (COPE) in terms of parameters for good practice. According to this code of ethics, our editors, evaluators and authors should assume the following responsibilities:

• ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 

Author’s responsibilities

1. It is the responsibility of the authors to offer original works, not even partially published by another publisher. Also, to confirm/affirm that the manuscript as submitted is not under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere.
2. The author(s) are obliged to offer retractions or corrections of errors; and they must offer a list of references, financial support.
   
3. Authors should describe precisely any relevant data that is related to the results of their work. To obtain permission to reproduce any content from other sources.
4. The authors undertake to mention all the people who have collaborated and contributed to the research and its results, in such a way that they appear as co-authors or collaborators.
5. Authors are obliged to acknowledge and provide all sources they used, so they should use appropriate citation formulas. It is understood that the authors are perfectly aware that plagiarism is not accepted.
6. It is the authors’ obligation to indicate any conflicts of interest or financial interest that could interfere with the results or interpretations of the research. Therefore, each author must commit to describing the source of funding for the project or research.
7. It is the authors’ obligation to report any major errors noticed after submitting the manuscript; It should be reported as soon as possible so that it can be corrected.
8. Authors are required to participate in a peer review.
9. Promptly notify editors if you identify a significant error in your publication. Cooperate with the editor and publisher to publish a notice of erratum, addendum, corrigendum, or retraction of the manuscript, if deemed necessary.
10. Not to issue or endorse hate speech against any particular group, whether based on religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, or other categorization. This type of discourse will not be accepted in the philosophical practice that concerns us here.

Evaluator Responsibility

1. Reviewers should contribute to the decision-making process, and should assist in improving the quality of the published manuscript through objective and timely review.
2. Reviewers are obliged to maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the editor or author. They must not retain a copy of the manuscript.
3. Alert the publisher to any content posted or submitted that is substantially similar to that being evaluated.
   
4. Evaluators must make objections or corrections in a neutral tone and duly reasoned and argued. Criticism of a personal nature is considered inappropriate.
5. Reviewers are obliged to be aware of any potential conflict of interest (financial, institutional, collaborative, or other relationships between the reviewer and the author) and to alert the editor of the conflict, if necessary, withdrawing their services for the manuscript in question.

Responsibilities of the editor

1. Editors must act in a balanced, objective and fair manner while performing their expected tasks, without discrimination in terms of gender, sexual orientation, political or religious beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
2. Editors are required to handle submissions for sponsored supplements or special issues in the same way as other submissions, so manuscripts are considered and accepted only on their academic merit and without commercial influence.
3. The editorial committee will ensure that the reviewers, under any circumstances, do not try to get the author to cite irrelevant texts from journals, books and/or authors with the sole purpose of fraudulently increasing the prestige of said journal, publisher and/or author.
4. The editorial team will not disclose information about the authority of manuscripts to reviewers or potential reviewers.
5. Editors must always adopt and follow reasonable procedures in the event of complaints of an ethical or conflicting nature. Give authors a reasonable opportunity to respond to any complaint. All claims should be investigated regardless of when the original publication was approved. Documentation associated with any such claim should be retained. Editors should always be ready to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.
6. Editors are obliged to treat plagiarism as an inadmissible act. If plagiarism is detected, editors must reject the manuscript immediately.
   • PROCEDURES FOR DEALING WITH UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR
     

Identifying Unethical Conduct

• Misconduct and unethical behavior can be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time, by anyone.
• Misconduct and unethical behavior may include, but is not necessarily limited to, the examples outlined above.
• Whoever informs the editor or publisher of such conduct must provide sufficient information and evidence for an investigation to be initiated. All allegations should be taken seriously and treated equally, until a successful decision or conclusion is reached.

Research

• An initial decision should be made by the editor, who should consult with the publisher, if appropriate.
• Evidence must be gathered, while preventing the spread of allegations beyond those who need to know them.

Minor infractions

• Minor misconduct can be dealt with without major consultation. In any case, the author must have the opportunity to respond to any allegations.

Serious infractions

• Serious misconduct may require the defendant’s employers to be notified. The editor, in consultation with the publisher or the Society in an appropriate manner, should make a decision whether or not to involve employers, either by examining the available evidence themselves or by consulting with a limited number of experts.

Results (in increasing order of severity; can be applied separately or in conjunction)

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Version 2025 – Revista Homonima

Purpose

Clear and enforceable rules are established for the use of artificial intelligence tools in the preparation, submission, evaluation and publication of manuscripts, in order to preserve scientific integrity, traceability of authorship and verifiability of sources and data.

Scope

It applies to all submissions and associated materials (main text, figures, tables, supplementary data) and to all people involved in the editorial process: authors, co-authors, editors and evaluators.

Definitions

AI tool: software or service capable of generating or transforming text, images, code, or data using automated models (e.g., language models, image generators).

Material use of AI: any AI intervention that produces or substantively modifies content, analysis, results, interpretation, figures or references.

Guiding principles

Full human responsibility: Human authors maintain full responsibility for the veracity, originality and attribution of the content. AI tools are not supported as authors.

Mandatory transparency: Any material use of AI must be accurately declared (tool, version, vendor, and function) in both the transmittal letter and the manuscript.

Verifiability: AI-generated or reviewed content must be verified by the authors; In particular, references, data and statements must be verifiable through primary sources.

Data protection and confidentiality: It is forbidden to enter non-anonymized data or confidential information into AI tools without the relevant authorizations.

Requirements for authors (mandatory)

Declaration on the transmittal letter: indicate whether AI was used; If so, describe its scope (e.g., abstract writing, language editing, figure generation, data analysis), tool, and version.

Note in the manuscript: include a section, for example «Acknowledgements» or «Methods», a brief description of the use of AI. If AI was involved in the data analysis, incorporate the methodological details and checks made by the authors.

Reference checking: any suggested or AI-generated references must be confirmed by the authors; Unverifiable references will constitute grounds for rejection and investigation.

Statement of Responsibility: The signature of the authors implies validation and responsibility for all material submitted, regardless of the degree of automated assistance.

Images y Figures generated or modified by AI

AI image generation or manipulation requires explicit statement and description of the procedure. The journal may require the original source files and documentation of the parameters used. Images whose provenance or manipulation cannot be verified will not be accepted.

Peer review and use of AI by editors/reviewers

Evaluators and editors must declare whether they used AI in the preparation of their reports. It is forbidden to upload non-anonymized manuscripts to

public AI platforms. Automatic tools may be used as support, but editorial decisions are the sole responsibility of natural persons.

Detection of Irregularities and Operating Procedure

Upon receiving signs of misuse (e.g. unverifiable references, exchanged citations, systematic patterns of error) an internal investigation will be opened.

Retain the original version of the shipment and correspondence; Perform a reference check sampling (at least 10 references), documenting each check.

Request clarification and correction in writing, within a reasonable period of time (usually one week). The communication will be formal and not accusatory in the first instance.

If the correction is adequate, continue the editorial process. If the response is insufficient, non-existent or evidences malicious conduct, escalate to the affiliated institution and, if relevant, to external editorial ethics bodies.

Infractions and penalties

The following will be considered serious offences, including: the deliberate failure to declare the use of AI, the submission of made-up references and the intentional manipulation of quotations or data. Sanctions may include: rejection of the manuscript, publication of correction or retraction, notification to the author’s institution, and temporary or permanent ban on submission by the author(s).

Registration and public transparency

When a correction, expression of concern or retraction is appropriate, the journal will publish a note explaining the reason and scope of the measure, with the aim of preserving the integrity of the scientific record.

Policy Review

This policy will be subject to periodic review and must be updated in accordance with the recommendations of international editorial ethics bodies and technological developments. The current version and its date of approval will be made public on the journal’s website.

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