About the Journal

The Stellenbosch Socratic Journal is a peer-reviewed publication that aims to motivate undergraduate and postgraduate critical thinkers to share their perspectives in a formal, academic setting. The journal is a student-run publication that understands the unique challenges young academics and researchers face in terms of having their voices heard. Therefore, the journal provides a platform for inter-student collaboration, where new ideas can be developed and fostered in a critical, yet supportive environment.

The team behind the Stellenbosch Socratic Journal consists of postgraduate students from a wide variety of philosophical specialisations. Feel free to contact ssj@sun.ac.za with any questions or concerns you may have regarding the journal.

We currently accept submissions from students in the Arts and Social Sciences faculty at Stellenbosch University. Please see the submission guidelines for more information.

Publishing ethics

The SSJ is committed to the values of Open Access and transparency. This means that

• The journal contents will be distributed publicly, without paywall, under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, with ownership remaining that of the authors.
• Any retractions, corrections, and other revisions of publishing status or content will be explicitly noted as such.
• Reviewers will be de-anonymised on an opt-out basis.