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Open access philosophy books: a thread, part III

MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 2

The last thread had 22 submissions, so I thought it’s time for a third thread.  Instructions as before:

In light of the growing number of these volumes, I am going to run a thread periodically in which I invite authors or readers to share links to philosophical works that are currently or permanently “open access.”  Please use your full name and a valid email address (the latter will not appear) and include the URL for the book (give the title and the author, if you are not the author).  Authors or readers can only say something about the work and what it tries to do.  Please indicate if the “open access” period is limited.

Submit your comment only once, it may take awhile to appear.  Do not post about books that have appeared in earlier iterations of these threads.

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9 responses to “Open access philosophy books: a thread, part III”

  1. The Phil-sci archive keeps a list of (properly licenced) open access monographs deposited by their authors in the archive

    https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/view/type/book.html

    Notice also BSPS Open, the first diamond open access book series (ie at no cost for authors or reades) in philosophy of science

    https://www.thebsps.org/bsps-open/

  2. Michael Kirchhoff

    Kirchhoff, M.D. 2025. The Idealized Mind: From Model-based Science to Cognitive Science. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press (permanent open access)

    https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552936/the-idealized-mind/

  3. Prof. Naomi Zack (Lehman College, CUNY) has a new book, Disaster Resilience and Normalization: Facing Facts, that is now available as an Open access ebook:

    https://trivent-publishing.eu/home/216-410-erasure-in-late-antiquity.html#/27-cover-paperback

  4. Open access philosophy books from:

    Oxford UP
    https://tinyurl.com/yvbme3xz

    Cambridge UP
    https://tinyurl.com/2y4pnnd9

    Taylor & Francis
    https://tinyurl.com/mr48js8m

  5. Kenneth Aizawa (Rutgers Newark) has a new book, Compositional Abduction and Scientific Interpretation: A Granular Approach, available open access:

    https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/compositional-abduction-and-scientific-interpretation/5295E3347B5287EC137752BABC337AC7

    1. Thanks for posting this, Frankie!

  6. Hi Brian,

    Here’s a list of all Routledge philosophy titles that are now OA:

    https://www.taylorfrancis.com/search?sortBy=relevance&fullyOABook=true&subject=SCHU04&key=

    Be well,
    Andy Beck

  7. Hirschi, S.-J. 2026. Epicurus’ Human Beings: Beyond Person and Self, Oxford: OUP (Permanent Open Access)

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