About the Journal

The journal Elpis was founded in 2007, it operates from 2017 as Elpis Journal of Philosophical Sciences, the open-access, peer-reviewed, periodical journal of the Doctoral School of Philosophical Sciences at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE, Budapest). It is acknowledged by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: it is listed on the "accepted journals" of the Philosophical Comittee of the II. Department ("A" rating), accordingly it appears in MTMT (Hungarian Science Bibliography) as peer-reviewed.

We are gladly publishing papers in the area so-called philosophical sciences, but the profile of the journal is unequivocally philosophical. Our primary mission is talent management, providing a forum for young colleagues in the field of philosophy. We deem it particularly important to ensure an appreciative reception for Hungarian philosophical books and encourage philosophical dabates regarding actual problems.

Our issues are published in print and online as well in two volumes per annum. The operation of Elpis is based on internationally acknowledge ethical principles and is in accordance with the highest scholarly standards: studies are judged by peer-reviewers in a double-blind procedure.

The journal is divided to the following sections:
1. The thematic, headliner section organizes papers around a well-defined topic, problem or author.
2. The section KRATĒR contains non-thematic, miscellaneous papers.
3. The section SKOPĒ offers longer papers which introduce mostly undiscussed topics in Hungarian scholarship.
4. The section KRITĒRION publishes book reviews and debates.