During the summer of 2004, the Editorial Office of Philosophy of Science moved from Indiana University to the University of South Carolina. With extensive help from Noretta Koertge and her Senior Assistant Editor, Anne Mylott, we have managed to get the operation here in Columbia underway. In addition, the Philosophy of Science Association and the University of South Carolina have committed generous financial support for the journal.
I am very proud to be taking over as Editor of Philosophy of Science. A big task, indeed! The Editor faces not only the intellectual challenge of maintaining the high standards set by the previous editors—most recently Noretta Koertge, and before her Philip Kitcher, Merillee Salmon, and Robert Butts—but also the increasingly complex logistical challenge of keeping track of hundreds of submissions, referee reports, and other correspondence.
To help meet the latter challenge, we are continuing to develop online resources to manage the journal and to help streamline the process of submitting and refereeing papers. Our current Assistant Editors, Liz Stillwaggon and Holly Groover, have been very helpful in this regard. To help meet the former challenge, we have established a top-notch group of Associate Editors and a distinguished Editorial Board that is both intellectually and geographically diverse. With their help, and a lot of hard work, I am confident that the journal will continue in good form. I hope as well that with the active encouragement of the Board, we will continue to see more contributions in underrepresented areas of philosophy of science.
This journal belongs to you, the members of the PSA. I encourage you to be involved. Without your submissions and your work as referees, the journal could not exist. Five years ago, when Noretta Koertge took over as Editor, she wrote that her main goal was to publish the very best papers from all areas of philosophy of science, carrying on the tradition of previous editors. With hard work on my part, and active support on yours, this tradition can continue.
