IYYUN: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly is published by the S. H. Bergman Center for Philosophical Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The editor is Mark Steiner and the associate editor is Eva Shorr.

IYYUN publishes long essays, articles, discussion notes, and critical studies of books in all areas of philosophy, irrespective of the author's philosophical school or method of inquiry.

Following editorial screening, submissions are peer reviewed by anonymous referees.

IYYUN was founded in 1945 as a Hebrew philosophical quarterly. As of volume 39 (1990), Iyyun appears four times a year: January and July in English, April and October in Hebrew. The Hebrew word iyyun means “inquiry” or “study.”

 

Historical Note

Iyyun was founded by Martin Buber, S. H. Bergman, and Julius Guttman (hon. secretary Sinai Ucko). Volume1, no. 1 was published in October 1945, and it included papers by Ernst Cassirer, Felix Weltsch, Fritz Heinemann, Nathan Rotenstreich, and others. A double issue (vol. 1, nos. 2–3) followed in November 1946, and the fourth number appeared in July 1949, that is, the first volume was published from the end of WW II and through Israel’s War of Independence.

Ever since January 1951 (vol. 2, no. 1) Iyyun has appeared regularly. The current volume is 67, 2018.