PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES OF THE ARMENIAN PHILOSOPHICAL ACADEMY(APhA)

The Armenian Philosophical Academy has been actively engaged in publishing activities. Works published under the Academy’s imprint include research by Academy members as well as studies by other scholars published with the Academy’s endorsement. 

Early Publications

In 1983, a booklet by the President of the Academy of Sciences, Viktor Hambardzumyan, entitled “Inverse Problems in the Natural Sciences”, was published under the joint imprint of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR and the Armenian Branch of the Philosophical Society of the USSR. The title page states:

“Report delivered at the 1979 Annual Meeting of the Armenian Branch of the Philosophical Society of the USSR,”

once again highlighting Viktor Hambardzumyan’s close connection with the philosophical community. 

Publishing Initiatives of the Academy

Numerous works have been published under the imprint of the Armenian Philosophical Academy. To emphasize the importance of supporting the academic development of young scholars, the “Young Researchers’ Lectern” book series was established in 1993, within which works by early-career researchers were published. 

Among the works published in various thematic fields are the following:

• Nelli Harutyunyan, “Geometrical Theory as a Logical Model of Space” (1995)
• Suren Hovhannisyan, “The Concept of the Audience: Parliamentary Argumentation” (1995)
• Hrachik Shakaryan, G. Shakaryan, “Parliamentarism as a Cultural Phenomenon” (1995)
• Anna Amirkhanyan, “The Essence and Types of Questions” (1995)
• F. Davtyan, “Specific Features of Rhetoric” (1996)
• H. H. Hovhannisyan, “A Brief Overview of the Formation and Development of the Yerevan School of Argumentation” (1997)
• Anna Amirkhanyan, “Application of Conceptual Apparatus and Rules of Transformational Logic in Mathematical Arguments in the Debate on Causality” (2004)
• Hakob Madoyan, “The Nature and Components of Informal Logic” (2006)
• V. Pashinyan, “Silence: A Philosophical Analysis” (2006)
• Davit Mosinyus, “Everyday and Scientific Common Sense” (2006)
• Davit Mosinyus, “Philosophical Argumentation in the Context of Pluralism” (2008)
• Hasmik Hovhannisyan, “Issues of Argumentation in the Context of the History of Armenian Philosophy: The Yerevan School of Argumentation,” Book 2 (2009)
• Studies by Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Alexander Margarov, and others. 

The Armenian Mind Journal

A special place in the Armenian Philosophical Academy’s extensive publishing activity is occupied by the English-language journal Armenian Mind, published between 1997 and 2001. https://naasr.org/products/armenian-mind-journal-of-the-armenian-philosophical-academy

https://www.academia.edu/122163511/Armenian_Mind_Review_of_Zekiyan_Armenian_Modernity

Armenian Mind aimed to document and disseminate achievements in Armenian studies, taking into account the fact that Armenology is a field of research not only in Armenia but also in many countries worldwide.

The book-format periodical Armenian Mind was the official journal of the Armenian Philosophical Academy and included the following sections:

• Articles
• News and Views from Armenia
• Armenian Studies Centers Around the World
• Reviews
• New Books in Armenian Studies

Articles were published in English (with summaries in Armenian), while other materials appeared simultaneously in both English and Armenian. 

The first issue opened with an article by His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity as the state religion of Armenia. The journal also featured articles such as Professor R. Hovhannisyan’s “Lake Sevan: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” and Academician S. Arevshatyan’s “Neoplatonism in Medieval Armenia: Potential and Prospects.”

The journal included many other rich and engaging materials. It had an International Advisory Board whose members represented Armenia, Greece, Italy, Belgium, the United States, France, Argentina, Japan, Hungary, Israel, the United Kingdom, and Portugal.

(Azg Newspaper, March 15, 1998, p. 5)

Further Developments

From 2001 onward, following the establishment of the International Academy for Philosophy (IAP), which was registered in Armenia as an international scientific public organization (with the Armenian Philosophical Academy becoming its branch while retaining its independence), the tradition of publishing Armenian Mind continued through the IAP’s journal News and Views. 

As a result of active publishing efforts, the International Academy for Philosophy publishing house was established in 2007, under whose imprint works by members of both the IAP and the Armenian Philosophical Academy were published.

On September 1, 1993, at the initiative of Academician Fadey Sargsyan, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, and Academician Georg Brutyan, President of the Armenian Philosophical Academy, a decision was adopted “On Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Philosophical Academy.” The Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences resolved:

“To approve the agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance between the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Philosophical Academy.”

According to this agreement, comprehensive support was provided to the Armenian Philosophical Academy, which was recognized as an expert body in philosophy for the National Academy of Sciences. By a decision of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences dated June 31, 1995, the Academy authorized the Armenian Philosophical Academy to publish its works under the imprint of the Gitutyun Publishing House of the National Academy of Sciences. A corresponding agreement was signed between the two institutions.