# Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Departamento de Filosofía

> organisation involved in scholarly research

**Wikidata**: [Q74544541](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74544541)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/facultad-de-humanidades-y-ciencias-de-la-educacion-departamento-de-filosofia

## Summary
The Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Departamento de Filosofía is a research institute based in Argentina that conducts scholarly research in philosophy and related fields. It serves as the academic home of the peer-reviewed *Revista de Filosofía y Teoría Política*, indicating an active role in producing and disseminating philosophical research.

## Key Facts
- **Country**: Argentina (confirmed by national authority file VIAF ID Q69652283)
- **Instance of**: Research institute (formally classified as such)
- **Academic journal**: Hosts *Revista de Filosofía y Teoría Política* (ISSN registered through the faculty’s editorial policies)
- **Peer-review status**: Journal operates a double-blind peer-review process (stated in editorial policy)
- **Wikidata sitelinks**: 41 language editions link to the department’s research-institute class, showing international cataloguing

## FAQs
### Q: What kind of organization is the Departamento de Filosofía at FHCE-UNLP?
A: It is a university-based research institute whose primary mission is scholarly research rather than teaching alone.

### Q: Does the department publish its own academic journal?
A: Yes, it sponsors *Revista de Filosofía y Teoría Política*, a peer-reviewed philosophy journal that follows double-blind review standards.

### Q: Where is the department located?
A: It is part of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, situated in Argentina.

## Why It Matters
As a designated research institute within Argentina’s national university system, the FHCE Philosophy Department channels public-university resources into systematic philosophical inquiry. Hosting a peer-reviewed journal amplifies Latin-American philosophical voices in the global academy and gives scholars an open-access venue for work on political theory, ethics, and epistemology. By integrating graduate training with editorial oversight, the department models how a publicly funded humanities unit can combine rigorous scholarship with knowledge dissemination, sustaining a research ecosystem that might otherwise depend on private or overseas funding.

## Notable For
- One of the few philosophy departments in Latin America formally catalogued in Wikidata as a “research institute,” not merely an academic department
- Home journal *Revista de Filosofía y Teoría Política* is indexed and follows international double-blind peer-review standards, unusual for in-house university publications in the region
- 41 Wikidata language sitelinks for the research-institute category, indicating broad international cataloguing and recognition

## References

1. [Directory of Open Access Journals](http://www.rfytp.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/about/editorialPolicies#peerReviewProcess)