Philosophy Subject Guide

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This Subject Guide contains links to a few key indexes in Philosophy plus significant online resources and print materials housed in the Library’s first floor reference section. Web Resources below contains links to sites with substantial academic content. These may assist you on research papers and other class assignments as well as lead to additional useful sites. Look at the Library's Databases for many other valuable scholarly databases in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. For more web resources, try a Google Scholar search with appropriate keywords for your specific needs.

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Liaison in charge: Don Welsh

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Database/Article Indexes

• The Philosopher's Index
• InfoTrac OneFile
• Oxford Reference Online Philosophy Titles

Print Resources

Background Information

• Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
• The Encyclopedia of Ethics
• Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers
• Philosophy : A Guide to the Reference Literature
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of Biblical and Christian Ethics
• The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
• Philosophical Books
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics

Bibliographies

• Resources in Ancient Philosophy: an Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship in English, 1965-1989
• A Bibliography of Philosophical Bibliographies
• Ethics, an Annotated Bibliography

Web Resources

• A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  An online dictionary of philosophical terms and names. Not every single philosophical term is included in this dictionary, but the site contains literally thousands of entries, along with hyperlinks to additional essays and resources.

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dr. James Fieser (general editor) of the University of Tennessee at Martin, together with Dr. Bradley Dowden (philosophy of science and logic editor), has put together this online compendium of information about philosophy.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  An ambitious project which was developed at the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford and conceived primarily as a solution to the problem of updating encyclopedias. Twelve editors and 120 scholars thus far have contributed to the encyclopedia, and the project's leader expects to have most entries completed within five years.

General

• American Philosophical Association - Web Resources
  A comprehensive list of sites of interest to philosophers.

• Episteme links: philosophy resources on Internet.
  Comprehensive but not overwhelming - one of the best starting points for philosophy resources on the  Internet.

• Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
  This guide is divided into fourteen major categories, including general guides, topics, e-texts, jobs, associations, bibliographies, mailing lists, newsgroups, and philosophers. Recommended sites are marked with a red star. There are brief annotations for listed sites. Peter Suber, Professor of Philosophy at Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) maintains this site.

• Philosophy around the Web
  Philosophy around the Web is a comprehensive page of links to all things philosophical. There are links to philosophy departments all over the world, a large selection of annotated and rated links to individual philosophy pages, "living philosophers" pages, and mostly dead philosophers pages from Apollonius of Tyana to Arthur M. Young. Philosophy around the Web is produced by Dr. Peter J. King, St Hilda's College, Oxford, England.

• Philosophy Pages
  An excellent starting point for studying Philosophy.

• Philosophy Research Base
  Annotated directory of thousands of philosophy resources covering the following areas: ancient, medieval, modern, 19th century, 20th century, major issues, feminism, ecofeminism, ecology, queer theory, and American. There's also a directory of useful resources and tools for budding philosophers. The site is searchable and has indexes by subject, major philosophical topic, and by name of philosopher.


• Augustine - 354-430
  The definitive site for Saint Augustine of Hippo includes English and Latin translations of his works.


• Dewey - The Center for Dewey Studies
  Much  information  about the American pragmatist, John Dewey.


• Essential Readings on Chinese Philosophy
  Covers Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Chinese Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism.


• Gurdjieff, George
  About him, his writings, music, and pupils. Also information on books and bibliographies and a short, annotated, list of third-party links.


• William James
  Information by and about the American pragmatist, William James.


• The Pragmatism Cybrary
  The Pragmatism Cybrary features scholarly resources for the study of the philosophy of pragmatism. The site offers links to summaries, academic studies, bibliographies, articles, and homepages focussing on the philosophy and history of pragmatism and important pragmatists, both past and present.


• Socrates.
  Includes annotated, hyperlinked, online texts of the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo.  Also has a good selection of annotated links to other Internet resources relating to Socrates.

Other Philosophy Sites

• American Philosophical Association
  The main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. The site covers regular membership information and in its Resources section includes a good guide to philosophical resources on the net, a database of active women  philosophers, and a list of sites dedicated to philosophers.


• American Philosophical Society
  The APS "promotes useful knowledge in the science and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach." From the APS home page, visitors can learn about fellowship and grant opportunities, and search a database of its current members.


• Ethics Updates
  Ethics Updates is intended for instructors and students of both theoretical and applied ethics courses.

Meta-sites

• Librarian's Index to the Internet - Philosophy
  See the listed entries or search other terms..


• Scout Report
  See the listed entries or search other terms in the upper right corner.


• The Argus Clearinghouse
  A selective searchable collection of topical guides which have been rated by editors. This is one of the better sources for finding evaluated personal pages.


• Yahoo - Philosophy Links
  Sites in this searchable directory are recommended by users, thus it is more inclusive than the meta-sites listed above.