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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_method Wikipedia Article on Philosophical Method] (Dempsey)
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_method Wikipedia Article on Philosophical Method] (Dempsey)
  
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===Resources for Quick (or In-depth) Understanding of terms and ideas===
  
 
Of course, Wikipedia!
 
Of course, Wikipedia!
 
* Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [http://plato.stanford.edu/]
 
* Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [http://plato.stanford.edu/]
 
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* Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [http://www.iep.utm.edu/]
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* Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosopy, on Foley site [http://www.rep.routledge.com/?authstatuscode=200]
  
 
===Other Docs/Links===
 
===Other Docs/Links===

Revision as of 15:29, 16 September 2011

Main Links

Documents, Readings, and Miscellaneous things

Resources on Method

Resources for Quick (or In-depth) Understanding of terms and ideas

Of course, Wikipedia!

  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [1]
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [2]
  • Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosopy, on Foley site [3]

Other Docs/Links

Books to consider: Logicomix, All things Shining, The Really Hard Problem.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a must use resource the name says it all.[4]

Fora TV, a great resource for debates and scientific talks, similar to Ted talks.[5]

Relativism, ethnocentric issues highlighted in bizarre African documentary on Austrian customs. [6]

  • Video for the Trolley Problem [7]
  • First episode of Michael Sandel's video series "Justice." Reminds me of an Ethics class with a political and real world emphasis. [8]
  • Randy Mayes has collected some ehhhokay short philosophy video to go along with his intro class. I recommend sampling some of these for topics and position papers. [9]
  • Anyone interested in classical philosophers and want their original texts would be interested in this site [10] I've used it to look up The Meno, but I'm assuming more stuff is on here.
  • 3 minute philosophy!!! [11]
  • Free Yale Philosophy class called "Death" [12]
  • Squashed Philosophy [13] -- a summary of many different works. Great if you need to get an idea of what's what.
  • Interactive Greek Philosophy Timeline [14] Creeder 02:46, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Monty Python's World Philosophy Cup [15]
  • Now this is a satire, but relevant to our readings by Singer. Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal [16] (Ethan)
  • Teaching ethics to inmates, you may be surprised what you read. [17]
  • TED Philosophy Videos [18]

Book Group

A Modest Proposal (text) [19]

Old Links

Fall 2010 Proseminar Links