Philosophy Proseminar

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Documents, Readings, and Miscellaneous things

Resources on Method

• Philosophy Proseminar Instructional Notes on Method
• General List of Philosophical Methods
• Philosophical Methods for Philosophy Majors
• Study Guide for Philosophy Proseminar Methods Test
• Wikipedia Article on Philosophical Method (Dempsey)

Research Resources

• Of course, Wikipedia!
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [1]
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [2]
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosopy, on Foley site [3]
• Episteme Links [4] -- gone in 2011, but still sort of there.
• Philosopher's Index, on Foley site [5]
• Google Scholar [6]
• Research Tools [7]
• Atheneum Library of Philosophy [8]
• Perseus Collections Text [9]

Other Docs/Links

• Two favorite browsing sites, though not exclusively philosophical: Arts and Letters Daily [10] and Three Quarks [11]
• This issue of the AAUP's journal on academic freedom focuses on the Steven Salaida case.[12]
• Link to an article about the background and significance of Gilles Deleuze in preparation for the readings for September 9 [13]
• Link to the New York Times column "The Stone" [14]
• Example of an extended philosophy bibliography. Kaplan's Food Bibliography
• Colin McGinn, Philosophy by Another Name
• Soylent [15]
• Economist Article on Supreme Court case [16]
• French Farmer Protests [17]
• Moral Psych piece.[18]

• Nick Bostrom's TED Talk: [[19]]
• False Belief Test [20]

• Here is the publication The Speculative Turn, for more reading on Speculative Philosophy. The editor's introduction gives a concise introduction to speculative thinking thus far. [21]

• Alain Badiou. The Desire for Philosophy and the Contemporary World [22]

• Philosophy News on job placements for new Ph.D.s [23]. Data from GU's MA program: [24]

• As a follow up to our science class, you might find this essay by Steven Weinberg relevant. [25]
• Philosophers Rock [26]
• Timeline Examples:
• Anarchism [27]
• Existentialism [28]
• Philo of Alexandria
• We can't send a search and rescue team into Plato's cave.
• David Papineau on Physicalism, Philosophy Bytes
• Summary of William James' approach to religious belief
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy comparing Hume and Kant
• Philosophy Now [29]
• Philosopher's Magazine [30]
• Check out Philosophy magazine, full text through Foley. You can have them send you an email when a new issue comes out. This link might work [31] or go through Foley, periodicals link, "philosophy" then click link to full text holding.
• The New York Times has a regular column, "The Stone," on philosophical topics [32] We'll follow the exchange on naturalism, which begins with this article [33].
• Check out "Philosophy Talk" a long running podcast on different topics in philosophy today.
• Books to consider for book groups: Logicomix, All things Shining, The Really Hard Problem, NEW: The World Outside Your Head.
• Fora TV, a great resource for debates and scientific talks, similar to Ted talks.[34]
• Relativism, ethnocentric issues highlighted in bizarre African documentary on Austrian customs. [35]
• Video for the Trolley Problem [36]
• Info about the Film and Philosophy conference
• First episode of Michael Sandel's video series "Justice." Reminds me of an Ethics class with a political and real world emphasis. [37]
• Randy Mayes has collected some short philosophy video to go along with his intro class. I recommend sampling some of these for topics and position papers. [38]
• Anyone interested in classical philosophers and want their original texts would be interested in this site [39] I've used it to look up The Meno, but I'm assuming more stuff is on here.
• 3 minute philosophy!!! [40]
• Free Yale Philosophy class called "Death" [41]
• Squashed Philosophy [42] -- a summary of many different works. Great if you need to get an idea of what's what.
• Interactive Greek Philosophy Timeline [43] Creeder 02:46, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
• Monty Python's World Philosophy Cup [44]
• Now this is a satire, but relevant to our readings by Singer. Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal [45] (Ethan)
• Teaching ethics to inmates, you may be surprised what you read. [46]
• TED Philosophy Videos [47]
• Colin McGinn explains atheism - The Atheism Tapes [48]
• [49] this is a fun way of looking at life. It is Joe Rogan (Fear Factor/ MMA announcer) and his philosophy, derived from taking dmt. despite the questionable technique, the philosophy is pretty good. (EL)
• [50] just another thing to consider, string theory (EL)
• [51] this is Waking Life, one of the movies that inspired my in philosophy, if you have spare time on a lazy Saturday, enjoy. i particularly like the scene with Ethan Hawke. (EL)
• [52] so this is less philosophical but it drives me to question: are we living the best way possible, or do we, as Rage Against the Machine says, "Wake up!" to the injustice? Holla back. (EL)
• [53] Book Review of Colin Mcginn's book on disgust.
• Philosophy of Food Project [54]