Resources for Philosophy Students
Resources for Students of:
Ethics
- EthicsWeb.ca (various topics in applied ethics — bioethics, business ethics, etc.)
- Ethics Updates
- Business Ethics Highlights (a news & commentary aggregator for stories about ethics in commerce)
- Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics
Epistemology
- The Epistemology Page (Prof. Keith DeRose, Yale University)
Metaphysics
Logic & Critical Thinking (a.k.a. informal logic)
- The Logic Machine at Texas A&M University
- Classical Logic, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Informal Logic, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aesthetics
- Aesthetic Judgment, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Aesthetics, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy
- Aristotle — a. General Introduction, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Aristotle — b. Motion and its Place in Nature, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Aristotle — c. Metaphysics, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Aristotle — d. Ethics, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Aristotle — e. Poetics, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Plato — a. General Overview, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Plato — b. Political Philosophy, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Sophists, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Last Days of Socrates
General Help:
Essay Writing:
- Student’s Guide to Writing Critical Essays in Business Ethics (and beyond)
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Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper (Prof. D. Portmore, College of Charleston)
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How to Write a Philosophy Paper (Prof. P. Horban, Simon Fraser University)
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How to do a critical summary (Prof. Ronald de Sousa, U of Toronto)
Academic Integrity (Avoiding Plagiarism)
- Are “Term Paper Assistance” sites really a deal?
Other Resources:
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Ethics books from The EthicsWeb Bookstore
Glossary: The Wealth of Nations (a free online glossary for Adam Smith’s 1776 masterpiece)
Canadian Philosophy Departments
Texts from Early Modern Philosophy (includes Berkeley, Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Leibniz, Locke, and Spinoza)
Why study philosophy? (this link leads to the results of a Google search on that question.)
For Researchers
Business Ethics Journal Review