Most of the following links are philosophy-related.
Table of Contents
1. Research
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) – free online encyclopedia, but not as extensive as others (right now, at least).
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) – free and very extensive encyclopedia available online.
- Google Scholar – extremely useful method for searching for academic articles and books with proxy access.
- PhilPapers – a database of philosophy articles and books.
- PhilEvents – conferences, calls for papers (CFPs), etc. in philosophy.
- Philosophy Updates - a list-serv for updates (conferences, etc.) primarily for the U.S. (more info)
- JSTOR – one of the top scholarly journal archives with many philosophy journals.
- The Philosopher’s Annual - a collection of the top philosophy articles published in the year.
- Phil. Pages Philosophy Dictionary – free way to search for philosophy vocabulary/lingo.
- Runes Dictionary of Philosophy – also free, but older (1942), Dagobert D. Runes, ed.
- Wikipedia - free online encyclopedia not specific to philosophy and can be edited by anyone (so not scholarly, but can be useful).
2. Job Market
Note: This list is not exhaustive; Wikipedia has a more extensive list of philosophy journals.
- PhilJobs - listings of philosophy jobs.
- Philosophy Smoker – blog about the job market in philosophy (old version here).
- APA Placement Brochure (USF)
- Getting a Job in the U.S. (ANU)
- Job Placement Advice (Buffalo)
- Advice for Budding Philosophers (McGlynn) – jobs and publishing.
- Reasons for Not Non-Selection of Job Candidates (Brogaard)
- Initial Interview Questions (Smoker)
- On-Campus Interview Questions (Smoker)
- Resources for Philosophy Students - links compiled by Gualtiero Piccinini for writing papers, applying to grad school, and more.
3. Writing
- Writing in Philosophy – my page on writing philosophical essays.
- CSUS Philosophy Writing Guidelines – a good guide for writing philosophy papers from the CSUS philosophy
department. - Citation Styles Guide – a good guide at Sonoma State’s library website.
- Top 10 Grammatical Errors – by Robert Pasnau at Boulder.
- Pryor’s Philosophy Writing Guidelines – guidelines on writing a philosophy paper – by Jim Pryor at Princeton.
- Resources for Philosophy Students - links compiled by Gualtiero Piccinini for writing papers, applying to grad school, and more.
4. General
- List of Philosophical Topics – a gateway to philosophy entries at wikipedia.org.
- The Philosophy Portal – a portal to philosophy entries at wikipedia.org.
- Philosophy Now – a philosophy magazine.
- Analytic vs. Continental – Brian Leiter’s description of these two philosophical traditions.
5. Grad School
- Should I Go to Graduate School in Philosophy? (Huemer)
- Philosophical Gourmet Report - rankings of philosophy Ph.D. programs.
- Advice on Applying to PhD Programs (Schwitzgebel)
- Advice on Applying to Grad School - from Mathew Lu.
- Grad Cafe – admissions results and more.
- Who Got In – philosophy grad school forum.
- GRE Stats by Major - philosophy majors tend to do well.
- Resources for Philosophy Students - links compiled by Gualtiero Piccinini for writing papers, applying to grad school, and more.
6. Fun/Humor
- John Cleese Talks about Philosophy - PR for philosophy.
- Structured Procrastination – an essay on procrastination by the philosopher John Perry.
- Some Pics of Philosophers – by Steve Pyke.
- The Flying Spaghetti Monster!! – a satirical site on creationism vs. evolution.
- Philosophical films – lists films with philosophical import, also have discussion questions.
- Philosophy Games – (self-explanitory).
- Profession Jokes – Philosophers – some philosophy jokes.
- Philosophical Lexicon – a list of humorous philosophy terms, managed by Daniel Dennett.
- Perceptual Illusions - at U. of Glasgow.
- Game of Life – a neat but simple little program to play God, created by John Conway.
7. Blogs
- Arché Methodology Project – U. of St. Andrews’s Arché program blog.
- Certain Doubts – major epistemology blog.
- Ethics, Etc. – major ethics blog.
- Experimental Philosophy – a blog concerning the use of experimental methods in philosophy.
- Flickers of Freedom – devoted to free will, agency, action, responsibility, etc. (successor to GFP)
- Fragments of Consciousness – David Chalmer’s blog.
- Leiter Reports – Brian Leiter’s blog, which has lots of posts about philosophy as well as other issues.
- List of Philosophical Web logs – a nice list compiled by Chalmers.
- PEA Soup – major ethics blog (but also for general philosophy and academia).
- Think Tonk – a blog by Clayton Littlejohn.
- Thoughts Arguments and Rants – mostly posts by Brian Weatherson but also other contributors as well.
- Wide Scope – a philosophy blog on a range of topics, including open access, technology, and teaching (Andy Cullison).
8. Other
- Philosophy Talk – a philosophy radio show out of Stanford.
- Pictures of Philosophers – by Steve Pyke.
- Academia.edu – a web community for academics (kind of like Facebook for academics).
- Resources for Philosophy Students – links compiled by Gualtiero Piccinini for writing papers, applying to grad school, and more.