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Aesthetics Online
http://www.aesthetics-online.org/
The official web site of the American Society for Aesthetics,
this site contains a nice collection of articles and book reviews
taken from past issues of the print edition as well as a valuable
bibliographies of many influential aestheticians.
Diffusion
http://www.diffusion.org.uk/
Straddling the threshold between an online and a print journal,
Diffusion offers visitors printable "ebooks" by thinkers
and artists in all areas including architects, filmmakers, and philosophers.
The first series, Performance Notations, is a collection of pieces
on the role of performance in art.
Aristos
http://www.aristos.org/
The editors of Aristos approach aesthetics from a point
influenced by Ayn Rand’s "Objectivism." They are
critical of modernist and postmodernist art, particularly the "increasingly
bizarre and meaningless work promoted in the name of art since the
early years of the twentieth century."
The Epistemology Page
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~kd47/e-page.htm
This site, maintained by Keith DeRose at Yale, contains book reviews,
department rankings, links to online syllabi and more.
Problems of Wilfrid Sellar’s
http://www.ditext.com/sellars/index.html
Wilfrid Sellars is one of the most influential and overlooked of
20th century philosophers. This site is an amazing treasure trove
of information on Sellars. It includes a bibliography of Sellars'
writings, articles on Sellars, including links to many online papers
on him, as well a section of previously unpublished correspondence.
Theory of Knowledge
http://www.bu.edu/wcp/MainTKno.htm
A collection of papers given at the Twentieth World Congress of
Philosophy, in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998 on a wide variety of
topics in epistemology.
Chad Hansen’s Chinese Philosophy Page
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/
Chad Hansen, Professor of Philosophy at Hong Kong University, has
put together a wide-ranging collection of resources in Chinese philosophy.
Included are pages on Mohism, Taoism, and Legalism as well as a
useful page on general concepts.
Taoism Information Page
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/
A gateway to all things Taoist. There are pages of links on Chinese
Language and Culture, Chuang-tzu, the Tao Te Ching, and more.
Philosophy of Language in Classical China
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/lang.htm
Many see the "linguistic turn" in philosophy as being
unique to 20th century analytic philosophy. The author of this interesting
site asserts that the theories of language play a key role in Chinese
philosophy. Topics include a discussion on Confucius on "rectifying
names," Mohist "language utilitarianism," Chuang-tzu’s
"skeptical relativism" and more.
Metaphysica
http://home.earthlink.net/~pdistan/
A history of western metaphysics from the Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers
to Quine.
Much Ado About Nothing
http://www.hedweb.com/nihilfil.htm
This heady and provocative site (only one part of an interesting
collection of sites from the author) presents an attempt to answer
the question: Why does anything exist? While the answer may or may
not satisfy, the journey is sure to make you think.
Descriptive and Formal Ontology
http://www.formalontology.it/
A resource on the study of "being." But don’t take
our word for it; this site contains a section of definitions of
"Ontology." Other useful information includes proposals
about the structure of ontology, a list of its long-term problems,
a collection of papers, and more.
The Big Bang Philosophy
http://www.bigbang.org/~jpburri/
An attempt to draw practical conclusions from considerations of
the origins of the universe, this site explores the metaphysical
and moral implications of a finite universe. Topics considered include
death, our relationship to animals, politics, and science. You can’t
help but admire the grandiose.
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated
Bibliography
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/biblio.html
With 5196 entries, this bibliography complied by David Chalmers
is probably the most complete bibliography of philosophy of mind
on the web.
A Field Guide to the Philosophy of Mind
http://www.uniroma3.it/kant/field/
This interesting site provides visitors with "Guided Tours"
of many issues in and around the philosophy of mind. Each guided
tour consists in an a detailed outline and an annotated bibliography
of a topic. Contributors include Ted Honderich and Jaegwon Kim.
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences
http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/
Modern philosophy of mind is closely linked to and shaped by cognitive
science. This abbreviated online edition of the authoritative book
of the same name is a great resource.
Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated
Bibliography
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/biblio.html
With 5196 entries, this bibliography complied by David Chalmers
is probably the most complete bibliography of philosophy of mind
on the web.
Problems of Wilfrid Sellar’s
http://www.ditext.com/sellars/index.html
Wilfrid Sellars is one of the most influential and overlooked of
20th century philosophers. This site is an amazing treasure trove
of information on Sellars. It includes a bibliography of Sellars'
writings, articles on Sellars, including links to many online papers
on him, as well a section of previously unpublished correspondence.
Philosophy of Law
http://www.rep.routledge.com/philosophy/cgi-bin/article.cgi?it=T001
The philosophy of law is a relatively little known
area of philosophy. This introductory essay in the Routledge Encyclopedia
of Philosophy does a nice job of putting what may seem at first
to be simply legal issues into a philosophical context by relating
them to the views of Plato, Aristotle, Hume and others.
Philosophy of Law
http://www.bu.edu/wcp/MainLaw.htm
A collection of papers on the philosophy of law presented
in 1998 at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, in Boston,
Massachusetts.
Legal Journals on the Web
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~idjlaw/
) This handy site is collection of links to electronic legal
journals.
Philosophy of Science
http://www.friesian.com/science.htm
An extensive collection of online essays on topics
in the philosophy of science. Included are essays on "The ‘Sin’
of Galileo," the "Platonic Solids," "Kantian
Quantum Mechanics," and more.
Philosophy of Science Association
http://scistud.umkc.edu/psa/
The PSA seeks to "further studies and free discussion
from diverse standpoints in the field of philosophy of science."
To this end they publish a journal and maintain an e-mailing list.
The site also includes a list of graduate programs where one can
study the philosophy of science.
History of Science Society
http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec/
Fostering an understanding of science and its place
in thought and culture of times past, the History of Science Society
is open to anyone interested in science. A nice feature of this
site is their "In the News" section where they collect
recent links to articles from around the web relating to science.
Existentialism: A Primer
http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/
This site contains biographies of many of the most famous existentialist
philosophers as well as interesting and opinionated commentaries
on each of them by the author of the site.
the cry!!!
http://www.thecry.com/
An offbeat but interesting site devoted to existentialist philosophy.
Less of a resource and more of an exploration of the ideas of existentialism
and its artistic heirs in poetry and art.
Private Language
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/private-language/
A discussion of Wittgenstein’s important "private language"
argument from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Philosophy of Language
http://www.bu.edu/wcp/MainLang.htm
A collection of papers concerning the philosophy of language presented
at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, in Boston, Massachusetts
in 1998.
Philosophy of Language in Classical China
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/lang.htm
Many see the "linguistic turn" in philosophy as being
unique to 20th century analytic philosophy. The author of this site
asserts that the theories of language play a key role in Chinese
philosophy. Topics include a discussion on Confucius on "rectifying
names," Mohist "language utilitarianism," Chuang-tzu’s
"skeptical relativism" and more.
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