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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn

The Philosophical Enterprise

Issues and Applications

Philosophy Web Resources



Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/)

A large collection of articles on various philosophical topics
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html)

A continually growing collection of articles on various philosophical topics
EpistemeLinks.com
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/)

Large site with links to philosophers, issues, and online texts
Google Web Directory: Philosophy
(http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Philosophy/)

Collections of links to many philosophers and philosophical topics
Philosophy in Cyberspace
(http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil/index.htm)

Compilation of annotated links to numerous texts, organizations, and topics
Philosophy Around the Web
(http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/phil_index.html)

Set of links to philosophy sites maintained by Peter J. King (Oxford University)
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
(http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm)

Collection of briefly annotated alphabetized links to philosophers, topics, associations, journals, e-texts, etc.; maintained by Peter Suber (Earlham College)
Noesis
(http://noesis.evansville.edu/bin/index.cgi)

Search engine that retrieves scholarly articles, primary texts, etc. in philosophy
Encarta
(http://encarta.msn.com/)

General online encyclopedia with many helpful short articles on philosophical issues
A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/)

Helpful dictionary for brief biographies of philosophers and definitions of key concepts; also includes links to timeline, study guide, etc.; maintained by Garth Kemerling
University of Adelaide E-books
(http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/)

Large listing of e-texts, including many philosophical classics
The Internet Public Library Book Search
(http://www.ipl.org/div/books/)

Collection of over 20,000 online titles, including many philosophical works
The U. Penn Online Books Page Book Search
(http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/search.html)

Compilation of over 17,000 online titles, including many philosophical works
Great Books Index
(http://www.mirror.org/books/)

Good collection of links to central texts in philosophy and literature
MIT Classics Archive
(http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/)

Assortment of plain text English translations of Greek and Latin works, including the Jowett translation of many of Plato's dialogues

Philosophical Beliefs



Philosophical Health Check
(http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/check.htm)

Interactive questionnaire designed to determine the coherence of your philosophical beliefs from The Philosopher's Magazine Online
Strange New World
(http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/matrix_start.htm)

A game designed to explore the possibility of living in the Matrix
Staying Alive:
(http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/identity.htm)

A game designed to test the consistency of your theory of personal identity
Morality Play
(http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/morality_play.htm)

A game designed to test the parsimoniousness of your moral principles
Battleground God:
(http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/god.htm)

A game designed to test the consistency of your view of God

Metaphysics



Metaphysics: Multiple Meanings
(http://websyte.com/alan/metamul.htm)

General overview of metaphysics including bibliography and Web links
Metaphysics Research Lab
(http://mally.stanford.edu/)

Laboratory devoted to investigating the relations among abstract objects (Stanford University)
Metaphysics
(http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=00F44000)

Encarta article
Metaphysics
(http://www.rep.routledge.com/philosophy/cgi-bin/article.cgi?it=N095)

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Metaphysics links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Topics.asp?TopicCode=Meta)

EpistemeLink link collection
Metaphysics
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/m7.htm#mephy)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling

Epistemology



Epistemology
(http://www.rep.routledge.com/philosophy/cgi-bin/article.cgi?it=P059)

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
The Epistemology Research Guide
(http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~kak7409/EpistemologicalResearch.htm)

Compilation of links to courses, online papers, other epistemology sites, etc. by Keith Korcz (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
Epistemology links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Topics.asp?TopicCode=Epis)

EpistemeLink link collection
Epistemological Connections
(http://www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/philos/epistem/rbj001.htm)

Links related to Epistemology.
Epistemology Topic Page
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Topics.asp?TopicCode=Epis)

Excellent source for general research including many Web links from EpistemeLinks
An Introduction to Epistemology
(http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/EPISTEMI.html)

General information and overview from Principia Cybernetica Web

Ethics



Recent Moral Philosophy
(http://www.lcl.cmu.edu/CAAE/80130/part1/sect5/RMP.html)

Summary of recent works in the field of Moral Philosophy
Moral Philosophy
(http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/jmoral.htm)

Full text of a work by Jacques Maritain
Moral Philosophy
(http://www.philosopher.org.uk/moral.htm)

Overview from philosopher.org
Ethics Updates
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/)

Extensive collection of ethical theory and applied ethics links; maintained by Lawrence Hinman (UCSD)
Applied Ethics Resources on WWW
(http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/)

Large assortment of applied ethics links from the Centre for Applied Ethics (University of British Columbia)
Ethical theory links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Topics.asp?TopicCode=Ethi)

EpistemeLink link collection

Logic



Mission Critical
(http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html)

An on-line tutorial for analyzing and evaluating arguments
Identifying the Argument of the Essay
(http://commhum.mccneb.edu/argument/summary.htm)

A critical thinking tutorial on argument analysis.
Argument Structure
(http://www.jps.at/philosophy/linked.html)

Examples and diagrams of various types of argument structures
Logic and Fallacies
(http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html)

An overview of the nature and purpose of logic
Mission Critical
(http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html)

Critical thinking tutorial
Fallacies
(http://www1.us.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/)

Another online guide to fallacies. This includes many types of fallacies with descriptions and examples
Informal Fallacies
(http://www.drury.edu/faculty/Ess/Logic/Informal/Overview.html)

Yet another online source of fallacy descriptions and examples
The Fallacy Zoo
(http://www.primenet.com/~byoder/fallazoo.htm)

A look at the use of fallacies within Internet discussion

The Euthyphro Problem



The Euthyphro Question
(http://www.utexas.edu/courses/hilde/Philhandouts/Euthyphro(Corvino).html)

Outline notes on relation between morality and religion by John Corvino (University of Texas at Austin)
Euthyphro Dilemma
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/euthyphrodilemma.htm)

Discussion of the relation of God to morality from Faithnet
Instructor's Notes on Plato's Euthyphro
(http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/phi001/euthnote.htm)

Lecture notes by G. J. Mattey (UC Davis)
Notes for Lecture #9
(http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ap85/051/lec9.html)

Lecture notes on Plato's Euthyphro by Alexander R. Pruss (Georgetown University)
Lecture Notes on the Euthyphro
(http://www.owecc.net/stevecarden/plato/notes1.htm)

Lecture notes by Stephen Carden (Owensboro Community College)
On Moral Justification and the Euthyphro
(http://www.utexas.edu/courses/hilde/Philhandouts/Euthyphro(Myers).html)

Lecture notes by William T. Myers (Birmingham-Southern College)
Socrates Part 2: Plato's Euthyphro
(http://web.mit.edu/wedgwood/www/teaching/ancient97/socrates-2.html)

Discussion of the Euthyphro by Ralph Wedgewood (MIT)

Abortion and Personhood



Moral Personhood
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/personho.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Abortion
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/abortion.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Abortion
(http://www.xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=551191&secid=.-&hh=1)

Oxford Companion to Philosophy article
Abortion
(http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761553899)

Encarta article
Abortion
(http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion)

Wikipedia article
Abortionfacts.com
(http://www.abortionfacts.com/)

Collection of information about various aspects of abortion and articles supporting various positions
Abortion: All sides of the Issue
(http://www.religioustolerance.org/abortion.htm)

Detailed overview of the issue, current legal situation, and arguments on various sides from ReligiousTolerance.org
Abortion
(http://www.agi-usa.org/sections/abortion.html)

Collection of fact sheets and reports on abortion from the Guttmacher Institute; general information, although by pro-choice supporters
Abortion
(http://www.friesian.com/abortion.htm)

Detailed discussion of flaws in the key arguments used by both pro-life and pro-choice advocates; by Kelley Ross (Friesian School Proceedings), a pro-choice supporter
Abortion and Ethics
(http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Abortion/index.html)

Collection of web resources from Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates (University of San Diego)
On Combating Abortion and Euthanasia
(http://www.cin.org/jp2ency/aboreuth.html)

Letter of Pope John Paul II against abortion, May, 1991
The Ultimate Pro-life Resource List
(http://www.prolifeinfo.org/)

Collection of materials relating to abortion and the pro-life stance
National Right to Life
(http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/)

Home page of pro-life organization with information on medical and legislative issues
Abortion
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01046b.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article; detailed discussion of history of issue and Catholic Church's stance
Abortion
(http://bostonreview.mit.edu/BR20.3/thomson.html)

Article for the pro-choice position by Judith Jarvis Thompson for the Boston Review, 1995
NOW and Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues
(http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/index.html)

Pro-choice resources from the National Organization for Women
The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL)
(http://www.naral.org/index2.asp)

Home page of organization emphasizing importance of freedom of choice; contains links to current news articles, legal cases, etc.
National Abortion Federation
(http://www.prochoice.org/)

Home page of pro-choice organization with fact sheets, discussion of legal issues, etc.
Why Abortion is Biblical
(http://elroy.net/ehr/abortion.html)

Essay by Brian Elroy McKinley arguing for biblical support of abortion