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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

The Rise of Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology

Web Links

Philosophers

Rene Descartes
(http://www.pagesz.net/~stevek/intellect/descartes.html)

Web links from The History Guide.
Rene Descartes
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Desc)

General resource including information and categorized Web links from EpistmeLinks.
Descartes' Meditations
(http://philos.wright.edu/DesCartes/Meditations.html)

Three electronic text translations.
Mind and Body
(http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Table.html)

Lecture notes on Descartes.
Descartes Biography
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Descartes.html)

Detailed overview with quotes.
Rene Descartes
(http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/descartes.html)

General overview including links and timeline.
Descartes
(http://www.knuten.liu.se/~bjoch509/philosophers/des.html)

From Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy. Good place to begin research.
Thomas Hobbes
(http://www.pagesz.net/~stevek/intellect/hobbes.html)

Links from The History Guide.
Thomas Hobbes
(http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/hobbes.html)

Chronology and links.
Philosophers: Thomas Hobbes
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Hobb)

From EpistemeLinks.
Thomas Hobbes and the Invented Tradition of Positivism
(http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/faculty/boyle/hobbes.htm)

Essay by James Boyle.
Hobbes' Political Philosophy Online Review
(http://hobbes.freeweb.supereva.it/english.htm)

Thomas Hobbes Discussion Deck
(http://westerncanon.com/cgibin/lecture/ThomasHobbeshall/wwwboard.html)

Discussion boards.
Thomas Hobbes Cabin Chat
(http://westerncanon.com/cgibin/lecture/ThomasHobbeshall/live/chat.cgi)

Live chat.
Thomas Hobbes: A Short Biography
(http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/nature/hobbes-bio.html)

Thomas Hobbes General Info
(http://info.bris.ac.uk/~plcdib/hobb.html)

Thomas Hobbes Biography
(http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/hobbes/life)

Hobbes
(http://www.knuten.liu.se/~bjoch509/philosophers/hob.html)

From Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy.
Thomas Hobbes General Info
(http://www.island-of-freedom.com/HOBBES.HTM)

From Island of Freedom.
Philosophers: Thomas Hobbes
(http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/hobbes.html)

From The Window: Philosphy on the Internet.
Thomas Hobbes
(http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Weber%20-%20History/hobbes.htm)

Excerpt from "History of Philosophy" by Alfred Weber.
Benedict Spinoza: Philosopher, Mystic, Rosicrucian
(http://www.crcsite.org/spinoza1.htm)

From the Rosicrucian Library.
Spinoza
(http://www.knuten.liu.se/~bjoch509/philosophers/spi.html)

Good general information and links from Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy.
A Dedication to Spinoza's Insights
(http://users.erols.com/jyselman/index.htm)

By Joseph B. Yesselman.
Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77)
(http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Spinoza.htm)

Biography
The Philosophy of Benedict Spinoza
(http://radicalacademy.com/philspinoza.htm)

From the Radical Academy.
Spinoza: the first modern pantheist.
(http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/spinoza.htm)

Spinoza's "The Ethics"
(http://users.erols.com/jyselman/e1elwes.htm)

Electronic full text.
"Benedict Spinoza - Ontology for The New Millennium"
(http://www.crcsite.org/spinoza2.htm)

Essay by Linda S. Schrigner.
The Spinoza Study
(http://home.earthlink.net/~tneff/index.html)

Benedict de Spinoza Chronology and General Info
(http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/spinoza.html)

Spinoza Discussion Deck
(http://carolinanavy.com/fleet2/f2/zphilosophy/Spinoza,Benedict(1632-1677)hall/shakespeare... )

Discussion Board.
Spinoza Cabin Chat
(http://carolinanavy.com/fleet2/f2/zphilosophy/Spinoza,Benedict(1632-1677)hall/live/chat.c... )

Chat room.
Philosophers : Baruch Spinoza
(http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/spinoza.html)

From The Window: Philosophy on the Internet.
Philosophers: Gottfried Leibniz
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Leib)

Excellent resource for on-line research. Lots of great links.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnz
(http://mally.stanford.edu/leibniz.html)

A biography.
Leibniz
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Leibniz.html)

A detailed biography with quotes.
Leibniz
(http://www.knuten.liu.se/~bjoch509/philosophers/lei.html)

From Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy, overview including discussion links.
Leibniz
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/leib.htm)

A general overview from The Philosophy Pages, including hyperlinks to key philosophical terms.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(http://www.island-of-freedom.com/LEIBNIZ.HTM)

From Island of Freedom, an overview and links to some electronic texts.
Leibniz's Theodicy
(http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/leib.htm)

Selections from the text.
Gottfried Leibniz Lecture Hall
(http://mobydicks.com/lecture/GottfriedLeibnizhall/wwwboard.html)

Discussion forum
Gottfried Leibniz Live Recitation
(http://mobydicks.com/lecture/GottfriedLeibnizhall/live/chat.cgi)

Chat room.
John Locke (1632-1704), The Philosopher of Freedom
(http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Locke.htm)

Extensive information on Locke. Good place to begin research.
John Locke Bibliography
(http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/locke/home.htm)

An extensive bibliography of writings about Locke.
John Locke
(http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/locke310.htm)

Links to electronic texts and secondary resources online.
John Locke
(http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0830112.html)

A brief overview of Locke's philosophy.
John Locke
(http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/locke.html)

Overview, bibliography and links.
John Locke
(http://www.island-of-freedom.com/LOCKE.HTM)

From Island of Freedom, general overview and links to some electronic texts.
John Locke
(http://grid.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/locke/locke.htm)

Political philosophy overview with some links.
John Locke, Philosopher of Liberty
(http://radicalacademy.com/lockebio.htm)

From the Dolhenty Archives, good resource focused on political philosophy.
George Berkeley (1685-1753)
(http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Berkeley.htm)

Biography.
George Berkeley
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/berk.htm)

From Philosophy Pages, A brief discussion of the life and works, with links to electronic texts and additional information.
George Berkeley
(http://epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Berk)

From Epistemelinks, good general information and Web resource links.
George Berkeley
(http://www.knuten.liu.se/~bjoch509/philosophers/ber.html)

From Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy, general information and links. http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Berkeley/Welcome.html George Berkeley (1685-1753): General Information.
George Berkeley
(http://www.cpm.ll.ehime-u.ac.jp/AkamacHomePage/Akamac_E-text_Links/Berkeley.html)

Links.
Medieval elements in Berkeley, Locke and Hume
(http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/z3612.html)

International Berkeley Society
(http://www.georgeberkeley.org.uk/)

The Querist by George Berkeley (1735)
(http://melbecon.unimelb.edu.au/het/berkeley/querist)

Full text.
EMILIE DU CHATELET
(http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/chatelet.htm)

Biography.
Anne Finche, Viscountess Conway (1631-1679)
(http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/conway.html)

Biography and timeline.
Anne Conway
(http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/authors/anne.conway.html)

Biography, links, and bibliography.
Terms/Concepts

Rene Descartes and the Legacy of Mind/Body Dualism
(http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Descartes.html)

Dualism Definition
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/dualism.html)

From the Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind.
Dualism
(http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cogsci/dualism.htm)

From the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Dualism, Cartesian Interactionist
(http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/cartesiandualism.html)

From the Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind.
Dualism
(http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/dualism.html)

From the Skeptic's Dictionary.
Liberal Naturalism
(http://www.ai.uga.edu/~ghrosenb/revision/chptr1.htm)

Essay that discusses the mind-body problem.
Mind and Body: Rene Descartes to William James
(http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Table.html)

Empiricism
(http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/religion/phil3.html)

General information from The Victorian Web.
World Cultures and Empiricism
(http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/EMPIRIC.HTM)

Information and Links.
Skeptic's Dictionary
(http://skepdic.com/empiricism.html)

Empiricism.
"Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind"
(http://www.ditext.com/sellars/epm.html)

An essay by Wilfrid Sellars.
Logical Empiricism in North America
(http://www.phil.vt.edu./lena/description.html)

Description.
"Two Dogmas of Empiricism"
(http://www.ditext.com/quine/quine.html)

by Willard Van Orman Quine.
Rationalism
(http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/rationalism.html)

A brief overview.
Rationalism & Skepticism Links
(http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/serious/rationalism.html)

Christian Rationalism
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/4678/)

Rationalism - The Intellectual Bedrock of Secularism
(http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/rationalism.html)

An essay.
Modern Philosophy: The Philosophy of Rationalism
(http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilrationalism.htm)

From The Radical Academy.
The Secular Web
(http://www.infidels.org/)

Worth a look if you are interested in contemporary applications of philosophy.
"John Locke: The Case Against Innate Epistemic Principles"
(http://cogweb.english.ucsb.edu/CogSci/Locke.html)

An essay about Locke's arguments against the rationalist position of innate epistemic principles.
Philosophical Materialism
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_vitzthum/materialism.html)

Essay.
Mahayana Buddhism versus Materialism
(http://www.geocities.com/scimah/)

Materialism and the Metaphysics of Modality
(http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/papers/modality.html)

Full text.
Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
(http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~aezrwmts/keywords/keywords.htm)

Materialism
(http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/materialism.html)

Definition.
Idealism and Materialism in Wittgenstein
(http://home.ican.net/~arandall/Wittgenstein/)

Full text.
Kant and German Idealism
(http://www.its.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Weber%20-%20History/Kant%20and%20German%20Ideal... )

Philosophical Critiques: The Fallacy of Epistemological Idealism
(http://www.radicalacademy.com/adiphilwrgidealism.htm)

From The Radical Academy.
Drifty's Rants - Metaphysics - Idealism
(http://home.earthlink.net/~thecannons/mindbody/idealism.html)

General summary.
Idealism - Definitions
(http://www.the-prince-by-machiavelli.com/glossary/idealism.html)

Definitions from a number of sources.
Occasionalism
(http://www.xrefer.com/entry/553046)

Definition and links from xfer.
Malebranche's Occasionalism
(http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Mode/ModeBozo.htm)

Essay.
Occasionalism
(http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/foldop/foldoc.cgi?occasionalism)

Brief definition.