Disciplines & Professions: Philosophy

Web Sites

Erratic Impact Philosophy Research Study Guide
http://www.erraticimpact.com/

Meta-index categorizes by history, subject, and author, and integrates text resources with select online resources.

Open Directory's Philosophy Directory
http://dmoz.org/Society/Philosophy/

Guides you to various types of and current movements in philosophy. Also includes a section of links to areas of professional development.

Philosophy in Cyberspace
http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil/

Divided into 5 main categories with subdivisions including branches of philosophy, text-related information (i.e. journals, libraries) organizations, forums, and miscellaneous (such as humor, job-related, etc.).

Research and Documentation Online: Humanities: Philosophy
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/ humanities/philosophy.htm

Offers a selective set of links to aid the academically focused browser in finding the search engines and sites that lead to legitimate, substantive sources.

Yahoo!'s Philosophy Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Philosophy/

From animism to personal philosophy to the philosophy of sport, Yahoo! again covers a wide breadth of topics that fall under the aegis of philosophy.

Databases

The Philosopher's Index (Silverplatter)

Provides an index and bibliography of philosophy books and journals. Entries cover 1940 to present.

Print Resources

Audi, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999.

More than 4,000 entries on philosophers and important philosophical terminology. Detailed overviews of the subfields of philosophy. Entries appear alphabetically. Provides a name index.

Bynagle, Hans E. Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature. 2nd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1997.

Intended for professionals, teachers, students and librarians. Organized by types of reference work. Subject and author/title indices provided.

Craig, Edward, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 10 vols. New York: Routledge, 1998.

More than 2,000 entries arranged alphabetically. Provides references and suggestions for further reading. Volume 10 is a cumulative index.

Honderich, Ted, ed. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1995.

Includes information on a wide array of philosophers, branches of philosophy, terms, events and more. More than 1,900 entries arranged alphabetically. Provides a chronological table of philosophy.

Mautner, Thomas. A Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996

Provides definitions and descriptions of terms, philosophers, and concepts arranged alphabetically. Also includes a short list of current philosophy books.

The Philosopher's Index. 38 vols. Bowling Green, OH: Philosopher's Information Center, 1967-.

Indexes more than 400 journals and books in the field. Organized by subject and author headings. Author entries include abstracts. Published quarterly and covers sources from 1940 to the present.

Zeyl, Donald J., ed. Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997.

Covers Greek and Roman philosophy and philosophers from 6th century B.C. to 6th century A.D. More than 270 articles included. Includes a short bibliography and a subject index.