ALEX catalogue of electronic texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
For those eager to locate electronic versions of major English and American literary or Western philosophical works, a good place to look is the ALEX Catalogue of Electronic Texts. Developed by Eric Morgan (North Carolina State University), the catalogue is a substantial search engine offering access to writings from over 100 different western authors, primarily from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, but with a few Aristotelian and Augustinian works thrown in for good measure. ALEX has a collection development policy which in summary defines its scope as public domain texts (available in complete form), written in English, relevant to English, American Literature or Western Philosophy, and classed as 'great literature'. On the last point the editor is guided by the inclusion of the work within such reference works as the Oxford Companions or the Norton Anthologies. ALEX contains about 140 MB of texts (the actual number of distinct works is not easily available). The selection of works is eclectic at best, but it is difficult to imagine undergraduate students not encountering a sizable portion of these authors during their academic careers. The catalogue itself may be searched by author and/or title, date, keyword, and whole volumes (which can often be very large) instantly read. Texts can be selected, built into corpora, and then further searched. Results are in the form of records which give details about the original publication date, any subsequent copyright date, subject keywords, and its location (both original and archive locations). Morgan has also gone out of his way to include additional features that make the texts more functional and portable. A number of the works are accompanied by an electronic concordance that will be welcomed by anyone trying to locate a particular theme or sentence. It is also possible to add the text to a personalisd online bookshelf; create transferable PDF-files; or even configure files to read on Palm-based PDAs (Personal Data Assistants).
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Anthropoetics : the journal of generative anthropology
http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/home.html
Anthropoetics: the Journal of Generative Anthropology is a freely available, refereed, online journal of literary and cultural analysis. The journal's website also offers the Chronicles of Love and Resentment, an occasional column of cultural commentary by the journal's editor, Eric Gans. The journal, which appears twice a year, continues Gans' vision of focussing on "generative anthropology", defined in the statement of purpose as the attempt to understand cultural phenomena by tracing back their source to the 'hypothetical scene of origin in which human beings as sign-using creatures first emerged'. Articles have examined issues and theorists related to poststructuralism and postmodernism, including deconstruction, and the works of Jacques Derrida and René Girard. The journal has also featured interviews with Girard and Wolfgang Iser. Articles tend to be of a high quality, but are also highly theoretical and likely to be of interest mainly to advanced scholars working in the field. Full contents of past issues of the journal, dating back to its origins in 1995, can be downloaded in PDF format, or as zip files; HTML versions of many articles are also available. Additional site features include: an introduction to the principles of generative anthropology; a bibliography of relevant works; links to further sites; and a generative anthropology blog.
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Archives of scientific philosophy
http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/special/asp/archive.html
The Archives of Scientific Philosophy website describes the holdings of important collections at the University of Pittsburgh. These collections act as archival resources for investigating the history of scientific philosophy, that is, philosophy that has been influenced by scientific thinking and practices. The archives themselves include the publications, notes, lectures, and correspondence of such influential figures as Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, Frank Plumpton Ramsey, Paul Hertz, Herbert Feigl, and Rose Rand. In addition to these collections of physical documents, there are microfiches of some of Ludwig Wittgenstein's papers, and a 300-reel microfilm archive for the History of Quantum Physics. The website also has a page on some of the archive's smaller collections relevant to this topic, and a page of practical information for scholars needing to locate and access particular documents.
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Ars Brevis
http://www.raco.cat/index.php/ArsBrevis
The Catalan journal 'Ars Brevis' is dedicated to philosophical, anthropological and ethical studies from an interdisciplinary approach. The resource will be of interest to all those who approach philosophy and critical theory from a social and historical standpoint, yet the user should note most articles are published in Catalan. However, although the main language of the journal is Catalan, there are also a few articles in English and Spanish. The digital repository of Open-Access Catalan Journals (RACO) has made available the digital version of the journal, which was first published in 1995. At the time of review, all full-text articles can be accessed here up until 2007. Some topics covered by the journal have been: authority with ambiguity in Kierkegaard and Unamuno's authorship; a phenomenology of 'social facts'; philosophy and religion in German idealism; and African critical philosophy.
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Atlas Shrugged
http://www.atlasshrugged.com/
'Atlas Shrugged' is a free website providing materials for the study of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel of the same name. Published by the Ayn Rand Institute, this website provides an accessible study-guide to an influential novel that has sold six million copies and continues to sell 185,000 copies each year. The website is best used after a full reading of the novel, since it contains numerous 'plot spoilers'. The website contains a 'History of Atlas Shrugged', audio commentaries and recordings, a chapter-by-chapter video examination of the themes and ideas to be found in the novel, a full profile of Rand and her works, and links to a handful of selected external websites.
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Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (ALWS)
http://www.alws.at/
The Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (ALWS) is the home page of the organisation of the same name, a society dedicated to the study of the life and work of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951). Wittgenstein's two most famous works, the "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" and the "Philosophical Investigations" were massively influential in the shaping of Western philosophy in the 20th century. The resource itself provides information on, among other things, past and forthcoming Wittgenstein symposia, the Society's goals, history, executive committee and publications, membership, and other Wittgenstein sites hosted elsewhere on the Web. The site is primarily in English, although some parts of the symposium programme and abstracts documents, which are presented in PDF format, are in German. The resource is easy on the eye and simple to navigate, with hyperlinked access to its various parts, and occasional graphics.
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Ayn Rand society
http://www.aynrandsociety.org/
The Ayn Rand Society (ARS) is "a professional society affiliated with the American Philosophical Association. ... Its aim is to foster the scholarly study by philosophers of the philosophical thought and writings of Ayn Rand." The ARS webpage has details of the ARS Steering Committee, past and current programmes, and details of obtaining membership - the ARS is only open to members of the American Philosophical Association. The ARS website has a reliable full-text essay, titled 'Ayn Rand and Objectivism: an overview', and a short selected biblilography of works by Ayn Rand. The ARS was established in 1987, and it will be a useful contact point for British scholars seeking to contact those working in U.S. universities on aspects of Rand's philosophy, her novels, and her ideas on art.
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Bakhtin centre
http://www.shef.ac.uk/bakhtin/
The Bakhtin Centre was founded at the University of Sheffield in 1994. The Centre promotes interdisciplinary work on the Russian philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) and the Bakhtin Circle. The Centre's home page contains information about the work of the Centre and its staff; and provides access to a range of online resources. Included amongst these is the Bakhtin Analytical Database, which aims to provide an inclusive record of works by and about the Bakhtin Circle. The database has an emphasis on Russian-language items which tend to be inaccessible outside Russian-speaking regions. The database contains, and can be searched by, a full list of bibliographic fields. Other resources include information about the Centre's printed journal, Dialogism: An International Journal of Bakhtin Studies; an email discussion forum; a collection of online papers from the Centre's research seminar series; and links to other online resources, conferences, and publications. The Centre is directed by Professor David Shepherd.
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Bertrand Russell
http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Russell/
This website offers a selection of essays and articles by the British philosopher, logician, and peace activist, Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). These include: the famous 1905 paper, "On Denoting"; a prediction concerning the future of science; a brief article on youthful cynicism; a fairly humorous search for the soul; and several newspaper columns, most of which are short, witty treatments of modern social trends. There are also links to some of Russell's longer works on external websites, but these were in need of repair when last checked. A picture of Russell tearing up his Labour Party membership card is also included with the site.
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Bertrand Russell archives
http://www.mcmaster.ca/russdocs/russell.htm
The Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University brings together a wide variety of electronic resources on one of the most famous 20th century philosophers. The site offers many annotated links to external resources from around the world, ranging from lists of modules to encyclopaedic entries on Russell himself. Also based at McMaster is the "Bertrand Russell Research Centre" which is in the process of cataloguing his papers. The highlight of this site is, of course, the archive catalogue known as BRACERS. The physical archive is an immense database of correspondence to and from Russell with the complete text of some letters available electronically, and others available on request directly from the University. For those who require research material more general than that available through the archive, there is an assortment of introductory articles on the man and his thought through "The Bertrand Russell Gallery".
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Bertrand Russell gallery
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~bertrand/
The Betrand Russell Gallery is a Web resource principally dedicated to the provision of biographical and photographic material relating to the 20th century philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). The amount of information available here concerning Russell's life is extensive and there are substantial sections on Russell's childhood and adolescence, his parents and grandparents, his friends, the course of his career, and his political activities, such as his involvement with CND. In addition, there is a miscellaneous section which includes a transcription written in Russell's own hand of the prologue to his autobiography. The site is very attractively designed and easily navigable, and also contains links to other Bertrand Russell-related Internet sites.
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Bertrand Russell research centre, McMaster University
http://russell.mcmaster.ca/
This website is the home page of the Bertrand Russell Research Centre, based at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is also affiliated with the website of the Bertrand Russell Archives based at the same university, which has held Russell's papers since the late 1960s. The Centre is devoted to bringing out comprehensive academic editions of the entire body of shorter and unpublished works by the famous English philosopher (1872-1970). The site provides a chronology of Russell's life and outlines the contents of the Centre's numerous publications. These include: seasonal news pages; an annual Newsletter (available to view in PDF format); The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell (including all of Russell's shorter pieces, essays and journalistic writings); The Collected Letters of Bertrand Russell; and Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies. The Centre also runs the online international discussion mailing list, Russell-l, and an online virtual exhibition, The Bertrand Russell Gallery. One part of the site which showcases Russell's later thoughts with most immediacy is the posting of his last essay, '1967.' Russell's reflections here on a future total war and its alternatives -- along with his contributions in the collected letters and papers -- confirm his lasting contributions to the fields of philosophy, history, mathematics, journalism and politics in the twentieth century.
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British Idealism and Collingwood Centre
http://www.cf.ac.uk/euros/research/researchcentres/collingwood/
Based at the School of European Studies, Cardiff, the British Idealism and Collingwood Centre is a major centre for research into R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) and the Idealist school of philosophy. Copies of manuscripts and PhD theses from throughout the world are held here, and may be located via the online catalogue. The Centre also provides printed material and a CD-ROM. Relatively little material is published on the website itself, although there is background information about the Centre, a list of publications, and abstracts of books about Collingwood and related philosophers.
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Cambridge Wittgenstein archive
http://www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk/
This is the website of the Wittgenstein Archive in Cambridge. The archive houses an impressive collection of facsimile manuscripts by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), including correspondence, drawn from various archival sources. The site, which is available in English and in German, has many features: there is a searchable database of pictures of the philosopher and his family; excerpts of Wittgenstein's favourite music (under construction at the time of review); an extensive biography of Wittgenstein; a searchable database of the library's manuscript holdings; and information about the new Vienna Edition of Wittgenstein's work.
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Center for Dewey studies
http://www.siu.edu/~deweyctr/
This is the home page of the Center for Dewey Studies, which was established in 1961 at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. It is dedicated to the provision of information on the American philosopher-educator John Dewey (1859-1952) and will be of interest primarily to graduates and Dewey scholars. In addition to offering membership details and general information about its collections and resources, the site offers access to a series of papers which explore the relations between Dewey's thought and that of other educationalists, activists, and philosophers. The site also offers a detailed chronology of Dewey's life and work, as well as information about the publications of the Dewey Center (in particular, the monumental thirty-seven-volume edition of Dewey's complete writings) and a short bibliography of Dewey's writings on inquiry, ethics, politics, and education. Also, users can listen to a recording of Dewey reading from his "Art as Our Heritage" in 1940. In sum: this is an interesting, well-designed, and straightforwardly navigable web resource.
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Derrida : online
http://hydra.humanities.uci.edu/derrida/
The 'Derrida: Online' website provides an introduction to the ideas of the French philosopher, Jacques Derrida. It contains a comprehensive list of articles published by Derrida, as well as bibliographies of books and articles about Derrida or deconstruction, and links to other bibliographies and online Derridean resources. Also available are excerpts from Derridean texts, including: selections of his writings on the rules of language; linguistics; and meaning; and translations of recent essays. There are also lists of video and audio appearances given by Derrida. All these would be of use to a researcher interested in Derrida and deconstruction. The site, which is user-friendly and regularly updated, has received several awards. Created by Peter Krapp, it forms part of the Hydra collection; a series of Web pages on some key 20th century media theorists, psychoanalysts, and philosophers, including Lacan, Artaud, and Foucault.
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Electronic journal of analytic philosophy (EJAP)
http://ejap.louisiana.edu/
The Electronic Journal of Analytic Philosophy (EJAP) is a peer reviewed electronic journal for the publication of articles and reviews relevant to analytic philosophy, both as a historical movement and a current research program. The journal began publication in August 1993 and continued annually until 1998. One more issue (the most recent) was published in 2002. The content of all issues are freely and openly available through the archives. Many of the issues are themed, for example: the philosophy of Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976); the philosophy of Gareth Evans (1946-1980); methods of ontology; and value in nature. The emphasis is on analytic philosophy in both form and content. Language, reference, mind, and formal ontology all receive particular attention. There is, however, the occasional foray into other territory, such as existential phenomenology. Despite the present hiatus in its publication, EJAP retains its status of having set an exceptionally high standard for an online journal. Many of the authors are established philosophers in their field, and the archived articles would be of interest to advanced undergraduates and researchers in analytic philosophy.
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Ernest Gellner resource site
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/gellner/
The Ernest Gellner Resource Site is maintained by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where Gellner (1925-1995) was a Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method for twenty-two years, between 1962 and 1984. The resources available here are wide ranging in nature, and cover all aspects of Gellner's work. These include, among other things: a bibliography of Gellner's work spanning from the 1950s to the 1990s; a collection of reviews of his books; and an assembly of quotes from his work. Visitors can read a small number of articles and excerpts from his better known books like 'Nation and Nationalism' (1983) and 'Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals' (1994). The site also includes a biography, obituaries and access to relevant online resources.
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Foundations of political theory
http://www.political-theory.org/
Foundations of Political Theory is a specialist section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). This website outlines the purpose of the organization and its bylaws, and offers links to a number of online resources useful for the study of political theory. These include: journals and texts; newsletters; and course syllabi (although quite a number of the links were not active at the time of review). Access is also given to the home pages of organizations and research institutes. Details of forthcoming conferences, events and job vacancies are also provided, but the site does not appear to be regularly updated. The organization is chaired by Michael Gibbons of the University of South Florida.
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Spivak.html
This Web page is part of the Introduction to Postcolonial Studies website hosted by the English Department at Emory University, and provides introductory information relating to the postcolonial critic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. It includes a brief biography, a link to a glossary of key terms used in her work, and a list of her major works. Born to middle-class parents in Calcutta in 1942, Spivak studied English literature at the University of Calcutta and went on to train in comparative literature in the United States. Spivak has described herself as a "para-disciplinary ethical philosopher" and also as a Marxist, deconstructionist and feminist. A translator of Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology, she has also translated the stories of the Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi.
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Gurdjieff International Review
http://www.gurdjieff.org/
The Gurdjieff International Review is the website of a free full-text online journal dedicated to the study of the life and work of the Russian/Turkish philosopher Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1872-1949). In addition to archiving and reproducing the journal, the website also provides a database of information about Gurdjieff, his work and his pupils. There are introductory essays; a section listing Gurdjieff's aphorisms; thirty-five pupil biographies and a fully annotated bibliography of works by and about him. Gurdjieff's basic assertion was that although human beings are almost entirely mechanical their consciousness can be extended far beyond its present limits by studying and re-programming the machine. His exacting 'system', based on the esoteric knowledge he gained whilst wandering through central Asia between 1890 and 1910, is still taught in Gurdjieff groups worldwide and best explained, not in his own writings, but in the books of his most famous pupil P.D. Ouspensky (1878-1947).
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Humanimalia : a journal of human/animal interface studies
http://www.depauw.edu/humanimalia/
Humanimalia is a full-text peer-reviewed ejournal, freely available online and published from DePauw University. Humanimalia aims to publish three times per year, and the first issue was published in August 2009. This online journal publishes HTML papers and reviews on the topic of human-animal encounters, covering fields such as contemporary philosophy, cultural studies, sci-art, and storytelling. Example articles available in the first issue include: 'Animal Farm's Lessons for Literary (and) Animal Studies'; 'Naming names - or, whats in it for the animals?'; and 'At the Heart of the Home: An Animal Reading of Mikhail Bulgakovs The Heart of a Dog', with reviews of such books as 'What Animals Mean in the Fiction of Modernity' (2008). The website also contains a 'Humanimalifesto', and a Calls for Papers page where one can find the details of the Editorial Board. This unique journal may be of interest to scholars working in a variety of fields.
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Humanitas
http://www.nhinet.org/hum.htm
Humanitas is a print journal that makes a considerable amount of its content freely and openly available online. It offers articles and reviews for those interested in theoretical aspects of sociology (construed as a humanities discipline) and other social sciences, political and cultural criticism, and aesthetics. Scholarly articles sit alongside film reviews and poetry. The tendency, in tone and content, is towards conservative humanism, although liberalism and postmodernism also make frequent appearances in discussions. The current issue, and full tables of contents plus partial access to archives dating back to volume six 1992, are available. Information about the editors, subscriptions to the print journal, and instructions for submission to the journal, can all be found via the home page. Humanitas is published by the National Humanities Institute. Links to the Institute's site as well as to a number of other sites of relevance to humanities research are given at the bottom of the Humanitas home page.
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Husserl database
http://www.ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp/~jsshama/HUA-home.html
This is the website of The Husserl-Database - a Japanese project devoted to the founding figure of phenomenology, Edmund Husserl (1859-1938). The database allows users to search for references for terms used in Husserl's work, in the original German: page and line numbers are returned in conformity with the standard edition of Husserl. The site is not simply a database, however. It also contains supplementary information about the database, including papers on the database itself. A short biography and introduction to Husserl's thought is provided through a link, and there is another link to the Husserl Society of Japan. Note that some of this supplementary material on the site is only available in Japanese.
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Husserl page
http://www.husserlpage.com/
The Husserl Page is a website dedicated to providing easy access to online resources related to the life and thought of the philosopher and father of phenomenology, Edmund Husserl (1859-1938). The site provides a detailed biographic chronology of Husserl, thorough information on Husserl archives, links to many full texts of Husserl's lectures and essays freely available across the Web, and extensive bibliographies of primary and secondary sources. There are also links to Husserl-related announcements, organisations, and sites concerning Husserl or phenomenology. The site is accessible and an ideal starting point for those wishing to find online scholarly resources related to Husserl.
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