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Library Research databases for philosophy topics:
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContent largely derives from the social sciences and humanities with more than 2,000 academic journals and over 20,000 books. JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of scholarly journals in both digital and print formats, generally from the first volume through issues published prior to the most recent three to five years.
- Humanities Source This link opens in a new windowThe collection includes full text for more than 1,400 journals, with citations to over 3.5 million articles, including book reviews. Provides full text—plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing—for scholarly sources in the humanities, including feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs.
Selected Philosophy Journals
- American Philosophical QuarterlyOne of the principal English vehicles for the publication of scholarly work in philosophy.
Coverage: 1964 to 4 years ago - Dialectica: International Journal of PhilosophyFocus is predominantly in theoretical and systematic philosophy. Continuing the work of its founding members, dialectica seeks a better understanding of the mutual support between science and philosophy that both disciplines need and enjoy in their common search for understanding.
Coverage: 2005 to 1 year ago - EthicsPublishes scholarly work in moral, political, and legal philosophy from a variety of intellectual perspectives, including social and political theory, law, and economics. In addition to major articles, Ethics also publishes critical discussions, symposia, review essays, and book reviews.
Coverage: 1938 to 4 years ago - Journal of PhilosophyPublishes philosophical articles of current interest and encourage the interchange of ideas, especially the exploration of the borderline between philosophy and other disciplines. Founded in 1904 as The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, it has published under its present name without interruption since 1921. It is internationally respected as a leading publication in the field.
Coverage: 1920 to 6 years ago - Philosophical ReviewIn continuous publication since 1892, the Philosophical Review has a long-standing reputation for excellence and has published many papers now considered classics in the field, such as W. V. O. Quine's “Two Dogmas of Empiricism,” Thomas Nagel's “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?,” and the early work of John Rawls. The journal aims to publish original scholarly work in all areas of analytic philosophy, with an emphasis on material of general interest to academic philosophers, and is one of the few journals in the discipline to publish book reviews.
Coverage: 1892 to 6 years ago - Philosophy East & WestPromoting academic literacy on non-Western traditions of philosophy, Philosophy East and West has for over half a century published the highest-quality scholarship that locates these cultures in their relationship to Anglo-American philosophy. Philosophy defined in its relationship to cultural traditions broadly integrates the professional discipline with literature, science, and social practices. Each issue includes debates on issues of contemporary concern and critical reviews of the most recent publications.
Coverage: 1951 to 4 years ago - RatioRatio publishes high-quality work on a wide variety of topics within analytic philosophy but occasionally includes articles from other traditions and perspectives.
Coverage: 1997 to 1 year ago
Philosophy Primers
Ethics: The Big Questions by Call Number: 170 E843ISBN: 9781405191289Publication Date: 2009Presents students with a unique focus on three main challenges to ethics: feminism, environmentalism, and multiculturalism Pedagogical focus on the 'big questions' motivates student interest. Collects readings on all key traditional theoretical and practical questions in ethics.
Life, Death and Meaning by Call Number: Ebook Central EbookISBN: 9781442201699Publication Date: 2010Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.
Logic from A to Z by Call Number: REF 511.303 D481ISBN: 0415213754Publication Date: 1999Logic from A to Z is a unique glossary of terms used in formal logic and the philosophy of mathematics. Over 500 entries include key terms found in the study of: * Logic: Argument, Turing Machine, Variable * Set and model theory: Isomorphism, Function * Computability theory: Algorithm, Turing Machine * Plus a table of logical symbols.
Philosophy: Key Texts by Call Number: 100 B1448ISBN: 0230296629Publication Date: 2012Designed for complete beginners, Philosophy: Key Texts is an introduction to philosophy and gives a clear, readable overview of some of the major texts of Plato, Descartes, Hume, Mill and Nietzsche.
Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy by Call Number: 100 A647 2003 and Ebook CentralISBN: 9780195160284Publication Date: 2003Here is a thorough, vividly written introduction to contemporary philosophy and some of the most crucial questions of human existence: the nature of mind and knowledge, the status of moral claims, the existence of God, the role of science, and the mysteries of language, among them.
World Philosophy by Call Number: REF 100 W92775ISBN: 1843336138Publication Date: 2003-05-01In one accessible, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, scholars have gathered the major theories and key ideas of world's greatest thinkers. The presentation of material sets this reference apart from other philosophy books by providing both the historical and cultural context of the ideas being explored, and by giving visual expression to the arguments and insights themselves through the artwork of the time.
