Online resources for philosophy

This page is not intended to be a comprehensive list of philosophy resources on the internet, though it contains links to sites that are. Instead, it aims to list the key resources of which every postgraduate student in Scotland should be aware. If you know of a site that perhaps should be listed here, or find any broken links, then please inform the webmaster.

Mailing lists

• PHILOS-L: The essential philosophy mailing list: carries details of calls for papers, conferences, seminars, jobs and philosophy news, as well as some discussion.
• SCOT-PG-PHIL: Our own SPPA mailing list carries news and conference, seminar and workshop information of specific interest to our members, including details and calls for abstracts for SPPA seminar days. Subscribers are also welcome to use the list for discussion with other SPPA members.

Associations and societies

• Scots Philosophical Club: The SPC is the professional association of philosophers within Scotland and is also the main sponsor of the SPPA. Its website includes a calendar of forthcoming philosophy-related events in Scotland.
• National Postgraduate Analytic Philosophy Association: the NPAPA aims to encourage closer communication between philosophy postgraduates from different universities in the UK, primarily through its annual conference.
• Edinburgh University Philosophy Society: A very active philosophy society that runs a series of Thursday evening lectures by visiting speakers through the winter and spring seminar blocks. All SPPA members are welcome to these talks, though there is a small fee for non-members of the society.

Texts and journals

• The Athens Access Management system provides a login to a number of online services subscribed to by universities, including the Philosophers Index and JSTOR. There will be university-specific rules for getting an Athens account.
• JSTOR: JSTOR provides pdf versions of articles over 5 years old from many philosopical journals. You may need an Athens login.
• Philosophers Index Database: The Philosophers Index is a searchable database of philosophical publications (books and articles) accessible via an Athens login.
• Blackwell Synergy: Provided by Blackwell publishers. Sign up for a Blackwell Synergy account and receive email notification of publication and contents of philosophical journals published by Blackwell, including Analysis and Noûs. If your university has an appropriate subscription, you may also be able to view full articles using an Athens login.
• E-Texts at Epistemelinks.com: Over 1600 links to electronic texts by famous philosophers throughout history, searchable by title keyword, philosopher or topic category.
• Philosophical Writings: A journal for postgraduates and new academics, published in the Philosophy department at the University of Durham.

Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias

• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Free online encyclopaedia hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Free online encyclopaedia with refereed entries. Note: many definitions have yet to be written.
• Foldop: Free online dictionary of philosophy.
• Encyclopedias and Other References at EpistemeLinks.com: Links to entries in a number of online dictionaries/encyclopaedias including those listed above.

Online resource catalogues

• EpistemeLinks.com: Includes over 17,500 categorized links to philosophy resources on the Internet.
• Humbul Humanities Hub (Philosophy): A catalogue of categroized and evaluated online philosophy resources (part of the UK Resource Discovery Network (RDN) and hosted by the University of Oxford).
• Social Science Information Gateway (Philosophy): A catalogue of categroized and evaluated online philosophy resources (part of the UK Resource Discovery Network).

Philosophy departments in Scotland

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Dundee
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of St Andrews
• University of Stirling

Reseacrch centres and projects in Scotland

• Centre for the Study of Scottish Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
• Archelogos Projects, University of Edinburgh
• Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh
• Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow
• Arché: Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Mathematics and Mind, University of St Andrews
• Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews