Philosophy Sources

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Philosophy Sources

• LIBR 530
• Chelsea Jones
• March 9, 2007

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Philosophy is...

• filosofia

philosophia (Greek)
love of wisdom

• the study of knowledge, of the nature of things,
  of the principles of reasoning, of truth
• not easy to define...
• made up of branches
• ethics
• epistemology (study of knowledge)
• logic (reasoning, how to argue)
• metaphysics (existence, consciousness)

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Classification of Philosophy

• Dewey 100 Philosophy and Psychology
• 100 Philosophy
• 110 Metaphysics
• 120 Epistemology
• 140 Specific philosophical schools
• 160 Logic
• 170 Ethics
• 180 Ancient, Mediaeval, Oriental philosophy
• 190 Modern Western philosophy

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More Classification

• Library of Congress class B Philosophy,
  Psychology, Religion
• B General, Systems, by Period
• B 1 B 68 General, B 108 B 708 Ancient, B 720
  B 765 Medieval,
• B 770 B 785 Renaissance, B 850 B 5739 Modern
• BC Logic
• BD Speculative philosophy
• BD 95 BD 131 Metaphysics, BD 143 BD 236
  Epistemology,
• BD 300 BD 450 Ontology, BD 493 BD 701
  Cosmology
• BH Aesthetics
• BJ Ethics

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
• print B41 C35 1999, Koerner Reference floor 2.
• A single volume dictionary. Entries are
  understandable to the layperson but still offer
  some detail.
• The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• print B51 R68 1998, Koerner Reference floor 2.
  Also online.
• 9 volumes index. More detailed entries a
  brief summary, discussion, and a list of further
  readings.
• The Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
• print B121 E53 2001, Koerner Reference floor 2.
• Entries on major ideas and figures in Chinese,
  Indian, Islamic, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan
  philosophies. Easy to understand and includes
  further readings.

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Online Encyclopedias

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Entries are written and updated by experts new
  entries and significant updates are refereed.
  Kept up-to-date.
• Many specialized entries eg. molecular genetics
• However, some entries have not yet been written.
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Entries are written and reviewed by subject
  specialists professors from various
  universities. Fewer entries.

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Journal Indexes and Databases

• Philosophy
• Philosopher's Index indexes and abstracts from
  books, journals, anthologies
• ETHX on the Web ethics articles
• Cross-Dicipline and more General
• Academic Search Premiere full text
  multidiciplinary
• ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials index,
  some full text
• Historical Abstracts - indexes and abstracts,
  some full text
• Humanities Index - index, general humanities
• Index Islamicus - index, Islamic multidiciplinary
• Web of Science - index, multidiciplinary

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Websites (just a few of many)

• Noesis Philosophical research online indexes
  many online journals and encyclopedias
• PSearch a single-box custom Google search of
  academic papers and reference sites
• Philosophy Resources on the Internet many
  internet links, categorized by such topics as
  Blogs, Publishers, Organizations, Quotations...
• Canadian Philosophical Association the
  organization for Canadian philosophers

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Journals

• UBC library lists 230 electronic journals under
  'Philosophy'
• (no, I'm not going to list them all...)
• Dialogue, the Canadian Philosophical
  Association's journal, is available at Koerner B1
  D38

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EBooks etc.

• Past Masters searchable full text works of
  various philosophers (Aquinus, Hume, Marx...)
• On CD, Koerner floor 2, B21 P377 2001
• Early English Books Online images of 100,000
  titles, many also with full text
• The Online Books Page indexes freely available
  online texts, including those from Gutenberg,
  Perseus. Search by author/title, browse by LoC
  subject

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Reference questions

• What philosophical system did Ayn Rand found?
• Where can I find online philosophy classes?
• Who should I apply to for a grant to study
  philosophy in Canada?
• Who said, It is better to be feared than loved?
• In what modern-day country was the religion of
  Zoroastrianism founded?