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American Philosophical Society

Started in 1743 by no less of an Enlightenment personage than Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society (APS) has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life for over 250 years. The APS "promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community...

https://www.amphilsoc.org/
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Bentham Project

Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher, jurist, and social scientist best known for developing the philosophy of Utilitarianism. The University College in London is home to the Bentham Project, a collaborative effort that aims to "to produce a new scholarly edition of the works and correspondence of Jeremy Bentham." The project is currently headed by Phillip Schofield, a professor of the History of...

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bentham-project/
Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers

Reading the canon of philosophy can give the appearance that great advances in human knowledge have come about solely through the efforts of men such as Plato, Aristotle, and Wittgenstein. The Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers is an effort to counter that misconception with a comprehensive overview of important concepts and ideas developed by women philosophers. On the page...

https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/ecc/#hwps
eScholarship Editions

The California Digital Library has been working on bringing a wide array of primary and secondary materials online over the past few years, and this particular digital endeavor is one that will delight both academics and those who are just plain curious about everything from the influence of Elvis Presley on Mexican popular music to the ceremonial costumes of the Pueblo Indians. All told, the...

http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/
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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps is a weekly podcast by Peter Adamson, a philosophy scholar who teaches at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and King's College London. Launched in 2014, the podcast currently features over 300 episodes that chronicle the history of philosophy from pre-Socratic thinkers through the fourteenth century (so far!). Visitors can browse this collection by...

https://historyofphilosophy.net/
Investigating Atheism

With their website, Investigating Atheism, the University of Cambridge hopes to add some clarity to the subject. Despite the attention recent books on atheism have received, they have had a mixed reception from the religious communities and from fellow atheists and agnostics. The goal of the site is to "set these contemporary "God Wars" in their historical context, and to offer a range of...

http://atheistwatch.blogspot.com/2010/01/cambridge-institute...
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Mapping the Republic of Letters

The Republic of Letters was a loose knit and dynamic long-distance intellectual network that blossomed in the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and the United States. Through the use of hand written correspondence, some of the greatest thinkers of England, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States stayed informed about the ideas that were shaping their worlds. Mapping the Republic of Letters,...

http://republicofletters.stanford.edu
Philosophy Talk

Under the banner of "The program that questions everything...except your intelligence," this one-hour radio program promises "philosophy in action." It certainly delivers on that promise, and for anyone who thought philosophy was lifeless and without any real-world application, they will be proved wrong after just a few minutes of listening to this program. Hosted by Stanford philosophy professors...

https://www.philosophytalk.org/
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ludwig Wittgenstein

Originally started in 1995, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) has provided students, educators, and the general public with a dynamic trove of information for over two decades. Each fascinating entry is verified and maintained by subject editors, providing an authoritative reference work at no cost to its readers. Consider this entry on Ludwig Wittgenstein, deemed by many to be the...

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/
Studies in the History of Ethics

Started in 2005, Studies in the History of Ethics is a peer-reviewed electronic journal and research portal focused on publishing articles and reviews which deal with the history of ethics. First-time visitors can use the homepage to look over more recent works, such as a symposium on the ethics of John Stuart Mill which includes pieces from scholars at the University of Utah and the National...

http://www.historyofethics.org/
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