From time to time, all of us have wondered to ourselves any number of philosophical questions, ranging from "What is love?" to "How can we know what is true?" These are both very compelling questions, and most people probably would like to know a bit more about each one of these queries. Fortunately, the year 2005 saw the launch of this website, whose dictum is "You Ask. Philosophers answer."...

Teaching critical thinking can be difficult, and it is nice to know that Professors Joe Lau and Jonathan Chan at the University of Hong Kong have created this site to help both teachers and students in this endeavor. Working with a grant from the government of Hong Kong's University Grants Committee, the two have created this website to provide access to over 100 free online tutorials on critical...

Education World (reported on in the February 22, 2002 _NSDL Scout Report for the Physical Sciences_) is a website that intended to be "a home for educators on the Internet, a place where teachers could gather and share ideas." This section of Education World provides information on grants and awards available for teachers. There are currently a number of web resources listed on scholarship and...

Based at Boston University, the Gateway to Philosophy project provides users with access to papers presented at the World Congress of Philosophy, as well as other initiatives of a philosophical nature. The site is divided into five primary sections, including "Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy", "Existenz", and "Paideia". Visitors may wish to start their journey through the site by clicking...

The study of bioethics at the undergraduate and high school level continues to grow exponentially, and a number of online resources help educators who seek to incorporate this subject into their courses. This collection contains over 100 syllabi that relate broadly to ethics and genetics, and the materials come from seminars and short-term continuing education classes. Visitors to the syllabus...

Philosophy, critical thinking, and logic instructors looking to integrate current events, humor, and multimedia resources into their classes will want to take a peek at Philosophers and Critical Thinkers in Senior Schools (PACTISS), a free database of resources for philosophy and critical thinking classrooms. Managed by Peter Ellington, a critical thinking instructor at the University of...

What is a paradox? More importantly, what is infinity? These concepts can blow one's mind in the best way possible and they are the subject of this course at MIT. Offered up as part of that august institution's Open CourseWare initiative, this semester long course was first offered in spring 2013 by Professor Agustin Rayo. In short, the course "explores different kinds of infinity; the paradoxes...

A number of disciplines in the humanities have embarked on ambitious and lively forays into the world of online publishing, and philosophy is no exception to this trend. One rather noteworthy online journal is Philosophers' Imprint, which was started in 2001. The journal is actually a refereed series of original papers edited by the philosophy faculty at the University of Michigan, and published...

Philosophy for Beginners is a series of video recorded essays by Dr. Marianne Talbot, Director of Studies in Philosophy at the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. As the title suggests, this seven-part series provides an overview of the diverse field of philosophy as well as its history. In five lectures, recorded in 2008 for iTunes University, Dr. Talbot provides...

Comprised of a team of K-12 and university educators, the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) is dedicated to providing tools and resources to help educators of all levels and subject areas integrate philosophy education into their classrooms. On this website, educators can find a wealth of resources, including lesson plans, unit plans, classroom activities, articles of interest,...