Philosophy

The main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. The site covers regular membership information and its resources section includes a good guide to philosophical resources on the Internet, including a database of active women philosophers, and a list of sites dedicated to philosophers.

Collection of materials about philosophy, expanded from a 2005 vote for the "greatest philosopher." Features a philosopher timeline, a quiz, and audio and text about the nominated philosophers, who include St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Plato, Jean-Paul Sartre, Socrates, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and several others. From the website for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) program "In Our Time."

Hundreds of articles featuring "detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy." Maintained by two philosophy professors and a team of volunteer specialists. Not searchable.

This site on philosophy and philosophers has a concise Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names , a survey History of Western Philosophy , a Timeline of Western Philosophers (from 600 B.C.E. to the present), a discussion of logic, a guide to the study of philosophy, and a collection of briefly annotated links to additional resources.

Website for this weekly philosophy radio program "that questions everything ...except your intelligence." Hosted by Stanford philosophy professors, the show applies philosophic thought to everyday topics and issues such as baseball, happiness, and terrorism. Features upcoming topics and where to listen, show podcast, and blog. Audio programs of past shows are archived back to 2004. From Stanford University.

Philosophy professors at Stanford University are developing this encyclopedia, featuring hundreds of articles. The section called "What's New" features the latest entries. Searchable and browsable.

This site presents strategies and resources for faculty members and graduate assistants who teach philosophy courses, especially at the introductory level. It also includes material of interest to college faculty generally. All materials on this site are provided on an open source license and you may print as many copies as you wish.
TeachPhilosophy101 was created by John Immerwahr at Villanova University. The current editor is Emily Esch at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. This site was designed by the Philosophy Documentation Center and it is sponsored by PDC and College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.