Guide to Philosophy on the Internet (Suber), Teaching/Learning

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College

I stopped updating this guide in February 2003, after eight years online. I plan to leave it online for the foreseeable future and hope that enough links are still alive to make it useful.

I know that the guide contains many dead links and omits many valuable new sites. For a comprehensive, well-organized, and up-to-date guide to philosophy on the internet, I can recommend Tom Stone's EpistemeLinks.

—Peter Suber

Philosophy Courses, Syllabi, Teaching & Learning

I no longer link to individual syllabi, course home-pages, departmental curriculum pages, or lecture notes. There are now too many and I am not willing to track all those to come online in the future. I have removed the links of this kind that I already had.

A Brief Guide to Writing Philosophy Papers. From Richard Field.
Collections of syllabi and course materials by subject area
- Aesthetics Teaching Materials. From Aesthetics Online.
- Bioethics Syllabi. From the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.
- Career Handbook for Philosophy Majors. From the University of Florida Department of Philosophy.
- Course Materials in Philosophy. From Andy Carpenter. The most systematic collection of online philosophy syllabi, hand-outs, assignments, lecture notes, and related course materials.
- Engineering and Computing Ethics. From Joseph Herkert.
- Ethics Resources for Teachers and Trainers. From the DePaul Institute for Business and Professional Ethics.
- Feminist Philosophy. From the Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP).
- Guide to the Study of Philosophy. From Garth Kemerling.
- International Society for Environmental Ethics Syllabus Project. Attempts to link to all courses on environmental philosophy and ethics.
- Medical Ethics Syllabi. University of Buffalo.
- Medical Humanities Syllabi. New York University.
- PedagoNet. A collection of course materials in all fields. Jump directly to the philosophy section (which is currently empty).
- Philosophy Syllabi. From the American Philosophical Association.
- Philosophy and the Neurosciences. Collected by Pete Mandik.
- Philosophy of History. From Nikolai S. Rozov. Syllabi in philosophy of history as well as social philosophy, philosophy of law, political philosophy, and world-systems analysis.
- Philosophy of Religion Syllabi. From Michael Sudduth.
- Radical Philosophy
- Resources for Teaching Nietzsche Syllabi and study guides collected by Douglas Thomas.
- Syllabi in Ethics. From Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates.
- Syllabus Exchange Catalog. Short descriptions of bioethics syllabi (not the syllabi themselves) for sale from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature.
- World Lecture Hall, Philosophy. On all philosophical topics.
- Writing a Philosophy Essay. From Geoffrey Klempner.
Courses Taught on the Web. From the American Philosophical Association.
The Ethics OSCE: Standardized Patient Scenarios for Teaching and Evaluating Bioethics. By Peter A. Singer and Anja K. Robb. "OSCE" stands for "objective structured clinical examination".
Good and Bad in Philosophy Essays. From Ronnie Hepburn. Hand-out for students.
Guide for Writing Papers in Philosophy. Ellen Watson.
A Guide to Philosophy in the Library of Congress Classification. "How to find Philosophical Works in the Library." From John R. Shook.
Guide to the Study of Philosophy. From Garth Kemerling.
A Guide to Writing Philosophy Essays. From Colin Allen.
Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper. From James Pryor.
How Does Philosophy Relate to My Career? From the philosophy department at Wilfrid Laurier University.
How to Read A Philosophy Paper. From Jeff McLaughlin.
How to Write an Essay in Bioethics. From Barry Brown.
How To Write A Philosophy Paper. From Istvan Berkeley.
Identifying the Argument of an Essay. From Frank Edler.
Library of Congress Schedule for Philosophy. How the Library of Congress classification system organizes the field. From the Lamson Library at Plymouth State College.
Library Research in Philosophy. Guide to print reference works. From Paul Fehrmann. Plus another guide for ethics.
Logic Teaching Aids. Mostly on logic software.
OhioLINK History of Philosophy Instructional Website. Not just course home-pages (which I've decided to omit), but course content well-integrated with search technology for Ohio library holdings.
Paper writing strategies for introductory philosophy courses. From J. Hernandez Cruz.
The Philosopher's Assistant: A Research Guide for Students. From W. Gordon Snow. Deliberately skimpy on the assumption that students are not ready for the sites and guides used by their professors.
A Philosopher's Experience Teaching in The Virtual Classroom. From Ron Barnette.
Philosophy Vade Mecum. "A Survival Guide for Philosophy Student." From Darren Brierton and Alexander Bird. Under construction.
So You Want To Pass Your First Philosophy Course? From A.D. Irvine.
Some Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper. From Andrew Carpenter.
Taking Notes on Philosophical Texts. From Peter Suber.
Teaching Bioethics and Medical Humanities. From the Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care at the University of Buffalo.
Teaching Philosophy. From Andrew Carpenter.
Teaching Research Ethics. That is, teaching the ethics of scientific research to science students. A project of the Poynter Center.
Tips for Understanding Philosophy. From David Hildebrand.
Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper. From Douglas Portmore.
Undergraduate Philosophical Writing. From Martin Young.
A Virtual Classroom: The Electronic Agora. From Ron Barnette.
What Can You Do With A Philosophy Degree? From the Philosophy Department at Illinois State University.
Why Major in Philosophy? From Michael Gilbert.
Writing a Philosophical Essay. From Ronald de Sousa.
Writing a Philosophical Essay. From William Myers.
Writing a Philosophy Essay. From Joe Lau.
Writing a Philosophy Paper. From Janette Schue.
Writing Argumentative Essays. By Bill Daly.
Writing Clear and Effective Philosophical Essays. From Glenn Rawson and David Hildebrand.
Writing Guidelines. By Tom Bridges.
Writing in Philosophy. A collection of hand-outs, references, and links from the philosophy faculty at the University of Toronto.
Writing Philosophy. By Garth Kemerling.