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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Resources and Entertainment for Philosophers


             Most people already involved in philosophy are going to be familiar with many of these sites and other resources, but this list might be useful for undergraduates and laymen interested in getting a look at either the academic side of the subject from the analytic perspective, or the popular resources and entertainment related to philosophy.
            Rankings of philosophy departments, and other current information on academic
            philosophy:
                        *Philosophy Gourmet: http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/default.asp
                        *Leiter Reports: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/
                          Both of these sites are run by Brian Leiter at the University of Chicago
           Online Encyclopedias:
                        *Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP): http://plato.stanford.edu/
                        *Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP): http://www.iep.utm.edu/
                        *Wikipedia, Philosophy portal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:

                          Philosophy 
                          Wikipedia is not as technical and precise as the SEP or IEP.

           Research Websites:
                        *PhilPapers: http://philpapers.org/
                        *EpistemeLinks: http://www.epistemelinks.com/
                        *Noesis: http://noesis.evansville.edu/
            Popular Websites
                        *The Browser, 'Writing Worth Reading': http://thebrowser.com/sections
                          /philosophy-religion/philosophy.
                          Their interviews are particularly good.
                        *Brain Pickings philosophy articles: http://www.brainpickings.org/?s=
                          philosophy
            Popular Books:
                        *The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell
                        *The Story of Philosophy, Will Durant
                        *Sophie’s World, Jostein Gaarder
            Graphic Novels and Illustrated Books About Philosophy:
                        *Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, written by Apostolos Doxiadis and
                          Christos H. Papadimitriou, illustrated by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di 

                          Donna
                        *Action Philosophers!, by Fred Van Lente, and Ryan Dunlavey*
                        *Epicurus the Sage, written by William Messner-Loebs, art by Sam Kieth
                        *Supergatari History of World Philosophy, Michael Gertelman*             
                        *Philographics, Genis Carreras*
             Movies related to philosophy or which may appeal to philosophers (search
             ‘philosophical films’ for many others):
                         *Waking Life
                         *Mindwalk
                         *My Dinner with Andre
                         *Agora
                           Starring Rachel Weisz.
                         *The Razor’s Edge
                           Starring Bill Murray. It's not a comedy, but it is beautiful.
                         *Vanilla Sky
                           It stars Tom Cruise, but no film is perfect.
                         *Stalker (Tarkovsky)
                           Very slow, with highly variable film quality, but strangely intriguing.
                         *Solaris (Tarkovsky)
          Videos
                         *Animated Thought Experiments by the Open University:
                           http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/10/19/open-university-

                           thought-experiments/*
          Products
                         *The Unemployed Philosophers Guild: http://www.philosophersguild.com
                           They are very amusing. Although many of their products are not related

                           to philosophy, their sense of humor is likely to appeal to those interested 
                           in the subject.

            Those suggestions with an asterisk at the end were found through articles at Brainpickings, especially the following: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/09/supergatari-history-of-philosophy/.
            If you have anything to add, please suggest it in the comment section.

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