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Entitled opinions (about life and literature)
[2 Jun 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Entitled Opinions (About Life and Literature) website offers a series of podcasts based on a weekly talk show hosted by Professor Robert Harrison of Stanford University. The discussions cover a wide range of topics in literature (especially, though not limited to, the works of English and Italian authors), philosophy, and contemporary music, with occasional forays into other disciplines. The show generally takes the form of an hour-long one-to-one conversation between Harrison and a guest with expertise on the topic or author under discussion. Users can listen to the recordings via the site, or download for later consumption (the podcasts are also available via iTunes). The site's archive offers over 90 shows, dating back to September 2005.
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Existential graphs
[2 Jun 2010 at 7:00pm]
Existential Graphs is a Web resource offering an introduction to the existential graphs system of logic, originally developed about a century ago by American philosopher Charles S. Pierce. The system offers a way of formalising and analysing logical arguments, including methods for testing proofs, but unlike more conventional formalisation systems, it adopts a graphical approach. Although the method will be unfamiliar to many students of logic, Pierce claimed that it was easier to use than traditional approaches, and this website exists in part to test this claim. The site offers a number of PowerPoint presentations which introduce the alpha and beta parts of the system (which correspond to propositional and predicate logic respectively), and an applet which allows users to experiment with the system for themselves. (There are a number of other tools, but at time of review these were not working properly.) The site was created by Bram van Heuveln of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Department of Cognitive Science.
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Big ideas
[2 Jun 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Big Ideas website provides information about a series of open events, mostly held in pubs in London. These aim to provide a forum for thoughtful discussion of interesting subjects: events typically begin with a question (usually broadly philosophical in nature, but sometimes also covering issues of public policy, the arts, and a range of other topics) and a very brief informal talk from someone with relevant expertise. The remainder of the evening is devoted to free, unstructured discussion between all who wish to participate. Details are also given of the parallel Big Picture events series: film screenings followed by discussion. The site also features a number of blogs by members of the team which facilitates Big Ideas events.
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Metacognition as a precursor to self-consciousness : evolution, development a...
[2 Jun 2010 at 7:00pm]
Metacognition as a Precursor to Self-Consciousness (MPSC) is the website of a collaborative research project, coordinated by Joëlle Proust of the Institut Jean-Nicod in Paris. The project comprises seven sub-projects, based around Europe and in the USA, dealing with a range of different aspects of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. One of the sub-projects, Metacognition from a Logical Point of View (based at the University of Bristol) is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Others have a more scientific focus, and include studies of animal thought, human cognitive development, and neurophysiology. A brief overview of the aims and objectives of each project is given, and in some cases a list of relevant scholarly literature. There are also details of project participants and events.
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Cornelius Castoriadis Agora International website
[2 Jun 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Cornelius Castoriadis Agora International website provides information about the life and work of the Greek 20th century political philosopher, economist, and psychoanalyst. The site, which offers content in a wide range of languages, features: a news section; a brief biography of Castoriadis which includes an overview of his thought; and a transcript of a lengthy interview with Castoriadis, conducted in 1990. Other resources include bibliographies of works by and about him, a list of links to other relevant Web resources, and a section on teaching Castoriadis. The site is made available by the French organisation Agora International and the University of Michigan Libraries.
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Phenomenologically related work
[2 Jun 2010 at 7:00pm]
Phenomenologically Related Work is the personal website of American philosopher Robert Welsh Jordan, hosted by Colarado State University. The site offers around 20 essays by Jordan, which have been published in journals or anthologies or presented at scholarly meetings over the course of a career spanning almost half a century. Also available are Jordan's own extensive notes on the works of Edmund Husserl and of Martin Heidegger. Jordan describes himself as espousing 'very hard line phenomenology', and notes on the site that his interpretation of Husserl and Heidegger differs significantly from the usual ones.
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Corporate social responsibility
[30 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Corporate Social Responsibility website, created by Mallen Baker, offers a range of resources for those interested in this growing area. The site offers a wide range of articles (including links to material on sister site Business Respect) on various aspects of the subject, including the environmental, social, and financial impact of various business practices. Other features of the site include: discussion of exactly what corporate social responsibility (CSR) is; some arguments for and against it; case studies; news items; reading suggestions and links to other Web resources; and a blog. The site is aimed both at interested business people, and at scholars and students working on CSR.
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Frans Hemsterhuis (1721-1790)
[30 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Frans Hemsterhuis (1721-1790) website, prepared by the philosophy reference librarian at the University of Groningen, provides information about the life and work of this 18th-century Dutch philosopher. The site gives a brief biographical sketch, and an overview of Hemsterhuis's philosophical thought, which focused on human beings and the relationships they have with their environment. The feature of the site which is likely to be of most interest to serious scholars, however, is the selection of Hemsterhuis's writings. These are taken from a French edition of his works (users should note that no English translation is offered), and are provided as PDF documents.
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Nietzsche channel
[20 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Nietzsche Channel is an extensive Web resource dedicated to the life and works of the 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). The site hosts electronic versions of a large number of Nietzsche's publications, plus selections of unpublished works from his school days, correspondence, and notebooks. There is also a section titled 'Friedrich Nietzsche's Library', which is an attempt to construct an online collection of works which Nietzsche read, bought, borrowed, and referred to. At time of writing, the site was still under development: there is already a considerable amount of material in German, with plans to add both more German material and English translations in the future. Unfortunately, however, there is a lack of information about those responsible for the site.
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Kritike
[20 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
Kritike is an open access online philosophy journal. Based in the Philippines, it has a broad remit, covering all philosophical topics, but with a particular focus on analytic philosophy, continental philosophy, and East-West comparative philosophy. Interdisciplinary contributions are also encouraged. In addition to articles (which are peer-reviewed), the journal also accepts creative works (e.g. fiction or poetry) with strong philosophical content. Guidelines for potential contributors are provided. The journal has been published twice yearly since 2007.
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Cultura : international journal of philosophy of culture and axiology
[20 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
Cultura is a Romanian-based international journal devoted to philosophy of culture and axiology (the study of value). It aims to promote the exploration of both ethical and aesthetic values in regional and international contexts. The journal publishes articles in several European languages, though in practice the majority of works are in English. Author guidelines are provided. Recent article titles include: 'Mass Media and European Cultural Citizenship'; 'The Concept of Ruin and the Ruin of Concepts'; and 'Axiological Reflections about Don Quijote'. Cultura has appeared twice yearly since 2005.
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Krisis : tijdschrift voor actuele filosofie
[20 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
Krisis is a Dutch open access peer-reviewed journal for contemporary philosophy. It provides an arena for the discussion of issues in social and political philosophy, cultural theory, the philosophy of science and technology, and empirical philosophy. Titles of recent articles include: 'Seeds of the Future. "Presence" of the Past in Relation to Ethnic Violence'; 'Sociology and Science. A Short Controversy Study About Rembrandt's Painting'; and 'Power and Powerlessness of Human Rights'. Krisis has existed in print form since 1981, but was relaunched as an online publication in 2008. It began life as an exclusively Dutch-language work, but recent issues also include articles in English.
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Aporia
[20 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
Aporia is an online undergraduate philosophy journal based at Brigham Young University in Utah, USA. All articles are written by undergraduates, and the staff of the journal consists of BYU philosophy students. Submissions are subject to a peer review process, and the journal also invites critical notices - brief pieces criticising papers which appear in the journal. The journal has appeared twice yearly since 2002, and covers a wide range of philosophy topics. Recent article titles have included: 'The Value of Unrealized Possibilities'; 'Exclusivism in Hick's Pluralistic Hypothesis'; and 'Can the Emergent Self Reemerge?'.
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Metaphor analysis project
[20 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
The Metaphor Analysis Project was a ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) funded project which ran for six months in 2006. The project website provides details of the project's activities, plus some associated resources. An introductory section gives an overview of the reasons for investigating metaphor, a summary of the project aims and context, guidelines for good practice, and an annotated bibliography. Other sections give information about contemporary theories of metaphor via a selection of short papers, and details of the project's procedure for analysing metaphor. Also included are details of the project team, lists of their key publications and of other related research projects, and information about project workshops.
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Theoretical and conceptual advances in the cognitive neuroscience of self rep...
[20 May 2010 at 7:00pm]
Theoretical and Conceptual Advances in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Self Representation: Representations of the Minimal Self in Self-Narrative is a research project based at the University of Central Florida. Funded by the National Science Foundation and the European Foundation, the project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between philosophers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and cognitive neuroscientists in the USA and Europe. It considers connections between the 'minimal self' (which includes sense of ownership and agency) and the more fully developed 'narrative self', and is one part of the BASIC (Brain, Agency, Self, Intersubjectivity, and Consciousness) network of research projects. The project Web page offers an overview of the project, details of project staff, and a bibliography.
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