Resources

Studying philosophy opens several professional pathways ranging from politics to research. Our faculty have compiled resources to best direct Oakland University's emerging philosophers on their next steps.

Law School Information

• Law School Admissions Council
• The Pre-Law Concentration at Oakland.

Graduate Study in Philosophy

• Philosophical Gourmet Report on Graduate Programs
• The American Philosophical Association (APA) Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy

Philosophy Reference

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Philosophy Articles and Books

• PhilPapers

Ancient Philosophy

• Plato & His Dialogs
• Plato's Apology
• Epicurus & Epicurean Philosophy

Medieval Philosophy

• St. Thomas Aquinas
• The Thomistic Philosophy Page
• Paul Vincent Spade's Mediaeval Logic and Philosophy Page
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook

Modern Philosophy (17 - 19th centuries)

• Thomas Hobbes: a short biography
• Leibniz
• Early Modern texts recast in 21st century prose.

20th Century Philosophy

• Gottlob Frege
• The Bertrand Russell Archives
• W.V.O. Quine Homepage
• The Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap
• Judith Jarvis Thomson
• Robert Stalnaker
• Jaako Hintikka

Political and Legal Philosophy

• The Foundations of Political Theory
• University of Michigan Political Theory Resources
• State Legislatures' Center for Ethics in Government
• Just War Theory
• The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
• Lawrence Solum's Legal Theory BLOG
• Jack Balkan's Legal Theory BLOG

Philosophy of Mind and Artificial Intelligence

• Online Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
• Center for Cognitive Studies
• Mind Papers Bibliography

Logic and Language

• Factasia Logic
• "42 Fallacies," by Michael C. LaBrossiere

Metaphysics

• Metaphysics by Default

Ethics

• BEARS
• Aristotle's Nichomachaen Ethics

Philosophy Online Journals

• Studies in the History of Ethics

Philosophical Associations

• The American Philosophical Association Online
• Association for Symbolic Logic
• SWIP (Society for Women In Philosophy)