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Using the Internet to Teach Philosophy

Scott H. Moore
Summer Teaching Institute
June 10, 1997

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There are a variety of uses for the Internet in teaching philosophy in the university. Below are several of the Internet projects which I have developed which students have found (in varying degrees) useful. Please send any suggestions or comments to Scott_Moore@baylor.edu

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Syllabi:

• Living Issues in Philosophy (PHI 1305)
• Philosophy of Religion (PHI 261)
• Contemporary Continental Philosophy (PHI 4341)
• Graduate Seminar in the Early Heidegger (PHI 5V20)

Assigned Essays and Texts:

• St. Thomas Aquinas, On the Existence of God
• Marx's "Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right"
• Why Democracy Needs Patriotism by Charles Taylor
• Husserl's Inaugural Lecture at Freiburg im Breisgau

Handouts and Reading Questions:

• Reading Questions for Aristotle's Ethics, Books I-II (PHI 1305)
• Reading Notes on Alston, "Religious Experience and Religious Belief" (PHI 2305)
• Important Terms and Concepts in Taylor's Ethics of Authenticity
• Handout on Faith and Reason (PHI 2305)
• Philosophy of Religion Reading List (PHI 2305)

Resource Pages:

• Resources on Charles Taylor
• Christian Faith and Postmodernity
• Philosophy of Religion
• The Notebook for Contemporary Continental Philosophy

PowerPoint Outlines:

• Lecture Index for Philosophy of Religion
• Lecture Outline on the Ontological Argument

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In addition to the resources that we ourselves create and place on the Internet, we can also provide links to some of those sources on the web which we find most useful. Below are several sites, indices, journals, and magazines which I hope my students will use.

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General Philosophical Sites:

• Peter Suber's Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Hume Archives
• The Wittgenstein Archives
• Illuminations: The Critical Theory Web Site

Philosophical Journals

• Electronic Journal of Analytic Philosophy
• Philosophy and Literature (through Muse)
• Other Voices
• Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology (through Muse)
• Postmodern Culture (through Muse)
• The Thomist
• The Philosophers' Web Magazine

Philosophical Organizations and Associations

• American Philosophical Association
• Society of Christian Philosophers
• Society for Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy

Newspapers and Magazines:

• The New Republic
• Books and Culture
• New York Review of Books
• First Things
• Dissent
• BostonReview
• The Nation
• New York Times

Language Aids:

• French Dictionary (ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago)
• German-English On-line Dictionary (Travelang)
• Pedro's Dictionaries

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