Philosophy (General) Subject Guide

Databases

• Humanities International Index
  A collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals, containing over 1,000 journals from 1975 to the present published in the United States and Canada- EBSCOhost
• History Reference Center
  Offers full-text from more than 650 history reference books and encyclopedias, 50 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies and 12,000 historical photos, maps and other images- EBSCOhost
• Humanities Full Text
  Full-text articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays, television, and radio programs from Humanities Index- WilsonWeb Omnifile Mega
• The Philosopher's Index
  Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language- Silverplatter (Browser must allow pop-ups.)

Books

• Transcendence and Self-Transcendence: On God and the Soul
  BL51 .W3735 2004
  by Merold Westphal
  The question of the transcendence of God has traditionally been posed as the difference between pantheism and theism. The first affirms that God is wholly "within" the world; the second affirms that God is both "within" and "outside" the world, both immanent and transcendent. Against Heidegger's critique of onto-theology and the general postmodern concern for respecting and preserving the difference of the other, Merold Westphal seeks to rethink divine transcendence in relation to modes of human self-transcendence. Touching upon Spinoza, Hegel, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas, Barth, Kierkegaard, Levinas, Derrida, and Marion, Westphal's work centers around a critique of onto-theology, the importance of alterity, the decentered self, and the autonomous transcendental ego. Westphal's phenomenology of faith sets this book into the main currents of Continental philosophy of relgion today. Description from the Publisher. 
• Lessons of the Masters
  LB2331 .S74 2003
  by George Steiner
  When we talk about education today, we tend to avoid the rhetoric of "mastery," with its erotic and inegalitarian overtones. But the charged personal encounter between master and disciple is precisely what interests George Steiner in this book, a sustained reflection on the infinitely complex and subtle interplay of power, trust, and passions in the most profound sorts of pedagogy. Based on Steiner's Norton Lectures on the art and lore of teaching, Lessons of the Masters evokes a host of exemplary figures, including Socrates and Plato, Jesus and his disciples, Virgil and Dante, Heloise and Abelard, Tycho Brahe and Johann Kepler, the Baal Shem Tov, Confucian and Buddhist sages, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, Nadia Boulanger, and Knute Rockne. Pivotal in the unfolding of Western culture are Socrates and Jesus, charismatic masters who left no written teachings, founded no schools. In the efforts of their disciples, in the passion narratives inspired by their deaths, Steiner sees the beginnings of the inward vocabulary, the encoded recognitions of much of our moral, philosophical, and theological idiom. He goes on to consider a diverse array of traditions and disciplines, recurring throughout to three underlying themes: the master's power to exploit his student's dependence and vulnerability; the complementary threat of subversion and betrayal of the mentor by his pupil; and the reciprocal exchange of trust and love, of learning and instruction between teacher and disciple. Description from the Publisher. 
• Modern Philosophy : from Descartes to Nietzsche : an Anthology
  B791 .M66 2002
  By Steven M. Emmanuel and Patrick Goold
  Between the earliest and the latest of the works included here, we have two hundred and fifty years of vigorous and adventurous philosophizing," Monroe Beardsley writes in his Introduction to this collection. "If the modern period can be only vaguely or arbitrarily bounded, it can at least be studied, and we can ask whether any dominant themes, overall patterns of movement, or notable achievements can be found within it. This question is one that is best asked by the reader after he has read, or read around in, these works." This Modern Library Paperback Classic also includes a newly updated Bibliography.
• Additional Books
• e-Reference from Credo
  • A Dictionary of Philosophy, Macmillan
  • Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought  
  • The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy  
  • The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science  
  • The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology

Journals

• Asian Philosophy
  International journal of Buddhist, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Japanese and Persian philosophical traditions. Articles on metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and moral and social philosophy- EBSCOhost
• The Journal of Nietzsche Studies
  Essays, articles, notices, and reports pertaining to the life, thought, and writings of Friedrich Nietzsche- Project Muse
• The Journal of Philosophy
  International journal that publishes articles, notes, discussions, and reviews about the history of Western philosophy, broadly conceived- Project Muse
• Philosophy East & West
  Specialized articles in Asian philosophy and that exhibit the relevance of philosophy for the art, literature, science, and social practice of Asian civilizations and original contributions from an intercultural basis- EBSCOhost
• The Philosophical Quarterly
  Premier journal for publishing articles reporting the results of accounting research and explaining and illustrating related research methodology. Current issues found in EBSCOhost- JSTOR
• Additional Journals

Websites

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Searchable database of basic philosophy information and definitions- from a priori to virtue theory- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• EpistemeLinks.com
  Includes over 16,500 categorized links to philosophy resources on the Internet and has several additional features.
• Philosophy Research Base
  Annotated directory of thousands of philosophy Web sites, covering ancient, medieval, modern, 19th century, 20th century, major issues, feminism, ecofeminism, ecology, queer theory, and American. Includes links to journals, organizations, and resources for students- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Presents hundreds of articles of philosophy and features the latest entries- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Additional Websites