Subject and Research Guides: Philosophy: Home

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This Guide will help you find, select, evaluate and reference information resources for your assignments and research.

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Use the quick links on the right to connect to essential Library tools and webpages, and for Subject and Research Guides on related topics.

Philosopher's index This link opens in a new window
It 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.
PhilPapers This link opens in a new window
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles.
Cambridge Histories - Philosophy & Political Thought This link opens in a new window
Cambridge Histories allows instant access to the philosophy texts of the Cambridge Histories series, searchable by author, title and subject.
Oxford scholarship online This link opens in a new window
Browse by Subject to Philosophy, then search within the results for your topic.

The philosophy department uses these blogs as a sound guide to the best journals.

Below are some of the Library's best philosophy journals:

Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
Internet encyclopedia of philosophy
An academic resource with peer reviewed entries. It has a simple browsing function.

Here are a few philosophy themed podcasts, but there are more at this link on FeedSpot.

In the CAVE (Macquarie Uni Podcast)
Macquarie University podcast discussing ethics
Radio National Philosophers zone
The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, 'without any gaps'.
In Our Time | Philosophy
From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.

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