Resources
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Books
General books and textbooks
Many of the texts provided in this section contain general introductions and textbooks with suggested readings and extracts for a number of areas of study.
Baggini, J & Southwell, G 2012,
Philosophy: Key Themes, Palgrave MacMillan, New York
Baggini, J 2010,
The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 Other Thought Experiments, Granta Books, London
(This book includes a large range of thought experiments drawn from various topics in philosophy.)
Birch, D 2014,
Provocations: Philosophy for Secondary School, Crown House Publishing
(Contains a series of discussion prompts and thought experiments for secondary classrooms.)
Blackburn, S 2005,
Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
(A short introduction to some of the major areas of philosophy.)
Blackburn, S 2012,
Practical Tortoise Raising and other Philosophical Essays, Oxford University Press
Bowie, G, Michaels, M & Solomon, R (eds.) 2000,
Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy, Harcourt Brace, Orlando, Florida
(A textbook with a full range of primary texts drawn from most major areas of western philosophy.)
Cahn, S (ed.) 2011,
Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology (4th ed.), Oxford University Press, New York
(Contains primary texts which can be used in Units 1 and 2 by Nagel, Descartes, Hume, James, Anslem and Gaunilo, Aquinas, Paley, Pascal, Kant, Mill and Marx. Also: This edition contains Singer’s ‘Famine, Affluence and Morality’ as well as ‘World Hunger and Moral Obligation: The Case Against Singer’ by John Arthur)
Catapano, P & Critchley, S (eds.) 2016,
The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments, Liveright Publishing Corporation
(A series of essays of varying length on a whole range of topics in philosophy with contemporary examples and discussions of relevance.)
Cave, P 2011,
How to Think Like a Bat and 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Philosophy, Quercus
(A secondary source overview of a range of important philosophical questions and the main philosophers that engage with them. Contains thought experiments for discussion.)
Cave, P 2015,
The Big Think Book, Oneworld Publication
(Contains a series of thought experiments and discussion prompts from most major areas of philosophy.)
Christian, J L 1994,
Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering (6th ed.), Harcourt Brace College Publishers
(Contains a number of questions for discussion from a range of philosophical and other traditions.)
Cohen, M 2013,
101 Philosophy Problems, Routledge, London (A book containing a range of philosophical thought experiments and scenarios for discussion and contemplation.)
Creel, R 2001,
Thinking Philosophically: An Introduction to Critical Reflection and Rational Dialogue, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden Massachusetts
Cunning, D 2015,
Everyday Examples: An Introduction to Philosophy, Bloomsbury
(A secondary text with chapters on most major topics separated into almost aphoristic sections.)
Davis, T D 1993, Philosophy: An Introduction Through Original Fiction, Discussion and Readings (3rd ed.), McGraw-Hill
(Short stories and discussion points on religion, morality, mind, reality and logic.)
Day, A 2014,
The Numberverse: How Numbers Are Bursting Out of Everything and Just Want to Have Fun, Crown House Publishing.
(Contains classroom discussions and activity prompts on the philosophy of mathematics.)
De Botton, A 2001,
The Consolations of Philosophy, Hamish Hamilton, London
(Provides an introduction to six philosophers. The book has also been made into a six-part documentary series.)
Droit, R (trans. S. Romer) 2003,
Astonish Yourself: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life, Penguin, London
Fearn, N 2001,
Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher, Atlantic Books, London
Feinberg, J 2011,
Reason and Responsibility (15th ed.), Wadsworth Publishing Company
(Contains readings on a wide range of topics including Anselm, Aquinas, Pascal, Paley, Hume, Mackie, Plato, Gettier, Descartes, Hume, Berkeley, Jackson, d'Holbach and Van Inwagen)
Greetham, B 2006,
Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, New York
Harre, R 2000,
One Thousand Years of Philosophy, Blackwell Publishers
Harrison-Barbet, A 2001,
Mastering Philosophy (2nd ed.), Palgrave
(A textbook which provides an overview of a number of major areas of philosophy including Plato, Aristotle, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science, religion, art, metaphysics and Eastern philosophy.)
Hayden, G and Picard, M 2009,
This Book Does Not Exist: Adventures in the Paradoxical, Allen and Unwin
(A number of philosophical, mathematical and logical problems and paradoxes are explored.)
Hollis, M 1997,
Invitation to Philosophy, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
Honderich, T (ed.) 2005,
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Hospers, J 1990,
An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (4th ed.), Routledge
Kenny, A 2006,
An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, Blackwell Publishing
Kirk, G S, Raven, J E & Schofield, M 1984,
The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a Selection of Texts, Cambridge University Press
Kolakowski, L (trans. A Kolakowski) 2008,
Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing: Questions from Great Philosophers, Penguin Books
Law, S 2003,
The Philosophy Gym, Headline Book Publishing, London
(This book includes a large range of thought experiments and intertextual links to other relevant experiments.)
Magee, B 2001,
The Story of Philosophy, DK Publishing, New York
(Each double page spread on a key philosopher quickly summarizes their essential contribution and significance to philosophy.)
Moore, B N & Bruder, K 2014,
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas (9th ed.), McGraw-Hill
(Textbook with a range of primary sources and commentaries on Plato, Ayer, Marx and Engles, Nussbaum, Wollstonecraft, de Beauvoir, Gilligan and Kleinman.)
Nagel, T 1987,
What Does it All Mean? Oxford University Press, Oxford
(Written for secondary students. A very short and accessible introduction to some of the major and ongoing problems in philosophy.)
Nichols, R, Smith, N D & Miller, F 2009,
Philosophy Through Science Fiction: A Coursebook with Readings, Routledge
(Contains a range of primary and secondary extracts and short science fiction stories which explore philosophical topics.)
Nuttal, J 2002,
An Introduction to Philosophy, Polity Press, Cambridge
Perry, J, Bratman, M & Fischer, J M 2010,
Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings (5th ed.), Oxford University Press
(Textbook, see Part 3, section C on Hume's skepticism. Contains primary sources on Turing on AI, Van Inwagen, Kant, Mill, Rawls, Nozick, Wolf and Plato, amongst others.)
Phelan, J W 2005,
Philosophy: Themes and Thinkers, Cambridge University Press
(The first half provides an account of most major topics in philosophy. The second, a commentary on key texts from Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Descartes, Nietzsche, Marx, Mill, Russell, Ayer and Satre.)
Picard, M 2007,
This Is Not A Book: Adventures in Popular Philosophy, Quid Publishing
(Contains short summaries of a range of concepts, strategies and thought experiments in western philosophy.)
Pojman, L & Vaughn, L 1990,
Philosophy: Quest for Truth, (7th ed.), Oxford University Press
(A textbook with a range of primary material from Paley, Hume, Anselm and Gaunilo, Hock, Pascal, Rorty, Russell on correspondence theory, James on pragmatism, Berkeley, Locke, Descartes, d'Holbach, Nagel, Chalmers, Rawls and Kant.)
Pojman, L & Vaughn, L 2011,
Classics of Philosophy, (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press
(Textbook with a range of primary sources. See ch. 22 'Immanuel Kant', 26 'John Stuart Mill' and 38 'Philippa Foot'.)
Popkin, R & Stroll, A 1993,
Philosophy Made Simple (2nd ed.), Broadway Books, New York
(A collection of secondary texts and summaries which provide a thorough overview of a range of topics in philosophy.)
Rader, M & Gill, J 1990,
The Enduring Questions: Main Problems of Philosophy (5th ed.), Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Rahut, N C 2010,
Readings on the Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy, Prentice Hall
Rauhut, N C 2011,
Ultimate Questions: Thinking About Philosophy, Prentice Hall
(Secondary text overview of some major topics in philosophy like knowledge, identity, metaphysics, religion. Has a companion text of primary readings from the history of Western philosophy edited by the same author.)
Roberts, F 2003,
The Philosophy Workbook, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
(Part textbook and part philosophical journal. Contains space for question responses and reflections throughout.)
Russell, B 2004,
A History of Western Philosophy, Routledge, London
Schneider, S (ed.) 2009,
Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence, Wiley-Blackwell
(A range of primary and secondary texts which explore philosophical topics, mostly metaphysics and ethics, through contemporary science fiction shows, movies and stories.)
Selsber, A 2015,
The Jottery: Thought Experiments for Everyday Philosophers and Part-Time Geniuses, Perigee Book (Penguin), New York
Solomon, R 2010,
The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy (8th ed.), Thomas Wadsworth, Belmont, California
(A secondary source textbook.)
Sorensen, R 2003,
A Brief History of the Paradox: Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind, Oxford University Press
Stangroom, J, 2010,
Einstein's Riddle: Riddles, Paradoxes and Conundrums to Stretch Your Mind, Elwin Street Productions
Stangroom, J, 2010,
Would You Eat Your Cat: Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You About Yourself, Elwin Street Productions
(Explores a range of contemporary ethical dilemmas and the various responses that can be made to them.)
Stevenson, L & Haberman, D L 2013,
Twelve Theories of Human Nature, Oxford University Press
(Summarises a range of theories on human nature. Topics include Confucianism, Buddhism, Greek philosophy, Biblical philosophy, Kant, Marx, Satre and Darwin.)
Tarnas, R 1995,
The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View, Ballantine Books, New York
Teichman, J & Evans, K C 2000,
Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide (3rd ed.), Blackwell Publishers
(A textbook with summaries of major areas of philosophy metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, logic and the meaning of life.)
Tittle, P 2005
What If: Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy, Routledge
(A collection of a large range of famous thought experiments from the history of Western philosophy. Includes the 'experience machine' by Nozick.)
Warburton, N 2006,
Philosophy: The Classics (3rd ed.), Routledge, New York
(This book contains simple summaries of some classic texts in western philosophy. The book also has a companion podcast of the same name.)
Warburton, N 2010,
Philosophy: Basic Readings (2nd ed.), Routledge
(A primary source book with texts from Ayer, Russell, Magee, Mackie, Pascal, Hume, Williams, Singer, Kant, Nozick, Blackburn, Berlin, Wolff, Dreyfus, Hume, Descartes, Popper, Kuhn, Feyerabend, Monk, Smart, Dennett, Bell, Wimsatt and Beardsley, Scruton, Lessing and Borges among others.)
Warburton, N 2013,
Philosophy: The Basics (5th ed.), Routledge, London
(Contains summaries of the main arguments and their counter-arguments from a range of topics in philosophy.)
Worley, P & Day, A 2012,
Thoughtings: Puzzles, Problems and Paradoxes in Poetry to Think With, Independent Thinking Press
(Presents a range of original poems to prompt philosophical reflection and discussion in the classroom.)
Worley, P 2012,
The If Odyssey, Bloomsbury
(Contains thought experiments and discussion lessons drawn from the epic poem, the Odyssey.)
Unit 1: Metaphysics and Epistemology
Annas, J 2003,
Plato: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
Aristotle (trans. R. Waterfield) 2008,
Physics, Oxford World’s Classics, Oxford University Press
Armstrong D M 1980,
The Nature of Mind and Other Essays, University of Queensland Press
Audi, R (ed.) 2002,
Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (2nd ed.), Routledge, London
Bardon, A 2013,
A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time, Oxford University Press
Barnes, J 2000,
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
Beakley, B & Ludlow, P 2006,
The Philosophy of Mind (2nd ed.), MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Berkeley, G 2003,
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Dover Publications, New York
Blackburn, S 2006,
Plato's Republic: A Biography, Grove Press, New York
(A secondary overview of Plato's Republic. See ch. 3 for the Ring of Gyges, ch. 10 for Plato's cave and ch.15 for discussion on art.)
Blackburn, S 2006,
Truth: A Guide, Oxford University Press
Blackmore, S 2007,
Conversations on Consciousness, Oxford University Press, Oxford
(This book contains conversations with a series of primary thinkers including Chalmers and Searle.)
Callender, C & Edney, R 2010,
Introducing Time: A Graphic Guide, Icon Books, Cambridge
Caputo, J D 2013,
Truth, Penguin Books
Carroll, J W & Markosian, N 2010,
An Introduction to Metaphysics (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy series), Cambridge University Press
Chalmers, A 2013,
What is this Thing Called Science? (4th ed.), University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia
(A short introduction to the philosophy of science, exploring methods and issues.)
Clark, M 2012,
Paradoxes from A to Z (3rd ed.), Routledge, New York
Conee, E & Sider, T 2005,
Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics, Clarendon Press, Oxford
(See especially ch. 3 on time but there are chapters on most major topics in metaphysics.)
Damasio, A 2006,
Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain, Vintage
Davidson, D 1986, ‘A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge’, in
Truth and Interpretation: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson, Blackwell, Oxford
Davidson, D 2001, ‘Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation’ in
Philosophical Essays, Volume 2, Oxford University Press
Davidson, D 2006,
The Essential Davidson, Oxford University Press
(See ‘Reasons, Actions and Causes’.)
Davies, B & Leftow, B 2005,
The Cambridge Companion to Anselm, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Davies, B 2000,
Philosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology, Oxford University Press
(Contains an extensive range of readings under different themes, including Aquinas, Anselm, Mackie and Hume.)
Davies, B 2004,
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Davies, P 1996,
About Time: Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution, Penguin
Dennett, D & Plantinga, A 2011,
Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? Oxford University Press
(A dialogue between Dennett and Plantinga on a range of philosophical issues in the religion, science and epistemology.)
Descartes, R 1998,
Discourse on Method & The Meditations, Penguin Books, London
Effingham, N 2013,
An Introduction to Ontology, Polity Press
(See especially ch. 10 'Works of music' but there are also chapters on most major topics in metaphysics.)
Einstein, A (J. Stachel ed.) 2005,
Einstein’s Miraculous Year: Five Papers that Changed the Face of Physics, Princeton University Press
Feyerabend, P 1991,
Three Dialogues on Knowledge, Wiley-Blackwell
Feyerabend, P 2008, ‘Knowledge, Science and Relativism’ in
Philosophical Papers, Volume 3, Cambridge University Press
Fine, G 2003,
Plato on Knowledge and Forms, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Fuller, S 2004,
Kuhn versus Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science, Columbia University Press, New York
(A series of chapters exploring the philosopher of Kuhn, Popper and others and the nature of science.)
Gazzaniga, M 2012,
Who’s In Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain, Harper-Collins
Giles, J 1997,
No Self To Be Found: The Search for Personal Identity, University Press of America, Lanham
Hallman, M 2012,
Traversing Philosophical Boundaries, Wadsworth Publishing
(Contains readings from Descartes, Berkeley, Dennett, Hume.)
Harris, S 2012, Free Will, Free Press.
Heidegger, M (trans. J Stambaugh) 2010,
Being and Time, State University of New York Press
Heil, J (ed.) 2003,
Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology, Oxford University Press, New York
(This book contains selections from the work of Plato, Descartes, Locke, Armstrong, Chalmers, Davidson, Jackson.)
Hetherington, S 2013,
Metaphysics and Epistemology: A Guided Anthology, Wiley-Blackwell
Hofstadter, D & Dennett, D (eds.) 2000,
The Mind’s ‘I’: Fantasies and Reflections on the Self and Soul, Basic Books
Huemer, M (ed.) 2002,
Epistemology: Contemporary Readings, Routledge, London
(This texts includes readings for Plato, Descartes, Locke, Gettier, Hume, Ayer, Putnam.)
Hume, D 2008,
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Oxford World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, Oxford
James, W (R. Richardson ed.) 2012,
The Heart of William James, Harvard University Press
(Contains essays related to free will and determinism as well as epistemology.)
James, W 1978,
Pragmatism and the Meaning of Truth, Harvard University Press
James, W 1981,
The Principles of Psychology, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
(See in particular the chapter, The Stream of Thought, for James’ account of experience that is opposed to Hume.)
Kane, R (ed.) 2001,
Free Will, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Kuhn, T 2012,
The Structure of the Scientific Revolutions (50th Anniversary ed.), University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Landesman, C & Meeks, R (eds.) 2002,
Philosophical Skepticism: From Plato to Rorty, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Landesman, C 1996,
An Introduction to Epistemology, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Le Poidevin, R 2004,
Travels in Four Dimensions: The Enigmas of Space and Time, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Leiber, J 2001,
Paradoxes, Interpretations Series. Duckworth, London
Lemos, N 2007,
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy series), Cambridge University Press
Locke, J, Berkley, G & Hume, D 1960,
The Empiricists: Locke: Concerning Human Understanding, Berkley: Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues and Hume: Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning Natural Religion, Random House
Loftus, J W & Rauser R, 2013,
God of Godless? Baker Books
(An atheist and a theist debate twenty issues in the philosophy of religion.)
Long, A A 1999,
The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy, Cambridge University Press
Long, A A 2015,
Greek Models of Mind and Self, Harvard University Press
Magee, B 1973,
Popper, Fontana/Collins
Matthews, M 1989,
The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy, Hackett, Indianapolis
McGrew, T et al. (eds.) 2009,
Philosophy of Science: An Historical Anthology, Wiley-Blackwell
(Contains chapters from Hume, Mill and a wide range of others.)
Morton, A 2003,
Philosophy in Practice: An Introduction to the Main Questions (2nd ed.), Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Nagel, E 1979,
The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation (2nd ed.), Hackett
O’Hear, A 2004,
Minds and Persons, Cambridge University Press
Plato (trans. A A Long) 2010,
Meno and Phaedo, Cambridge University Press
(See in particular Meno 86–96 for a discussion on whether virtue can be taught and sections 97a-98b for a discussion on what epistemologists generally regard as being an early version of justified true belief.)
Plato (trans. C. C. W. Taylor) 2009,
Protagoras, Oxford University Press
Plato (trans. J McDowell) 2014,
Theaetetus, Oxford University Press
Plato (G R F Ferrari, ed. & trans. T Griffith) 2000,
The Republic, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Popper, K 2002,
Conjectures and Refutations (2nd ed.), Routledge, London
Putnam, H 1979, ‘What is Mathematical Truth’, in
Mathematics Matter and Method:
Philosophical Papers, Volume 1 (2nd ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 60–78
Quinn, P & Taliaferro, C (eds.) 1999,
A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Malden, Massachusetts
Rorty, R 1979,
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, Princeton, NJ Princeton
Rorty, R 1991, ‘Objectivity, Relativism and Truth’ in
Philosophical Papers, Volume 1, Cambridge University Press
(Contains the paper ‘Davidson, Pragmatism and Truth’.)
Russell, B 2001,
The Problems of Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Russell, P & Deery, O (eds.) 2013,
The Philosophy of Free Will, Oxford University Press
(A wide range of readings, including Dennett, Strawson and Van Inwagen.)
Sainsbury, R M 2009,
Paradoxes (3rd ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Schoedinger, A (ed.) 1991,
Introduction to Metaphysics, Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York
Schopenhauer, A 1995,
Essays on Freedom of the Will, Wiley-Blackwell
Searle, J 2005,
Mind: A Brief Introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford
(See chapter 8 ‘Knowledge, Science, Convergence’.)
Shaffer, J A 1968,
Philosophy of Mind, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs
Sheppard, D J 2009,
Plato's Republic, Indiana University Press
(A secondary source that summarises Republic section by section.)
Smart, J J C 2013,
Philosophy and Scientific Realism, Routledge
St. Augustine (trans. H Chadwick) 2008,
The Confessions, Oxford World’s Classics, Oxford University Press
(See Books 1 and X1 for writing on time.)
Steup, M et al. 2013,
Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, (2nd ed.), Wiley-Blackwell
Strawson, P F 2008,
Freedom and Resentment and Other Essays, Routledge
Taylor C 1985 ‘Philosophy and the Human Sciences’ in
Philosophical Papers, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press
Taylor R, 1974,
Metaphysics, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs
(See especially ch. 6 'Fatalism' for the Story of Osmo.)
Turetzky, P (ed.) 1998,
Time, Routledge, London
Turing, A 1950, 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence' in
Mind, Volume 59, pp. 433–460
Weil, S (trans. E. Crawford) 2002,
Gravity and Grace, Routledge Classics, Routledge
(Contains a chapter on the problem of evil and other chapters on the nature of God.)
Wilkinson, R 2000,
Minds and Bodies: An Introduction with Readings, Routledge
Williams, B 2004,
Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy, Princeton University Press
Williams, B 2010,
Making Sense of Humanity and Other Philosophical Papers, Cambridge University Press
(Includes papers on free will and determinism and ethics.)
Unit 2: Ethics, Political philosophy and Aesthetics
Aldrich, V C 1963, Philosophy of Art, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs
Aristotle (trans. W D Ross) 2009, Nicomachean Ethics, Oxford World's Classics, Oxford University Press
(Also see Book VII, ch. 2 and 3 for a discussion on akrasia.)
Baggini, J & Fosl, P 2007, The Ethics Toolkit, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
(Contains short summaries of the major concepts, contributions, judgements and limits of ethics.)
Baggini, J 2004, What's It All About? Granta Books, London
Beardsley, M C 1968, Aesthetics From Classical Greece to the Present: A Short History, The University of Alabama Press
Bertram, C 2003, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Rousseau and the Social Contract, Routledge, London
Blackburn, S 2001, Being Good, Oxford University Press
Cahn, S & Meskin, M (eds) 2007, Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology, Wiley-Blackwell
(Includes readings from Plato, Hume, Kant, Collingwood, Danto, Goodman, Dickie, Wimsatt and Beardsley.)
Cahn, S (ed.) 2011, Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
(This book contains primary sources from Locke, Rousseau, Smith, Nozick, Mill, Rawls, Taylor and a range of other philosophers.)
Cohen, M 2007, 101 Ethical Dilemmas, Routledge
(A book containing a range of philosophical thought experiments and scenarios for discussion and contemplation.)
Deighm J 2010, An Introduction to Ethics (Cambridge Introductions of Philosophy series), Cambridge University Press
Derrida, J 2000, 'Et Cetera' in Deconstructions: A User's Guide (Royle, N ed.) Palgrave MacMillan
Deutsch, E & Bontekoe, R 1999, A Companion to World Philosophies, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Eagleton, T 2007, The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
Eldridge, R 2003, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Ferrari, G 2007, The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Flynn, T R 2006, Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
Furrow, D 2005, Key Concepts in Philosophy: Ethics, Continuum, New York
Gaut, B & McIver Lopes, D (eds) 2013, The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (3rd ed.), Routledge, New York
Gensler, H J 2013, Ethics and the Golden Rule, Routledge
Glover, J 1977, Causing Death and Saving Lives, Penguin
(Contains comprehensive overviews on bioethical issues, life and death ethics as well as warfare and moral distance.)
Goodin, R & Pettit, P (eds) 2005, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology, Wiley-Blackwell
(Includes readings from Rawls and Berlin.)
Goodin, R & Pettit, P (eds) 2012, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology (2nd ed.), Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Graham, G 2011, Theories of Ethics, Routledge, London
(Mostly a secondary source, but it does include readings from Locke, Rawls and others.)
Griffin, J 2008, On Human Rights, Oxford University Press
Herwitz, D 2008 Aesthetics: Key Concepts in Philosophy, Bloomsbury Publishing
Hick, J H 1973, Philosophy of Religion (2nd ed.), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs
Hume, D 1985, A Treatise of Human Nature, Penguin Books, London
(See Book III, Part II, Section VII for Hume's 'Of the Origin of Government' and Book III, Part I, Section I for the 'is-ought problem'.)
Hume, D 2008, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Janaway, C 2005, Reading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Kant, I (Hill, J & Zweig, A eds & trans.) 2003, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Kieran, M (ed.) 2005, Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Kymlicka, W 2001, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
LaFollette, H & Persson, I (eds) 2013, The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
(Contains a wide selection of readings including Blackburn 'Relativism'.)
Lamarque, P & Haugom Olsen, S 2004, Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art: The Analytic Tradition
(Contains readings from Danto, Dickie and Beardsley.)
Locke, J (Laslett, P ed.) 1989, Two Treatises of Government (3rd ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
MacIntyre, A 1967, 'Egoism and Altruism' in Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (Gale ed.), MacMillan
(Note: available as single entry html from online sellers such as Amazon.)
MacIntyre, A 2001, Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues, Open Court Publishing
MacIntyre, A 2002, A Short History of Ethics, Routledge, New York
(Contains overviews of most major ethicists from the Greeks to Mill's utilitarianism, Kant's deontology and modern issues.)
MacIntyre, A 2007, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, University of Notre Dame Press
Mackie, JD 1990, Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong, Penguin
(Comprehensive overview of meta and normative ethics and a chapter on 'Frontiers of ethics' – religion, law and the state.)
Mahony, J 2006, The Challenge of Human Rights: Origin, Development and Significance, Wiley-Blackwell
Marino, G 2010, Ethics: The Essential Writings, Random House Publishing
(Contains a wide selection of primary texts from Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant on deontology, Hume, Hobbes, Mill on utilitarianism, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Idgley, Rawls, MacIntyre, Wolf and Thomson.)
Mill, J S (Crisp, R ed.) 1998, Utilitarianism, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Mill, J S 2008, On Liberty and other Essays, Oxford's World Classics, Oxford University Press
Mill, J S 2006, On Liberty and the Subjection of Women, Penguin Classics, Penguin Books, London.
Moore, G. E 2004, Principia Ethica, Dover Publications, New York
(See Section 13 for the 'open-question argument' similar to the is-ought problem.)
Nozick, R 1974 (2013 revised ed.), Anarchy, State and Utopia, Basic Books, Malden, Massachusetts
Nussbaum, M 2003, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of the Emotions, Cambridge University Press
Pierce, J 2005, Morality Play: Case Studies in Ethics, Waveland Press Inc, Long Grove
Rand, A 1964, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism, Signet Books, New York
Rawls, J 1999, A Theory of Justice, Belknap Press
(Modernisation of contract theory which can be used with Locke and Hobbes.)
Robinson, D & Garratt, C 2004, Introducing Ethics, Icon Books, London
Roholt, T C 2013, Key Terms In Philosophy of Art, Bloomsbury
(An overview of the philosophy of art divided into three sections: Key term, thinkers and texts.)
Rousseau, JJ 2005, Penguin Great Ideas: The Social Contract, Penguin Classics, Penguin Books, London
Rousseau, JJ 2011, Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men, Palgrave MacMillan UK
(This edition includes further primary documents such as a selection from Rousseau's 'Of the Social Contract'.)
Ruggiero, V R 2008, Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues, McGraw-Hill
(A handbook that focuses on ethical analysis rather than exposition of theory.)
Sandel, M 2009, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing
Sandel, M 2010, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press
Schneewin, JB (ed.) 2003, Moral Philosophy from Montaigne to Kant, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Scruton, R 2011, Beauty: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
Scruton, R, Singer, P, Janaway, C & Tanner, C 1997, German Philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Oxford University Press
Shafer-Landau, R 2012, Ethical Theory: An Anthology (2nd ed.), Wiley-Blackwell
Shaprio, D A2012, Plato Was Wrong! Footnotes on Doing Philosophy with Young People, Rowman and Littlefield Education
(Classroom activities and discussions topics for the classroom on a range of topics in philosophy.)
Singer, P & Singer, R (ed.s) 2005, The Moral of the Story: An Anthology of Ethics Through Literature, Blackwell Publishing.
Singer, P (ed.) 1993, A Companion To Ethics, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
(Contains a comprehensive range of essays and primary sources on most areas of and traditions of ethics.)
Singer, P (ed.) 1994, Ethics, Oxford University Press, Oxford
(Contains a very wide range of selected readings including from Nozick, Rosseau, Ayer, Mackie, Locke, Mill, Kant, Smart, Williams and Rawls.)
Singer, P 2001, Marx: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Singer, P 2009, Animal Liberation, HarperCollins Publishers
Singer, P 2016, Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, Princeton University Press
Sontag, S 2013, Against Interpretation and Other Essays, Penguin (Google ebook)
Swift, A 2006, Political Philosophy (2nd ed.), Polity Press, Malden, Massachusetts
Vardy, P & Grosch, P 1994, The Puzzle of Ethics, M. E. Sharpe, New York
(A secondary source book on ethics with an overview of theoretical ethics and applied ethics topics.)
Weil, S, 1952 (republished 2007), The Need For Roots, Routledge, London
(See especially Part 1.)
West, H 2004, An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Williams, B 2004, Morality: An Introduction to Ethics, Canto, Cambridge University Press
(Secondary source overview of a range of essays on meta and normative ethics.)
Williams, B 2006, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, Routledge
Williams, B 2008, Shame and Necessity, University of California Press
Wolff, J 2006, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Wollstonecraft, M 2008, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, Oxford World's Classics, Oxford University Press
Worley, P (ed.) 2012, The Philosophy Shop, Independent Thinking Press
(Presents a large range of discussion prompts for classrooms on most major topics in philosophy. Useful for Units 1–4.)
Zuckert, C (ed.) 2011, Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Authors and Arguments, Cambridge University Press
(Contains a range of texts that could be used as primary sources for Areas of Study 1 and 2.)
Unit 1 and 2: Areas of Study 3
Almossawi, A 2013,
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, JasperCollins Publishers, New York
(Half textbook and half picture story book on fallacies of reasoning.)
Arthur, R T W 2017,
An Introduction to Logic (2nd ed.), Broadview Press
Baggini, J & Fosl, P 2010,
The Philosopher's Toolkit, (2nd ed.), Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Beall, J C 2010,
Logic: The Basics, Routledge
Blackburn, S 2000,
Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning, Oxford University Press
Bluedorn, N & Bluedorn H 2005,
The Thinking Toolbox, Christian Logic
(35 lessons that seek to build reasoning skills.)
Bruce, M & Barbone S 2011,
Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell
(A collection of famous arguments converted into standard form including Aquinas, Pascal, James, Anselm, Hume, McTaggart, Kant, Berkeley, Van Inwagen, Descartes, Moore, Gettier, Nozick, Quine, Davidson and more. Contains an appendix of valid argument forms.)
Copi, I M, Cohen, C & McMahon, K 2001,
Introduction to Logic (14th ed.), Pearson
(Comprehensive and clear textbook on logic and reasoning which contains chapters on Aristotelian or categorical logic.)
Creel, R 2001,
Thinking Philosophically: An Introduction to Critical Reflection and Rational Dialogue, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden Massachusetts
Fisher, A 2004,
The Logic of Real Arguments (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Goldstein, L, Brennan, A, Deutsch, M & Lau, J 2005,
Logic: Key Concepts in Philosophy, Continuum, London
Haight, M 1999,
The Snake and the Fox: An Introduction to Logic, Routledge, London
Heinrichs, J 2007,
Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion, Three Rivers Press, New York
Hospers, J 1997,
An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (4th ed.), Routledge, London
Kahneman, D 2011,
Thinking, Fast and Slow, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
McInerny, D Q 2004,
Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking, Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York
Munson, R & Black, A 2012,
The Elements of Reasoning, Wadsworth Publishing
Priest, G 2000,
Logic: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
Putnam, H 1979, 'Philosophy of Logic', reprinted in
Mathematics Matter and Method:
Philosophical Papers, Volume 1 (2nd ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 323–357
Royal, B 2010,
The Little Blue Reasoning Book, Maven Publishing
(Provides an overview of 50 principles for effective thinking.)
Ruchlis, H & Oddo, S 1990,
Clear Thinking: A Practical Introduction, Prometheus Books
Shatil, S 2004,
Introducing Logic: A Graphic Guide, Icon Books
Sinnott-Armstrong, W & Fogelin, R 2010,
Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic (4th ed.), Wadsworth Cengage Learning
(Contains sections on analysis and evaluation of arguments, fallacies and the use of arguments in moral, scientific, religious and philosophical contexts.)
Tindale, C 2007,
Fallacies and Argument Appraisal, Cambridge University Press
Walton, D 2008,
Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
(An introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones.)
Weston, A 2009,
A Rulebook For Arguments (4th ed.), Hackett Publishing Company, Indianapolis
(A brief book with advice for presenting arguments, including essays and oral presentations.)
Whyte, J 2003,
Crimes Against Logic, McGraw-Hill
Unit 3: Areas of Study 1 and 2
Annas, J 2000,
Voices of Ancient Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Baggini, J & Southwell, G 2012,
Philosophy: Key Texts, Palgrave MacMillan UK
Balibar, E 2013,
Identity and Difference: John Locke and the Invention of Consciousness, Verso Books
Blackmore, S 2007,
Conversations on Consciousness, Oxford University Press, Oxford
(This book contains conversations with a series of contemporary philosophers related to the set texts.)
Brockman, J 2015,
What to Think About Machines That Think, Harper Perennial
(A collection of primary source essays and arguments about artificial intelligence.)
Brook, A & Stainton, R 2000,
Knowledge and Mind: A Philosophical Introduction, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Campbell, N 2005,
A Brief Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind, Broadview Guides to Philosophy
(Secondary source overview of most major schools of thought in the philosophy of mind.)
Churchland, P M 2013,
Matter and Consciousness (revised edition), MIT Press
Dainton, B 2014,
Self, Penguin Books
(See chapters 2–5 for an overview of Descartes, Locke and others on the self.)
Goetz, S & Taliaferro, C 2011,
A Brief History of the Soul, Wiley-Blackwell (Explores the philosophy of the soul from the Greeks to modern times.)
Guttenplan, S (ed.) 1995,
A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
Heil, J (ed.) 2003,
Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology, Oxford University Press, New York
(This book contains a wide ranging anthology over 11 topics including on Behaviourism and Mind-Brain Identity and Challenges to Contemporary Materialism.)
Jaworski, W 2011,
Philosophy of Mind: A Comprehensive Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell
(An overview of problems in the philosophy of mind, including how developments in neuroscience, biology, psychology, and cognitive science have impacted mind-body debates.)
Joseph, T 2008,
Exploring Personhood: An introduction to the philosophy of human nature, Plymouth, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Kuhse, H and Singer, P (eds) 2001,
A Companion to Bioethics, Blackwell Publishing
(Contains a chapter on 'Personhood' and essays on organ transplantation.)
Mackie, J L 1976,
Problems from Locke, Oxford University Press
(A secondary source overview of Locke on substance, perception, ideas and identity.)
Nagel, T 1986,
The View From Nowhere, Oxford University Press
(See Chapter 2 'Mind', Chapter 3 'Mind and Body' and Chapter 4 'The Objective Self'.)
Noonan, H W 2003,
Personal Identity (2nd ed.), Routledge
(Secondary source and overview of the philosophy of personal identity. See chapters 2, 4 and 9 in particular.)
Parfit, D 1986,
Reasons and Persons, Oxford University Press
(See especially Part Three on personal identity.)
Perry, J 1978,
A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality, Hackett Publishing
Perry, J 2008,
Personal Identity (2nd ed.), University of California Press
(An anthology of contributions to the philosophy of personal identity. See entries on Locke, Hume, Shoemaker, Parfit and Williams.)
Rorty, A O (ed.) 1976,
The Identities of Persons, The University of California Press
(Contains a number of primary essays on identity from Taylor, Lewis, Wiggins, Shoemaker, Dennett, Williams, Rorty and others.)
Scott, N and Mann, S 2010,
This Book Has Feelings: Adventures in the Philosophy and Psychology of Your Mind, Allen and Unwin
(Explores emotions, personality, moods and behaviour using psychological and philosophical points of view.)
Searle, J 1986,
Minds, Brains and Science Harvard University Press
Splitter, L 2015,
Identity and Personhood: Confusions and Clarifications Across Disciplines, Springer
(This book discusses philosophical, scientific, socio-cultural and educational dimensions of identity.)
Strawson, G 2011,
Locke on Personal Identity: Consciousness and Concernment, Princeton University Press
(Lockean scholar Strawson re-evaluates his understanding and assumptions of Locke on personal identity.)
Taylor, C 1992,
Sources of Self: The Making of Modern Identity, Cambridge University Press
Thomson, G 2001,
On Locke (Wadsworth Philosophers Series), Wadsworth
Tonti-Filippini, N 2012,
About Bioethics: Transplantation, Biobanks and the Human Body, Connor Court Publishing
(Explores a range of bio-medical ethical issues including organ transplants, etc.)
Unit 4: Areas of Study 1 and 2
Adler, M J 1978,
Aristotle for Everybody, Collier Books
(A secondary overview of Aristotle's thought.)
Blackson, T A 2011,
Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers, Wiley-Blackwell
(An overview of Greek philosophy including the Sophists.)
Bok, S 2010,
Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science, Yale University Press
(Explores various philosophical and scientific theories of happiness, putting these ideas into historical and philosophical context.)
Borgmann, A 1987,
Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life, The University of Chicago Press
Cahn, S (ed.) 2011,
Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology, Oxford University Press, New York
Cooper, J M 1977, 'Friendship and the Good in Aristotle' in
Philosophical Review, Volume 86, pp. 290–315
Cornford, F M 1968,
Before and After Socrates, Cambridge University Press
(A succinct introduction to Greek philosophy from Presocratic to Aristotelean thought.)
De Botton, A 2005,
Status Anxiety, Penguin
Downes, S M and Machery, E 2013,
Arguing About Human Nature: Contemporary Debates, Routledge
(See Topic 12 on transhumanism.)
Epicurus (trans. E O'Connor) 1993,
The Essential Epicurus, Prometheus Books
Ferre, F 1995,
Philosophy of Technology, The University of Georgia Press
Gaita, R 2006, 'Justice and Hope' in
The Best Australian Essays 2006, Black Inc
Gaita, R 2013,
Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception (2nd ed.), Routledge
Guthrie, W K C 2012,
The Greek Philosophers, Routledge London
Hughes, G 2013,
The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Routledge, New York
Irwin, T 1989,
Classical Thought, Oxford University Press
(See the sections on Plato on the Forms and Aristotle's virtue ethics.)
Irwin, T 1995,
Plato's Ethics, Oxford University Press
(See ch. 7 and 8 on the Gorgias.)
Kaplan, D M 2017,
Philosophy, Technology and the Environment, The MIT Press
(A series of essays collected exploring the relationship between technology and the environment from various authors.)
Kaufmann, W 1975,
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist (4th ed.), Princeton University Press, Princeton
Kenny, A 2006,
Ancient Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Leiter, B 2020,
Nietzsche on Morality, Routledge
Lowe, E J 2013,
The Routledge Guidebook to Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Routledge
Magu, B & Higgins, K 1996,
The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
McCloskey, D 2010,
Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World, Chicago University Press
McKay, H 2013,
The Good Life, MacMillan Australia
Melling, D J 1987,
Understanding Plato, Oxford University Press
(Contains overviews of Plato's thought on virtue, knowledge, the Forms and the state.)
Mill, JS 2002,
The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill, Random House
Montaigne, M (trans. C Frame) 1958,
The Complete Essays of Montaigne, Stanford University Press
Nietzsche, F 2003 (trans. R Hollingdale),
A Nietzsche Reader, Penguin Books
(A selection of extracts summarising Nietzsche's thought in his own words.)
Novak, P 1996,
The Vision of Nietzsche, Element
(See the introduction 'A review of the chapters and Nietzsche's central ideas'.)
Pakalu, M 2005,
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Pearson, K A & Large, D (eds.),
The Nietzsche Reader, Blackwell Publishing
(A comprehensive selection of extracts of Nietzsche's works.)
Pearson, K A (ed.) 2009,
A Companion to Nietzsche, Wiley-Blackwell
(Contains a number of short chapters summarising the main themes of Nietzsche's thought.)
Phillips, C 2004,
Six Questions of Socrates, Norton, New York
Pippin, R (ed.) 2012,
Introductions to Nietzsche, Cambridge University Press
(Provides an introduction to each of Nietzsche's published works. See the introduction to 'Beyond Good and Evil'.)
Pogge, T 2007,
Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor? Oxford University Press
Roochnik, D 2004,
Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts
(See the sections on the Sophists in particular.)
Russell, B 2004,
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays, Routledge Classics, Routledge
Sandel, M 2009,
The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, Harvard University Press
Scharff, R & Dusek, V 2003,
Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition – An Anthology, Wiley-Blackwell
Shields, C 2012,
Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, Routledge London
Smart, J J C & Williams, B 1998,
Utilitarianism: For and Against, Cambridge University Press
Smith, A 2002,
The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Cambridge University Press
Veblen, T 2009,
The Theory of the Leisure Class, Oxford World's Classics, Oxford University Press
(Veblen coined the term 'conspicuous consumption'.)
Wolf, S 2010,
Meaning in Life and Why it Matters, Princeton University Press
Wolfsdorf, D 2013,
Pleasure in Ancient Greek Philosophy, Cambridge University Press
(See ch. 4, 5 and 6 for entries on Plato and Aristotle.)
Wright, M R 2010,
Introducing Greek Philosophy, University of California Press
(A systematic and comprehensive overview of Greek philosophy by theme rather than thinker.)
Journals
The Australasian Journal of Philosophy
(A quarterly academic journal of philosophy. Founded in 1923.)
Mind
(A quarterly academic journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Mind Association. Started in 1876.)
Noûs
(A quarterly academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. It was established in 1967.)
The Journal of Philosophy
(A monthly academic journal on philosophy. Founded in 1904 at Columbia University.)
The Philosophical Quarterly
(A quarterly academic journal of philosophy established in 1950.)
The Philosophical Review
(A quarterly journal of philosophy edited by the faculty of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University and published by Duke University Press. Started in 1892.)
The Times Literary Supplement
(A weekly literary review which often contains summaries and reviews of recent philosophy books and works. Founded in 1902.)
Periodicals
New Philosopher
(A quarterly magazine based out of Australia with a contemporary theme and relevant articles every edition.)
Issues in Society by the Spinney Press
(A series of magazine/books which collates material and sources on a large range of contemporary debates.)
London Review of Books
(A regular periodical with reviews and discussions of current philosophy books. Based out of the UK.)
New Scientist
(A magazine with various editions around the world and articles on science and technology.)
Philosophy Now
(A bi-monthly magazine with a range of news stories, articles, reviews and discussions. Based out of the UK.)
Popular Science
(A magazine with an Australian edition on science and technology.)
Teaching Philosophy
(A journal dedicated to the discussion of practical and theoretical teaching of philosophy. Based out of the US.)
The Big Issue
(A magazine which has articles on social justice issues. Based in Melbourne.)
The Economist
(A magazine on current issues, politics, technology, news. Based out of the UK.)
The Philosopher's Magazine
(A quarterly magazine with a range of articles, discussions, reviews and news. Based out of the UK.)
The Times Literary Supplement
(An international weekly periodical with reviews and discussions of new release philosophy books. Based out of the UK.)
Wired
(A magazine on technology, issues and culture. Based out of the US.)
Websites
Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
List of Philosophical Films
Aeon
Boston Globe (Ideas)
Daily Nous
Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
Philosophy and Literature
Philosophical Films
Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
The Conversation
The Philosopher's Index
Podcasts
Elucidations
by Matt Teichman and Mark Hopwood
Ethics Bites
by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton
In Our Time: Philosophy
by BBC 4 Radio
Philosophy Bites
by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton
The 10-Minute Puzzle
by Federico Luzzi and Aidan McGlyn
The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
by Peter Adamson
The Partially Examined Life
by Mark Linsenmayer and others
The Philosopher's Zone
by the ABC
The Public Philosopher
by Michael Sandel and others
Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
by Skip Wood
Organisations
VAPS (The Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools)
A Victorian philosophy teacher association that runs student and teacher professional development programs including VCE Philosophy lectures, student forums, teacher training in Philosophy for Children and organises of teacher network meetings.
FAPSA (Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools)
An umbrella organisation supporting the interests of its nine affiliated Associations. Provides advanced teacher training in Philosophy for Children.
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