This section of the Philosophy Department web site constitutes a handbook for learning and working within the discipline of philosophy. It will always be a work in progress, as members of the Department share resources they have found useful.

Developing Skills

The How-to pages of our site offer insight on Reading Philosophy Texts, Writing Philosophical Papers, using Logic, and Avoiding Plagiarism.

Societies and Associations

American Philosophical Association  
http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html
Student Associate Membership - $35.

Radical Philosophy (Journal) 
http://www.radicalphilosophy.com
Student subscription for 6 issues is $58, some things can be found on line.

Radical Philosophy Association
http://www.radicalphilosophy.org/
Student membership - $25

The Society for Ethics
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/corlett/se.html
Membership - $60

Marxist Internet Archive
http://www.marxists.org/

International Pragmatism Society
Membership - $60.
http://forums.pragmatism.org/

Jürgen Habermas
Habermas Online resource: http://www.erraticimpact.com/~20thcentury/html/habermas.html 

Center for Dewey Studies
http://www.siu.edu/~deweyctr/

International Plato Society
http://www.platosociety.org/

Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
http://sagp.binghamton.edu/

Ancient Philosophy Society
http://www.ancientphilosophysociety.org/

Ancient Philosophy Circle
http://www.msu.edu/user/mcleskey/Academic/Ancient%20Philosophy%20Circle.html

Related Professional Societies & Groups

1. The Women's Bioethics Project www.womensbioethics.org
2. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities www.asbh.org
3. The Academic Coalition for Jewish Bioethics http://society.bioethics.net/acjb/index.php
4. Canadian Bioethics Society http://www.bioethics.ca/index-ang.html
5. The Medical Ethics Resource Network (MERN) of Michigan http://www.mern.org/
6. The International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) http://www.ishpssb.org/
7. American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/
8. American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics: http://www.aslme.org/
9. Association for Moral Education (AME): http://www.amenetwork.org/
10. The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics: http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/

Internet Resources

• Philosophy Around the Web
• Archives of Scientific Philosophy
• EpistemeLinks: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
• Guide to Philosophy on the Internet (archive, dated but still useful)
• World Lecture Hall, Philosophy
• Hippias Search Engine: Philosophy Web Resources

Lists

1. Medical College of Wisconsin  Bioethics Discussion Forum: mcw-bioethics@mailman.mcw.edu Contact Arthur Derse
2. The IRB Forum (previously known as "MCWIRB"): http://www.irbforum.org/
3. MSU bioethics list: MSU-BIOETHICS@LIST.MSU.EDU contact Lisa Engelstein

Blogs

1. AJOB Blog: http://blog.bioethics.net/
2. Hastings Center Blog: http://www.bioethicsforum.org/
3. Vaccine Ethics Blog: http://vaccineethics.org/
4. Maurice Bernstein’s Bioethics Discussions: http://bioethicsdiscussion.blogspot.com/
5. Seed’s Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Scientific Ethics, Social Studies of Science: http://scienceblogs.com/channel/philosophy-of-science/