How many existentialists does it take to change a lightbulb?

August 26, 2007 11:24 PM

The Philosophy Research Base features thousands of annotated links and text resources for philosophy research on the Internet. Categorized by history, subject and author, this meta-index serves as both a study guide and a platform for a wide variety of community services for students and teachers in philosophy and related subjects.
posted by netbros (5 comments total)

Monty Python's International Philosophy World Cup
posted by Poolio at 11:29 PM on August 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Ecofeminism

I can smell the leftism
posted by Gnostic Novelist at 11:43 PM on August 26, 2007

It smells like victory.
posted by oddman at 6:47 AM on August 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

How many existentialists does it take to change a lightbulb?

None; they all just sit in the dark, smoking, and bemoaning the futility of changing it.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:40 AM on August 27, 2007

This is a weird site. It seems to be ads for recent books, combined with ads for college prep services and "essay editing". Their listing has a lot of entries, but it is missing some important philosophical topics and figures (eg David Hume), and it includes a lot of stuff that isn't philosophical at all. The first topic is "ACT Preparation" (that is, preparation for a college admissions exam). Also on the first page: links to Air Pollution control engineering manuals. I'm not sure what rule is governing which books and articles they choose to link to. On some of the topics I looked it, the selections seem more or less random - so you'd do better by just googling the topic, if you want to get the kind of general, organized introduction to a topic that you might get in an introductory course on that topic. This site seems to have some good stuff, but it's quite uneven.

There are a lot of good philosophy resources out there. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is the best resource for people who already have some background - it includes very detailed entries on a lot of "state of the art" philosophy, written by professors who are experts in the chosen topic. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - and even Wikipedia - do a good job for people who don't have much background.
posted by LobsterMitten at 10:40 AM on August 27, 2007