EpistemeLinks.com Update Newsletter, v.5, #4, 10/21/2001
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I hope you are doing well. As promised in my last newsletter, I am hoping
to return to a monthly distribution schedule -- so far, so good!
As always, the latest links added to the ELC database can be found at the
What's New? page:
Newsletter Headlines:
** How to Directly Financially Support EpistemeLinks.com **
** New Broken Links Page **
** FOLDOP 1.8 is Released from SWIF **
** Broadcast.com Audiobook Links Removed **
** Latest ELC "Gems of the Web" Winners **
** New Entries at the SEP **
** Recent and Upcoming Events in Philosophy (Oct/Nov) **
Details for each item follow below.
** How to Directly Financially Support EpistemeLinks.com **
EpistemeLinks.com has now joined the Amazon.com Honor System! Over the
years, many users of ELC have asked how they can support the site -- financially
speaking that is. Up until now, the only way was to use the Amazon.com and
Powells.com banners and links at ELC. The support gained from commissions from
these sites has been appreciated, but has essentially only helped to cover
server expenses for the site. Now you can do more, by providing direct support
for the creator of the site. You will see "PayBoxes" as well as banners
sprinkled throughout the site for the Amazon Honor System.
EpistemeLinks.com has long provided value to professors, students, and the
greater philosophical community. Over the years I, Thomas Stone, have spent some
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** New "Broken Links" Page **
Last month I mentioned the new, semi-automated system for rooting out the
broken links in the ELC database. I have now expanded on this by creating a page
on the site that lists the URLs that have turned up "dead" or otherwise in need
of an update. With some research, I am often able to find the correct, updated
link for a particular site. So this page lists only those sites for which I
cannot, at this time, find a workable link. Please note that in some cases these
links might have only been down for a few days, so I will revisit these sites
from time to time to see if they are back up and running again. If you know of a
new URL for one of these sites, or if you know that the site is permanently
down, please let me know. Thanks!
** FOLDOP 1.8 is Released from SWIF **
The good folks at SWIF (surely the largest Italian-based philosophy
resource online) have launched version 1.8 of FOLDOP -- The Free On Line
Dictionary Of Philosophy. This resource is still growing, but already includes
hundreds of entries spanning all areas of philosophy. Entries are generally
short and to the point, making it a handy reference tool. Further, you don't
have to stay online to use it -- you can download the entire thing and search it
locally if you like. Check it out at:
** Broadcast.com Audiobook Links Removed **
The AudioBooks section of the ELC database provides links to audiobooks
available on cassette or CD. Formerly, it also provided links to such books
available as streaming audio online, from Broadcast.com. However, when Yahoo!
recently integrated broadcast.com, it made my links no longer functional. I have
not been able to relocate the several dozen philosophy-related titles either, as
this section of their site is (surprisingly) not easy to use -- IMHO. Know that
I hope to provide links to streaming audio philosophy titles in the near future,
as I believe some will be available from Audible.com in conjunction with Amazon.
However, if you know of other sources for academic philosophy titles available
as streaming audio online, please let me know. Thanks!
** Latest ELC "Gems of the Web" Winners **
Each month (usually) EpistemeLinks.com gives a "Gem of the Web" award to an
outstanding philosophy resource site. The most recent winners have
been:
David Chalmers Web Resources
The Pragmatism Cybrary
Stephen's Guide to Logical Fallacies
The Fallacy Files
For details on these and all past winners, please visit the Gems Archive
at:
** New Entries at the SEP **
I like to draw attention to the latest entries at the Stanford Encyclopedia
of Philosophy, because it provides such well-written articles. Since my last
newsletter, the SEP has added seven more articles, listed below. These articles
are all linked from their What's New page at
http://plato.stanford.edu/new.html. (Authors are given in
parentheses)
Nicholas of Autrecourt (Hans Thijssen)
The Uncertainty Principle (Jan Hilgevoord and Jos Uffink)
Communitarianism (Daniel Bell)
Cambridge Platonists (Sarah Hutton)
Sophismata (Fabienne Pironet)
Gregory of Rimini (Christopher Schabel)
Johannes Sharpe (Alessandro Conti)
** Recent and Upcoming Events in Philosophy (Nov./Dec.) **
Eighteenth-Century Speculations
11/1/2001 - 11/4/2001
The Canadian Jacques Maritain Association
11/2/2001 - 11/3/2001
The Fifth Annual Graduate Student Philosophy Conference
11/3/2001 - 11/3/2001
The Annual University of Oxford Graduate Philosophy Conference
11/10/2001 - 11/11/2001
IT and the Body (CEPE 2001, Computer Ethics: Professional Inquiries)
12/19/2001 - 12/21/2001
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