PhilPapers has just come out of beta and is, I think, a must use piece of technology for every philosopher and student of philosophy. It collects philosophical works in many (many!) areas of philosophy and puts them in a directory that is easily searchable by a variety of criteria. To say only that is to undersell the potential of PhilPapers. Read on for more… What is PhilPapers? As I mentioned above, PhilPapers is a directory of philosophical works. It was created and maintained by David Bourgey and David Chalmers. It compiles philosophical works from a variety of places (journals, books, philosopher’s personal pages, by direct upload, etc.) and these works can be browsed by area, by journal, etc.
Once you sign up for an account on the website, you will be able to really take advantage of the directory. When signing up for an account you specify your areas of interest (up to 10) and then you may set an alert to tell you whenever content is published, in the journals of your choice, in those areas.
Why should I use PhilPapers? I think the advantages of PhilPapers are pretty obvious. Once you set everything up, it is like you have a personal secretary that emails you (at intervals of your choosing) whenever content is published in the areas you work in.
Beyond that, you have a chance to search, in one place, all the content published on a particular area (and the breakdown of areas is pretty extensive). Given the ease of use and the collection of materials from so many sources (journals, books, online papers), PhilPapers is like JSTOR or Philosophers Index on steroids.
And this is just the beginning. I’ve just here mentioned the main features of PhilPapers. There are so many other ways to take advantage of this resource. User accounts means that social networking is part of the foundation. By taking advantage of the forums, you can meet and discuss philosophical topics of your choosing. The ability to create reading lists means an easy to way to manage all the readings for a project in one place. Maybe in the future there will even be Zotero integration (please!).
How do I get started? To get started using PhilPapers just visit http://philpapers.org and set up an account.
Tech for Philosophers: PhilPapers.org
PhilPapers has just come out of beta and is, I think, a must use piece of technology for every philosopher and student of philosophy. It collects philosophical works in many (many!) areas of philosophy and puts them in a directory that is easily searchable by a variety of criteria. To say only that is to undersell the potential of PhilPapers. Read on for more…
What is PhilPapers?
As I mentioned above, PhilPapers is a directory of philosophical works. It was created and maintained by David Bourgey and David Chalmers. It compiles philosophical works from a variety of places (journals, books, philosopher’s personal pages, by direct upload, etc.) and these works can be browsed by area, by journal, etc.
Once you sign up for an account on the website, you will be able to really take advantage of the directory. When signing up for an account you specify your areas of interest (up to 10) and then you may set an alert to tell you whenever content is published, in the journals of your choice, in those areas.
Why should I use PhilPapers?
I think the advantages of PhilPapers are pretty obvious. Once you set everything up, it is like you have a personal secretary that emails you (at intervals of your choosing) whenever content is published in the areas you work in.
Beyond that, you have a chance to search, in one place, all the content published on a particular area (and the breakdown of areas is pretty extensive). Given the ease of use and the collection of materials from so many sources (journals, books, online papers), PhilPapers is like JSTOR or Philosophers Index on steroids.
And this is just the beginning. I’ve just here mentioned the main features of PhilPapers. There are so many other ways to take advantage of this resource. User accounts means that social networking is part of the foundation. By taking advantage of the forums, you can meet and discuss philosophical topics of your choosing. The ability to create reading lists means an easy to way to manage all the readings for a project in one place. Maybe in the future there will even be Zotero integration (please!).
How do I get started?
To get started using PhilPapers just visit http://philpapers.org and set up an account.