If you are looking for background information on the philosophers and texts we cover in this course, here are a few helpful places to start:
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Epistemelinks
Philosophy Pages
In-Depth Information
For more in-depth information, you'll find information below and in particular, you'll find this information changing as we proceed through the course:
Plato
- Contemporary philosophers in the program "Plato's Republic: Part I" (Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V & Part VI)
- Lecture on Books I-II from Yale University (as well as Books III-IV & Book V)
Descartes
- Study guide from OpenCourseWare at MIT
Hume
Kant
- Paul Guyer's Overview of Kant's Philosophy from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
