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 Psychology |
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| Behavior Online | For behavioral science professionals. |
| Association for Psychological Science | Many resources and links to psychology topics - see especially "We're Only Human..." |
| Psych Lab | Classroom demonstrations for the psychology teacher. |
| Preprints by Daniel Dennett | Works by a contemporary William James-like psychologist. |
| Chicken Wire Mother | "This is about an experiment performed in 1966 by Harry Harlow, in which several rhesus monkeys had some very bad days." |
| human-nature.com | "Disciplines relevant to the understanding of human nature, e.g., particular human sciences, narrative psychology, including historical and philosophical approaches." |
| Personality Theories | "This is an electronic textbook ("e-text") created for undergraduate and graduate courses in Personality Theories." |
| Classics in the History of Psychology | Materials for History of Psychology |
| Mind and Body: René Descartes to William James | Philosophical background of the mind-body problem |
| Personality: Character and Temperament | "Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Temperament Theory" |
| The Emerging Mind | "Series of Reith Lectures given by V. S. Ramachandran (Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego) on - The Emerging Mind in 2003" - streaming audio from BBC |
| Marvin Minsky | Marvin Minsky's home page at MIT. "Marvin Minsky has made many contributions to AI, cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, and optics. In recent years he has worked chiefly on imparting to machines the human capacity for commonsense reasoning." Here you will find many papers on AI and related subjects. |
| Susan Blackmore | Suggests that the problem of consciousness in contemporary psychology is that consciousness in itself is an illusion, which is why we have a problem identifying it, somewhat like seeing a mirage in the desert and wondering where the water is. Interesting writing, although I am not sure she has solved anything, or even claimed to have done so. |
| Sociology |
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| Sociological Tour through Cyberspace | Facts like the following: 6 out of 10 American households do not purchase a single book and one-half of American adults never read one. |
| Sociological Imagination | An important excerpt from C. Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination: "What [people]...feel they need...is a quality of mind that will help them to use information and to develop reason in order to achieve lucid summations of what is going on in the world and of what may be happening within themselves." |
| Max Weber's Home Page | This site is a must for undergraduates studying the work of Max Weber. |
| American Sociological Association | The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. |
| U.S. Census Bureau | Population and Household Economic Topics from the U.S. Census Bureau |
| The Institute for Social Research | "The Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan is the nation's longest-standing laboratory for interdisciplinary research in the social sciences." |
| WWW Virtual Library of Sociology | This site contains databases and links to many other sites in the field of sociology. |
| Yahoo's Sociology Index | Yahoo! provides an index of over 300 links from demograpic studies to social psychology and urban studies. |
| Philosophy |
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| Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | A great resouce: in-depth articles on philosophers and philosophical topics. |
| Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | An excellent peer-reviwed collection of articles on philosophy - includes many electronic texts |
| Dictionary of the History of Ideas | Valuable resource for study of the history of ideas |
| phillwebb.net | "PhillWebb.net consists of two kinds of pages: those devoted to particular periods, approaches, schools and topics of philosophy as well as those devoted to individual thinkers from a given period or associated with a particular approach, school or topic." |
| Guide to Philosophy on the Internet | Large list of resources for philosophy |
| A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names | A concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy |
| Philosophy Pages | "This site offers helpful information for students of the Western philosophical tradition." |
| PhilosophyTalk.org | "A weekly, one-hour radio series. The hosts' down-to-earth and no-nonsense approach brings the richness of philosophic thought to everyday subjects." |
| Interview with John Searle | Streaming video presentation and text interview with prominent philosopher of mind, John Searle. |
| Philosophy 320: History of Ancient Philosophy | Home page for a course at the University of Washington - excellent resourses - could do with a bit of a design makeover. |
| Plato and his dialogues | HTML editions of Plato's dialogues with commentary. Has an interesting organizational schema for Plato's dialogues. Also a comprehensive list of links to free editions of Plato's works in translation and in Greek. |
| Works of Aristotle | Complete works |
| The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas | The complete text in HTML |
| The Internet Medieval Sourcebook | Many resources in medieval studies |
| Some Texts of Early Modern Philosophy | "Here are versions of some classics of early modern philosophy, and a few from the 19th century, prepared with a view to making them easier to read while leaving intact the main arguments, doctrines, and lines of thought." |
| Descartes' Meditations | This site provides a trilingual version of the "Meditations on First Philosophy" in English, French and Latin. |
| Mind and Body: René Descartes to William James | Philosophical background of the mind-body problem - downloadable ebook at archive.org |
| Pascal's PENSÉES | Classic, albeit fragmentary work, which presents a defense of Christian belief. |
| Kant on the Web | A web-site devoted to 18th Century German philosopher Immanuel Kant |
| Kant 's Critique of Pure Reason | E-text available at Project Gutenberg - also available: Critique of Practical Reason, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals |
| Kant's System of Perspectives | Online text on Kant |
| Kierkegaard | Superb - both in design and content. It would be wonderful if there were many more web sites with this much original content, designed with this much care. For example, the commentary on SK's Concluding Unscientific Postscript |
| ereignis | A web-site devoted to the German philosopher Martin Heidegger |
| Being There | A short, albeit well-written, article on the personal side of Martin Heidegger's philosophy. |
| William James | A web-site devoted to the American philosopher William James |
| Does Consciousness Exist? | Influential 1904 essay by William James |
| Martin Buber | A web-site devoted to the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber |
| Two Dogmas of Empiricism (PDF) | Classic article by Willard Van Orman Quine - Thesis: "Modern empiricism has been conditioned in large part by two dogmas. One is a belief in some fundamental cleavage between truths which are analytic, or grounded in meanings independently of matters of fact and truths which are synthetic, or grounded in fact. The other dogma is reductionism: the belief that each meaningful statement is equivalent to some logical construct upon terms which refer to immediate experience. Both dogmas, I shall argue, are ill founded. One effect of abandoning them is, as we shall see, a blurring of the supposed boundary between speculative metaphysics and natural science. Another effect is a shift toward pragmatism." |
| Copleston vs. Bertrand Russell | The famous 1948 BBC Radio debate on the existence of God |
| Gregory Bateson | Although not strictly speaking a philosopher, but rather a social and biological scientist, much of Bateson's writing has definite philosophical implications. For example, at this site you can find three chapters of his Mind and Nature. |
| The Philosophers' Magazine | Reviews, features, interviews, new philosophy and over 200 philosophy links |
| Swami Krishnananda | Audio & video. "Swami Krishnananda (1922-2001) was a highly respected philosophical writer, especially on metaphysics, psychology and sociology. Swamiji's books are known the world over as excellent presentations of answers to the daily questions that arise in the day-to-day confrontations of a human being." |
| Confucius | A brief overview of his thought |
| Malaspina Great Books | "This student research database is searchable alphabetically, chronologically, categorically and thematically. The database contains 1021 custom entries or records." |
| Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet | Many online texts |
| Voice of the Shuttle: Philosophy | Philosophy resources |
| Fallacy Files | Logical fallacies are errors of reasoning, errors which may be recognized and corrected by prudent thinkers. |
| Introduction to Logic | Extensive materials from a course in logic at Lander University. |
| bLogic | A web-based logic text "with interactive illustrations. The text itself provides fewer examples and less repetition than you would find in a printed book; the illustrative activities are designed to make up the difference. If you don't interact with the illustrations, you are unlikely to understand the text." |
| Logic Cafe | A web-based text in symbolic logic |
| The Logician | Some original (and conceptually dense) works in philosophy - not entirely devoted to logic. |
| History |
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| WWW VL History Central Catalogue | Many links to historical resources arranged alphabetically by subject and name |
| TheHistoryNet | Contains hundreds of articles & images derived from past & current issues of 12 history magazines |
| Hyperhistory | A Synchronoptic History Chart - "a timeline using visual art forms (maps, graphics, colours) in combination with historical information. Its main purpose is to convey a perspective of world historical events, and to enable the reader to hold simultaneously in mind of what was happening in widely separated parts of the earth". |
| Exploring Ancient World Cultures | "An on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds." |
| Internet Ancient History Sourcebook | An on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient worlds. |
| Guardian's Egypt | Explore ancient Egypt |
| Perseus Project | "The user can read Euripides' Bacchae and examine the depictions of satyrs and maenads in art, or investigate the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides with maps and photographs of the places they mention." |
| Byzantine Studies Page | An on-line resource for Byzantium |
| World Cultures | Combines the reading and course materials of two World Cultures courses taught using web-based materials |
| The History Channel | Neat for anyone with a historical bent! |
| American Memory | Primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history - part of the National Digital Library |
| The Avalon Project | Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy |
| The West | PBS's companion site for "The West," designed as a college-level on-line supplement, it contains extensive resource material |
| Lewis & Clark | Enter the world of Lewis & Clark, courtesy of PBS and General Motors - interesting historical material, well presented. |
| Early American History Magazine | Ever wonder what early American history would look like with Net technology? |
| American Presidents | "A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits" - with RealAudio/Video - excellent! |
| Biography.com | 15,000 biographies of notable personalities from antiquity to the present |
| The Labyrinth | Online course materials for teaching medieval studies |
| The ORB | "An academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students." |
| Internet Modern History Sourcebook | "This project is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history or modern Western Civilization." |
| Historical Text Archive | Every imaginable historical text online |
| Mysterious Places | Nice photos, some text, a few links |
| Ice Mummies of the Incas | Online Nova archeological expedition to Peru |
| TIMELINE: ANCIENT ROME | Provides a chronological index of the history of Ancient Rome with extensive links to internet resources. |
| Illustrated History of the Roman Empire | "Find information about Roman emperors and leaders by selecting a name from a list. This site also contains a portrait gallery and a pictorial tour of Rome." |
| Roman-Open Air Museum | A Roman Villa dating from the 1st to the 3rd Century A.D. |
| NetSerf.org | Index of all medieval resources available on the Internet |
| EuroDocs | Primary historical documents of Western Europe |
| The Great War Society | "Encourages discussion, learning, scholarship and independent research on the events surrounding the First World War." |
| Trenches on the Web | Interactive history of World War I |
| World War II Resources | Links to World War II resources - poor design and organization, but links are good nevertheless. |
| Kaigun: the Japanese Imperial Navy | Useful site with lots of text and battle maps. |
| The Normandy Beachhead | Extensive multimedia resource from Encyclopedia Britannica. |
| Omaha Beachhead | Narratives and maps dealing with U. S. military operations in France during D-Day and immediately following actions |
| DDay-Overlord.com | History and photographs of the Normandy landing and later actions in Northern France |
| The Battle of Midway | The companion web site to National Geographic's TV profile of the Battle and hunt for the wreck of the Yorktown |
| The Battle of Midway | Links to information about this major turning point battle of WWII |
| U.S. Army Center of Military History | Many US military historical resources |
| Military History Online | A collection of resources on various battles from around the world |
| GUADALCANAL:
THE FIRST OFFENSIVE | "This volume attempts to show the contribution of all services to the first victory on the long road to Tokyo." |
| OKINAWA: THE LAST BATTLE | "Written by U. S. Army historians who participated in the Ryukyus campaign as members of a group organized to accompany the American forces to the Ryukyus and secure at first hand the materials for a history of their operations." |
| Destroyers OnLine | Dedicated to the small ships of the fleet - the destroyers, destroyer escorts, and frigates. |
| Naval Historical Center | The official history program of the Department of the Navy |
| World War II Links | Good, albeit small, collection of World War II sites |
| The Churchill Centre | Devoted to study of Winston Churchill, his life and times. Beautifully rendered. |
| Visions of China | Online complement to CNN's series of special reports, live programs, interviews and in-depth features presenting various perspectives of China's history and heritage. |
| Korean War Photo-documentary | Photos and comentary |
| Cold War International History Project | "Disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world." |
| The Cold War Museum | The Cold War Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to education,
preservation, and research on the global, ideological, and political confrontations between the West and Communist systems. |
| National Museum of American History | "Home page of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C." |
| Conversations with History | RealVideo interviews - very enlightening. "In these lively and unedited interviews, distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work. Interviews span the globe and include
discussion of political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and social issues shaping our world." Also you can find these interviews on
Google Video |
| Mythology |
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| Myths and Legends | Large collection of links to sources about myths and legends |
| Encyclopedia Mythica | An on-line mythology encyclopedia |
| BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY | HTML version of one of the great works on mythology |
| Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts | Large list of mythological texts |
| General Folklore and Mythology | Large collection of links to sources about mythology |
| Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts | Folk and fairy tales from around the world in English translation - see also Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas |
| Religion/Theology/Scripture Resources |
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| The Bible Gateway | Search ten translations (in 12 languages) of the Bible simultaneously - well-done RealAudio readings in some translations. Although this site has been around for years, it has recently undergone a major redesign and added features, like the RealAudio readings. |
| A Guide to Christian Literature on the Internet | "Contains pointers to internet accessible literature related to Classical Christianity (a term coined by C.S. Lewis to describe a theology which affirms the importance of a transforming faith in Christ as God and Savior)" |
| Christian Classics Ethereal Library | More than 200 classic Christian works in HTML (or RTF, TXT, PDF, ZIP formats) like Theologia Germanica, discovered by Martin Luther in 1516, to G. K. Chesterton's wonderful detective story THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY |
| A Christian Classics Ethereal Library Mirror | Entire contents of CCEL, when main site is down |
| World Wide Study Bible | Many Bible translations and other resources |
| Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary | HTML version of this classic Bible dictionary - available as a downloadable zip file (1.2 meg) |
| The Development of the Canon of the New Testament | "This survey covers ... how the Church selected certain writings as authoritative and separated them from a larger body of early Christian literature." |
| The Ecole Initiative | A comprehensive hypertext encyclopedia of early church history. It offers everything from images from early Christian art to primary source documents, to recent academic papers on the period. |
| Internet Christian Library | "Guide to Christian Resources on the Internet" |
| Guide to Early Church Documents | "This hypertext document contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history." |
| Resource Page for Biblical Studies | Many Biblical resources |
| ChristiansUnite.com | Many Bible study resources, online Bible versions, online Bible Commentaries, Bible concordances, and more . |
| The Biblical Studies Foundation | Dedicated to putting quality biblical research and study materials on-line. |
| Free Spiritual/Theological E-Books | From the Bruderhof Foundation |
| Christian Apologetics | "Evidences for a logical and rational faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God" |
| The Tyndale Society | "Tyndale's English translation of the New Testament was taken almost word for word into the much praised Authorised Version (King James Bible) of 1611, which also reproduces a great deal of his Old Testament." |
| FirstThings | "Published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society." |
| My Utmost For His Highest | Oswald Chambers' devotional work |
| Into the Wardrobe: The C. S. Lewis Web Site | Beautifully rendered site dedicated to the life and works of one of the great Christian writers of the 20th century. |
| C.S. Lewis: My Life's Journey | A one-man play in realvideo - excellent and funny - from the UCTV network Video-on-Demand archive. While you are at it, check out the other Lewis programs at UCTV |
| Articles on Thomas Merton | Online articles on Thomas Merton |
| Catholic Encyclopedia | Online version of the classic Catholic Encyclopedia |
| The Myth of Original Sin | Examining the Doctrine of Original Sin |
| TheologyWebSite | Theology, history & philosophy of religions |
| Origins | Scholarly and popular resources concerning philosophical theism |
| Executable Outlines | 600 sermon outlines and 54 Bible study guides |
| From Jesus to Christ | Nova program on the life and influence of Jesus |
| The International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society | The life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who resisted the Nazi regime, took part in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and was imprisoned and eventually hanged in a concentration camp just days before the Allied armies liberated the camp. |
| Martin Luther | Companion web site to the PBS program - excellent resource |
| Lutheran Electronic Archive | Works by Martin Luther |
| Hardness of Heart: Edmond La B. Cherbonnier | A modern interpretation of the understanding of "sin." |
| Government/Law |
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| C-SPAN Online | Excellent! Includes web mirroring of the TV program content, Booknotes transcripts, audio files, special features like The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour Exploring Democracy in America |
| US Senate | US Senate on the Internet |
| US House of Representatives | US House of Representatives on the Internet" |
| THOMAS | Legistlative information on the Internet |
| USConstitution.net | US Constitution resources |
| FedWorld | "A one-stop location for the public to locate, order and have delivered to them, U.S. Government information" |
| GovernmentGuide | Searchable guide to federal, state, and local government resources (imagine that - something free from from AOL) |
| Project On Government Oversight | Working with individuals daring to expose corruption in government. |
| Advancing a Free Society | The Hoover Institution’s Internet content channel. Also see the Hoover Digest for interesting articles. |
- Strategic Forecasting
| "STRATFOR is a privately held intelligence agency that creates real-time analysis and forecasting on geoeconomic, geopolitical and geosecurity affairs of strategic value to corporations and individuals worldwide." |
| FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Database | Full Text and Case Name search of 7,407 Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 to 1975 |
| Oyez | Supreme Court Database database - searchable on case titles, citations, or subjects |
| FindLaw Constitutional Law Center | "Historical documents, biographies, and Supreme Court decisions. Users can browse through the Federalist Papers, read the Constitution, or research the lives of the Founding Fathers or past and present Supreme Court Justices." |
| Historic Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court | Contains about 300 of the most historic decisions |
| Recent Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court | Decisions from 1990 to present |
| The IRS | Tax forms & documentation |
| National Archives and Records Administration | "NARA is an independent federal agency that helps preserve our nation's history by overseeing the management of all federal records." |
| Federal Government Resources on the Web | Contains 142 pages of annotated links to federal, state, & foreign governments, political science & statistical data |
| SBA - Hotlist | Links to 2,665 small business-related sites |
| Census Bureau Homepage | Maps & data about every place in the U.S. |
| FedStats | Easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by 70 Federal agencies |
| Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center | "ADA Statute, Regulations, ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines), Federally Reviewed Tech Sheets, and Other Assistance Documents" |
| Americans With Disabilities Act Information on the Web | Links to Americans With Disabilities Act information |
| National Center for Health Statistics | Statistical information on American health issues |
| The Bureau of Labor Statistics | Data on the economy, etc. |
| Statistical Abstract
of the United States | "As the National Data Book it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included." |
| Nationmaster.com | A data source and comparison tool for national statistics...you can generate maps and graphs with ease. |
| GlobalSecurity.org | "The organization is working to improve the capabilities of the American
intelligence community to respond to new and emerging threats, reducing the need to resort to the use of force, while enhancing the effectiveness of military forces when needed. GlobalSecurity.org also supports new initiatives utilizing space technology to enhance international peace and security." |
| The Center For Democracy & Technology | "CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies." Here you will find an online snooper, which let you know how much information you are sharing about yourself when you surf the Internet. |
| National Security Archive | "An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. that collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." |
| Rand | "A nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis" |
| Council on Foreign Relations | Great resource on international issues. |
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