NWP Learning Commons: Philosophy: Finding Sources

Sources

The following resources are excellent places to start your research. They will provide you with the authoritative and expert sources you are expected to use for your assignment. For an idea of how to use and navigate these resources in the most efficient way, visit the Search Techniques tab on the left of this page or make an appointment for Research Assistance.

This is a great resource for background information: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

For a complete list of philosophy-related databases click here.

For a complete list of philosophy electronic journals click here.

Below is just a small sample of the many print books we have for philosophy. Search the NEOS Library Catalogue for hundreds more.

Bioethics in Canada: a Philosophical Introduction by Carol Collier
Call Number: R 724 C65 2015
ISBN: 9781551307237
Publication Date: 2015
Provides an accessible introduction to the philosophical, historical, and medical concepts shaping these contemporary, and very contentious, debates of abortion, distributive justice, genetics, and reproductive technology.
Epistemology by Robert Audi
Call Number: BD 161 A783 2011
ISBN: 9780415879224
Publication Date: 2010
Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This comprehensive introduction to the field of epistemology explains the concepts and theories central to understanding knowledge.
History and Philosophy of the Humanities by Michiel Leezenberg (Translator); Gerard de Vries
Call Number: internet access
ISBN: 9048551684
Publication Date: 2019-08-29
History and Philosophy of the Humanities: An Introduction presents a reasoned overview of the conceptual and historical backgrounds of the humanities. In four sections, it discusses:- the most influential views on scientific knowledge from Aristotle to Thomas Kuhn;- the birth of the modern humanities and its relation to the natural and social sciences;- the various methodological schools and conceptual issues in the humanities;- several themes that set the agenda for current debates in the humanities: critiques of modernity; gender, sexuality and identity; and postcolonialism.
Monty Python and Philosophy by Gary L. Hardcastle (Editor) et al.
ISBN: 9780812695939
Publication Date: 2006
Fifteen experts in topics of mythology, Buddhism, feminism, logic, ethics, and the philosophy of science bring their expertise to bear on Python movies such as Monty Python's Life of Brian and Flying Circus mainstays such as the Argument Clinic, the Dead Parrot Sketch, and, of course, the Bruces; the Pythons' demented, song-filled vision of an Australian philosophy department. Monty Python and Philosophy explains all the philosophical concepts discussed in laymen's terms.
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