Philosophy: Online Resources

Irish Philosophy

This website gathers together resources relating to Irish philosophy from around the net. It is edited by C. M. Barry.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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PhilPapers

PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. We monitor all sources of research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, ..

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