I have actually been reading too much of the church fathers, in real life. I recommend it to everyone who no longer wants to be a normal person capable of conversation and fellowship with one's peers.
You know, the SEP isn't the first encyclopedia of philosophy. Does your picayune library not have any of the others, or are you just too lazy to drag your ass away from the computer?
The Routledge Encyclopedia is online for subscribing institutions. However, while its coverage is wider it's definitely shallower than the Stanford one.
What I've found helpful a few times is that 'Philosophical Books' regularly publishes 'state-of-the-art' survey articles in various areas and going back and finding them (they are long) has been a useful way in to literature where I'm either lost or my reading knowledge is restricted to undergraduate level stuff.
Using the on-line Philosopher's Index to find survey articles has also been helpful.
[Of course i've been working with a much smaller teaching load and only doing individual tutorials so not the same kind of thing (easier for me) ...]
Some say it was used as a tactical harbor for Pirates during their raids on Sicilian coasts...But that's just Pelagian hearsay.
Posted by Sam K | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 11:41 AM
Some say that seagoing birds have souls, and Christ came to them as well as to humans.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 12:14 PM
I have actually been reading too much of the church fathers, in real life. I recommend it to everyone who no longer wants to be a normal person capable of conversation and fellowship with one's peers.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 12:14 PM
You know, the SEP isn't the first encyclopedia of philosophy. Does your picayune library not have any of the others, or are you just too lazy to drag your ass away from the computer?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 12:42 PM
Call me from your first 3/3, Ben, and I'll ask you that right back.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 12:47 PM
pwn!
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 12:51 PM
I just wanted to say "picayune".
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 12:52 PM
4:I had 3 other Philosophy Encyclopedias, but I got spywared, had to reinstall, and lost my favorites. They were inferior to Stanford.
Posted by bob mcmanus | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 3:19 PM
The Routledge Encyclopedia is online for subscribing institutions. However, while its coverage is wider it's definitely shallower than the Stanford one.
What I've found helpful a few times is that 'Philosophical Books' regularly publishes 'state-of-the-art' survey articles in various areas and going back and finding them (they are long) has been a useful way in to literature where I'm either lost or my reading knowledge is restricted to undergraduate level stuff.
Using the on-line Philosopher's Index to find survey articles has also been helpful.
[Of course i've been working with a much smaller teaching load and only doing individual tutorials so not the same kind of thing (easier for me) ...]
Posted by Matt McGrattan | Link to this comment | 11- 4-05 6:20 PM
On behalf of the Montesquieu entry, you're welcome.
Posted by hilzoy | Link to this comment | 11- 7-05 3:26 PM
Mmmmm ... Pelagian ...
Posted by Doug | Link to this comment | 11- 8-05 5:12 AM