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public philosophy resources*
*note: the list that follows is just the beginning of my effort to catalogue public philosophy resources; it is not intended to be complete. If you know of something that you recommend should be listed, please let me know by logging into the guestbook below, and I will contact you to obtain the full information.
publications:
Books, Monographs
q Lippmann, Walter. The Public Philosophy.
q Sandel, Michael. Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy
q Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, monograph series on public philosophy. http://www.cceia.org/resources/publications/public_philosophy/index.html
q Goodin, Robert E. Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy), Cambridge U P, 1995.
Book chapters
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Articles
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videos
q No dogs or philosophers allowed. TV programs intended to bring philosophy to the public. Some available on tape.
http://www.nodogs.org
radio/web broadcasts
q LTU Philosophy Colloquium Audio Transcripts on Public Philosophy
q Chicago Public Radio Chicago public radio
This is the homepage of Chicago Public Radio, an NPR broadcaster which features a broad range of programmes on world affairs and discussion on environmental, social, cultural, religious, moral, philosophical, political and historical questions. Different programmes are indexed alphabetically according to their titles, and users can find a wealth of information on individual shows on each programme's specific subsite. The site includes an audio clips of programmes relevant to those working in the Humanities and especially in specific fields such as Philosophy. These latter clips include: 'The moral animal'; 'Philosophy's conception of evil'; 'Utilitarianism'; 'Language and Thought'; 'Boundaries of Science'; 'Rhetoric and Science'; 'Science and the Unknowable'; 'The Immutable Laws of Science'; 'Happiness, Death and the Remainder of Life'; 'The Intersection of Philosophy and Politics'; 'Theories of Justice'; 'The Aesthetics of Beauty'; 'Pragmatism'; 'Philosophy in Public Life'; 'Human Machine Distinction'; and 'Philosophy of Humour'. Users can listen to programmes online or purchase a CD version of the recording. They can also check the online posting schedule for upcoming programmes and listen to programmes that are currently on air via the site.
q Uncommon Knowledge http://www.uncommonknowledge.org/ Uncommon Knowledge is an American radio show broadcasting discussions of current affairs and public policy. It is presented by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. The web site contains an archive of transcripts and audio recordings of past shows, some of which concern philosophical issues, scientific ethics, and other subjects that may be of interest to students in the humanities. Episodes include: 'Disharmony of the spheres: science and religion'; 'In whose Image? Evolution and spirituality'; 'Hippocrates call your office: biomedical ethics'; 'Darwin's ghost: sociobiology and human behaviour'; and 'Attack of the clones: the ethics of human cloning'..
q To the Best of Our Knowledge. Wisconsin Public Radio. http://wpr.org/book/
BBC’s greatest philosopher vote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher.shtml
webblogs
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/ http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/
web pages, independent of publications or associations:
£ http://www.amherst.edu/askphilosophers/list/Mind see article in Inside Higher Ed
q philosophy.com
q pathways, a low-cost distance learning option for those interested in studying philosophy independently on line: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~ptpdlp/, with some free resources
op-eds or other newspaper columns
q philosophy in the New York Times: http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Arts_&_Humanities/Philosophy/
press releases or other media kits and info
journals and presses focused on public philosophy with academic audience:
q Studies in Practical Philosophy
q Philosophy and Public Affairs: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0048-3915&site=1
q Philosophy in the Contemporary World
http://www.spcw.info/PCW.htm#Editorial_Policy
q Maryland Series on Public Philosophy (Rowman and Littlefield)
q Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy (Cambridge U P)
q Human Nature Review http://www.human-nature.com/
journals and presses focused on public philosophy aimed at general audiences:
q Philosophy Now: www.philosophynow.org
q The Philosophers Magazine on-line: http://www.philosophersnet.com/
q The Examined Life: On-Line Philosophy Journal http://examinedlifejournal.com/index.shtml
public philosophy institutes based in academic institutions:
applied and practical ethics institutes:
other sorts of initiatives:
q College of Notre Dame of Maryland Institute for Public Philosophy: http://creative.figleaf.com/cnd_site/in_pp_overview.htm
q Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland
http://www.puaf.umd.edu/IPPP/
q Centre for Public Philosophy, Monash University, Australia
http://arts.monash.edu.au/philosophy/cpp/index.php
offers informal reasoning workshops, applied ethics research and consulting, etc.
q Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
http://www.cappe.edu.au/
q Institute of Practical Philosophy
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/ipp/ipp.htm
q The Reasoning Center
http://reasoningcenter.org/
q Carnegie Mellon Center for The Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy
http://www.phil.cmu.edu/caae/
academic organizations or associations with emphasis on public philosophy:
q Association of Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
http://www.afeast.org/
q Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World
http://www.spcw.info/
nonprofits and consulting groups devoted to public philosophy:
q Café Philosophy
http://www.cafe-philosophy.com/
£ Radical Academy
http://www.radicalacademy.com/
£ Society for Philosphical Inquiry
http://groups.msn.com/ThePhilosophyCafe
£ Starting a Socrates café
http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall00/socratescafe.htm
£ Davis Square Philosophy Café
http://www.naturalism.org/philo_cafe.htm
£ Living Philosophy
http://www.livingphilosophy.org/index.asp
course syllabi:
“Public Philosophy” by Harry Boyte. http://www.cpn.org/tools/syllabi/boyte.html
other resources for those interested in public philosophy:
public philosophy lecture series co-sponsored by University of Vanderbilt and the Nashville Public Library: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lunchbox/
UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) Philosophy Day: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5136&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (available only in French)
Philosophers available as resources to the media: (form database)
Civic Engagement and Philosophy:
http://www.civicreflection.org
The Democracy Imperative: http://www.unh.edu/democracy. This web site is developing catalyst papers to urge teachers in various academic disciplines to prepare students to live in a deliberative democracy. Syllabi and other teaching materials are also included.
THINKING THE CITY: Here is an exciting project in Denton, TX, undertaken by philosophy doctoral candidate Kevin Roden: http://thinkdenton.com/
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