Writing papers

For links to course web sites, click here.

Jim Pryor has put together very useful guides to writing a good philosophy paper and reading philosophical prose. He also has a guide to philosophical terms and methods. I recommend all of them; they're especially useful for students learing about philosophy for the first time.

Before writing papers, you should review the philosophy department's guidelines regarding plagiarism. They do an excellent job of clearly explaning what the university honor code implies with respect to philosophical writing.

Philosophy at Notre Dame

Notre Dame offers a few different options for students interested in pursuing a major, minor, or interdisciplinary minor. For an overview of the various options, click here.

There are lots of philosophy-related events at Notre Dame. A useful overview is on the department's event page.

On the department web page you can also view course descriptions for current and upcoming philosophy courses.

Philosophy on the internet

The internet offers a wealth of terrible philosophy. Fortunately, it also offers some very good philosophy.

In my view, the best philosophy resource on the internet is the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Another good resource, which occasionally coveres topics not covered by the SEP, is the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (which is only accessible if you are on the ND network or that of another subscribing institution).The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy can also be valuable. Wikipedia is much, much less reliable.

Increasingly, journal articles are also available online (though, as above, usually only if you are connected to a university network). JStor is an especially good place to download articles (though usually not articles from the last few years) from a number of leading philosophy journals.

Notre Dame's library also contains links to online resources. If you are searching for an article online, a good place to begin is with the library's QuickSearch for Philosophy.

Philosophers

Philosophers at Notre Dame

Some other important philosophers:

Antony Eagle
Ben Caplan
Benj Hellie
Boris Kment
Casey O'Callaghan
Chris Mole
Colin Klein
Dirk Schlimm
Gillian Russell
Kieran Setiya
Mark Schroeder
Mike McGlone
Simon Keller