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Reading and Writing Philosophy

For those new to philosophy:
  • Pryor's Guidelines on Reading Philosophy
  • Pryor's Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper
  • Horban on Writing a Philosophy Paper

General writing resources:
  • Scrivener - the best writing app I have used; highly recommended.
  • Writefull - an app that provides feedback on your writing (particularly useful for ESL students).
  • Harvard's Writing Resources Website
  • University of Toronto Writing Center's Advice on Academic Writing
  • Notre Dame's Writing Resources

Diversity in Philosophy

General Resources:
  • Minorities and Philosophy
  • Women in Engineering and Technology
  • Society for Women in Philosophy - lots of online resources
  • APA's Report on Minorities in Philosophy
  • APA's Report on Women in Philosophy

Resources for Students:
  • Minorities and Philosophy Notre Dame Chapter (Facebook Page) - join us at ND!
  • Summer Program for Women in Philosophy
  • Rutgers Summer School for Diversity in Philosophy

LaTeX for Philosophers

  • LaTeX for Logicians - an excellent compilation of resources for typesetting logic.
  • LaTeX for Philosophers - a short compilation of typesetting tools for formal semantics.
  • LaTeX Formal Methods Reference - beyond philosophy and logic.
  • Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol Guide
  • TeXcount - a webapp to count words in LaTeX documents.
  • Detexify - a webapp that founds the LaTeX symbol corresponding to almost anything you draw.

Teach Yourself Logic, Math and Science

  • Teach Yourself Logic - Peter Smith's incredibly useful and thorough guide on how to teach yourself logic.
  • Teach Yourself Modal Logic - Smith's post focusing on books to teach yourself modal logic.
  • Mathematics for Philosophers (of Physics) - Halvorson's guide to the mathematics you need to know to access different physical theories.
  • MIT Opencourseware - free, high quality online courses on many topics including calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, classical physics and quantum mechanics.
  • Statistics for Philosophers - a compilation of videos from a CUNY's workshop on this precise topic.
  • Statistics 110: Probability - this Harvard open course is an excellent introduction to applied probability.
  • R Language Resources - teach yourself R, a popular open source programing language for data analysis with multiple applications.




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