Philosophers: B

Francis Bacon (1561-1626 CE)
Articles & Web pages Francis Bacon Article by Jürgen Klein for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Francis Bacon Article by David Simpson for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Francis Bacon Article by Stanisław Kamiński for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Francis Bacon Wikipedia article. Sir Francis Bacon's New Advancement of Learning A page offered by an anonymous Bacon enthusiast (who also has a page on Abelard, with the help of a lot of other (not anonymous) enthusiasts. Sir Francis Bacon Resource page created by Anniina Jokinen for Luminarium. Warning! it plays "music". Francis Bacon Article from Peter Landry's Blupete page. Texts & translations Project Gutenberg: The Advancement of Learning The Essays New Atlantis Valerius Terminus; of the interpretation of nature eBooks@Adelaide: The Advancement of Learning The Essays The New Atlantis Valerius Terminus: of the Interpretation of Nature Renascence Editions The Advancement of Learning (edited by Hartmut Krech) The Essays The New Atlantis Bartelby.com: The Essays (Harvard Classics, Vol. 3, Part 1) The New Atlantis (Harvard Classics, Vol. 3, Part 2) Prefaces and Prologues (Harvard Classics, vol. 39): Proœmium of the Instauratio Magna Epistle Dedicatory to the Instauratio Magna Preface to the Instauratio Magna The Plan of the Instauratio Magna Preface to the Novum Organum Translations by George MacDonald Ross The Increase of the Sciences: Book III, chapters 4–5 The New Logic (Novum Organum): extracts from Books I & II The Essays Prepared and maintained by Bill Uzgalis, at Oregon State University. The Essays Prepared by Darri Donnelly for Mike Donnelly's page. The New Atlantis The Internet Wiretap edition, taken from Ideal Commonwealths, P.F. Collier & Son. Provided by Bill Uzgalis, at Oregon State University. The New Atlantis The Internet Wiretap edition, taken from Ideal Commonwealths, P.F. Collier & Son. Provided by Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. Novum Organon Based on the standard translation of James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath in The Works (Vol. VIII), published in Boston by Taggard and Thompson in 1863. Provided by the Constitution Society.
Roger Bacon (1214-1292 CE)
Articles & Web pages Roger Bacon Article by Theophilus Witzel, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Roger Bacon Article by Stanisław Bafia for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Roger Bacon Article by Kaufmann Kohler & Max Cohen, from the Jewish Encyclopedia. Roger Bacon Wikipedia article. Roger Bacon Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, for the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St Andrews) Fryar Roger Called Bachon Paper by Dianna L. Dodson for British Heritage, provided by Medieval History. Texts & translations On Experimental Science From Oliver J. Thatcher [ed.] The Library of Original Sources (1901), Vol. V: The Early Medieval World, pp 369-376; provided by the Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Compendium Studii Philosophiae Extract as "Despair over Thirteenth Century Learning"; translation adapted (and modernised) from C.G. Coulton [ed.] Life in the Middle Ages (1910), Vol 2: pp 55-62. Provided by the Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Friar Bacon: His Discovery of the Miracles Of Art, Nature, And Magick Provided by Internet Sacred Text Archive. Opus Maius Sections of interest to the history of geographical thought and cartography, translated by Herbert M. Howe; provided by David Woodward (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706 CE)
Articles & Web pages Pierre Bayle Home Page Maintained by Gianluca Mori at the University of Piemonte Orientale. Includes an introduction, bibliography, details of Bayle-related projects, on-line papers, and on-line texts. Pierre Bayle Article by Thomas M. Lennon for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Pierre Bayle Article by Teresa Zawojska for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Pierre Bayle Article by Garth Kemerling. Pierre Bayle Wikipedia article. Texts & translations Dictionnaire historique et critique "The ARTFL Project has built an electronic version of the first volume of this monumental work. It is the goal of this undertaking to make Bayle's Dictionnaire both more accessible and easier to consult." Philosophical Commentary on the Words of the Gospel, "Compel Them to Come In" (extracts) The first English translationt (anonymous), London, 1708. Provided by Macquarie University.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832 CE)
Articles & Web pages Bentham Project Based at University College London. The first place to look for all matters Benthamic. Jeremy Bentham Article by Paweł Skrzydlewski for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Jeremy Bentham Links "originally created and is currently maintained by Pablo Stafforini.". Jeremy's Labyrinth: A Bentham Hypertext "These web pages were begun in honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the philosopher, legal theorist and reformer, and political radical Jeremy Bentham (born 15 February, 1748). We present here an hyper-text made up out of portions of Bentham's work, together with lectures, commentary, notes, essays, on Bentham." Based at the University of Texas at Austin Jeremy Bentham Introduction, with bibliography & links, maintained at New School University. Jeremy Bentham Article by William Sweet for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Jeremy Bentham Article from Wikipedia. Texts Jeremy's Labyrinth texts: Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Logical Arrangements Appendix to the Nomography Of the Influence of Time and Place in Matters of Legislation Of Promulgation of the Laws and Promulgation of the Reasons Thereof On the Liberty of the Press, and Public Discussion Pannomial Fragments Principles of the Civil Code Principles of International Law A Protest Against Law Taxes The Rationale of Punishment The Rationale of Reward A Table of the Springs of Action Defence of Usury (1787) University of Bristol McMaster University University of Melbourne Critique of the Doctrine of Inalienable, Natural Rights From Anarchical Fallacies, vol. 2 of Bowring (ed.), Works, 1843. Provided by Digital Text International. Truth versus Ashhurst; or, law as it is, contrasted with what it is said to be (1792) In The Works of Jeremy Bentham, published under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring, vol. V (Edinburgh, Tait; London, Simpkin, Marshall; 1843), pp 231-237. Maintained by Iain Stewart at Macquarie University.
George Berkeley (1685-1753 CE)
Articles & Web pages Berkeley Studies The first stop for anyone interested in Berkeley on the Web. Maintained by Peter B. Lloyd. Offers a rich range of resources, including his own essays, links to relevant sites, annotated links to a huge set of on-line texts. International Berkeley Society Offers details of the Society, an on-line bookshop, forthcoming events, relevant links, and a bulletin board. (It looks good in a text-based browser, but using a graphics-based browser with Javascript off it looks as though it's been abandoned... and most of the internal links don't work.) George Berkeley Article by Jerzy Tupikowski for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. George Berkeley David R. Wilkins' page, offering an introduction and links to on-line texts. George Berkeley Article by Daniel E. Flage for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. George Berkeley A short article, plus links, offered by Bill Uzgalis, Oregon State University. George Berkeley Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, for the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St Andrews) George Berkeley Article by Lisa Downing for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. George Berkeley Wikipedia article. Texts The "Analyst" Controversy Material relevant to the controversy. Maintained by D.R. Wilkins (School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin). Includes the following texts by Berkeley: The Analyst: a Discourse addressed to an Infidel Mathematician A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics Reasons for not replying to Mr Walton's Full Answer The Querist (1735) University of Bristol McMaster University University of Melbourne Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists (Harvard Classics, Vol. XXXVII, Part 2) provided by Bartleby.com. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Provided by Bill Uzgalis, Oregon State University Provided by D.R. Wilkins (School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin) Provided by Wikipedia Provided by eBooks@Adelaide Provided by Institute for Learning Technologies An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (4th ed.) Provided by Classics in the History of Psychology.
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997 CE)
Articles & Web pages Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library "the website of The Isaiah Berlin Literary Trust, which looks after all aspects of Berlin's literary estate. The [Trust's] main tasks are to edit and publish the best of Berlin.s unpublished writing, including his letters; to publish collections of his best uncollected work; to post other material, and relevant information, on this website; and in general to foster awareness of and access to Berlin's intellectual, literary and personal legacy." Includes on-line texts of much of Berlin's work, published and unpublished. Isaiah Berlin Article by Joshua Cherniss & Henry Hardy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; has a useful list of links to on-line papers on Berlin. Isaiah Berlin Article by Agata Szymaniak for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Isaiah Berlin Wikipedia article. Texts Berlin articles A list of links to various (mainly journalistic) articles by Berlin, provided by InfoPlease.. New York Review of Books An archive of articles and reviews. The Hedgeog and the Fox (short extract) From The Hedgehog and the Fox (1953); provided by Idris H. Hsi, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c.480-524 CE)
Articles & Web pages Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Article by William Turner, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Article by Marian Kurdziałek for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Boethius Maintained James J. O'Donnell. Texts and teaching materials. International Boethius Society A "non-profit organization promoting scholarship on all aspects of the work, influence, and age of Boethius." Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, for the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St Andrews) reading Guide to Consolations of Philosophy By R.J. Kilcullen, Macquarie University. Texts & translations De consolatione philosophiae (Consolation of Philosophy) University of Virginia Electronic Text Centre In Latin and English (edited, with introduction and notes, by James J. O'Donnell; W.V. Cooper translation) Perseus Project In Latin (edited James J. O'Donnell) Sanderson Beck English translation by Sanderson Beck. James J. O'Donnell (University of Pennsylvania). In Latin and English (translated by W.V. Cooper) The Meters of Boethius Edited by Tony Jebson; provided by the Labyrinth. Theological Tractates Translated by H.F. Stewart; provided by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. The Trinity is One God Not Three Gods Translated by H.F. Stewart & E.K. Rand; provided by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
Jakob Böhme (c.1575-1624 CE) (Jacob Boehme, Jacob Behmen)
Jakob Böhme Article by Piotr Jaroszyński for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Jacob Boehme Resource Page Maintained by Bruce Janz; "collects existing resources from the WWW on the work, world, and influence of [Böhme], and adds some of my own resources, in an effort to support research and teaching on Boehme."
Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924 CE)
Francis Herbert Bradley Short article by Stanisław Kamiński for the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Bradley Society Based at Harris-Manchester College, Oxford. Includes details of the Society's journal, Bradley Studies. Francis Herbert Bradley Article by Stewart Candlish for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Charlie Dunbar Broad (1887-1971 CE)
Articles & Web pages Charlie Dunbar Broad Short, place-holder Wikipedia article. Charlie Dunbar Broad Taken (with minor modifications) from The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1982: A History by Renée Haynes (1982); provided by the International Survivalist Society. Philosophical Alternatives from C.D. Broad Includes introductory article by Andrew Chrucky, a bibliography, with a number of on-line texts, an autobiographical sketch, and a list of secondary literature, some provided in on-line versions. Provided by Digital Text International. Texts & translations Papers provided by the International Survivalist Society Empirical Arguments for Human Survival Henry Sidgwick and Psychical Research Normal Cognition, Clairvoyance and Telepathy The Relevance of Psychical Research to Philosophy Books & papers provided by Digital Text International Books Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy (Vol.I 1933; Vol.II 1938) Five Types of Ethical Theory (1930) Mind and Its Place in Nature (1925) Scientific Thougt (1923) — partial text Papers, etc. Are there Synthetic a priori Truths? (Broad's contribution to a Symposium with A.J.D. Porteous and R. Jackson in the Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 15 (1936): pp 102-17) Arguments for the Existence of God (from the Journal of Theological Studies 40 (1939): pp 16-30; 156-67; reprinted in his Religion, Philosophy, and Psychical Research (1953)) Berkeley's Denial of Material Substance (from The Philosophical Review LXIII (1954)) Berkeley's Theory of Morals (frpm La Revue Internationale de Philosophie 23-24 (1953): pp 72-86) Critical and Speculative Philosophy (from Contemporary British Philosophy: Personal Statements (First Series), ed. J. H. Muirhead (1924): pp 77-100) Critical Notice of H. A. Prichard's Moral Obligation (1949) in Mind, N.S., 59 (1950): pp 555-66) Critical Notice of Julian Huxley's Evolutionary Ethics (from Mind 53 (1944): pp 344-367) Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism (from his Ethics and the History of Philosophy (1952): pp 195-217) Egoism As a Theory of Human Motives (from The Hibbert Journal 48 (1950): pp 105-14) Emotion and Sentiment (from the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 13 (1954-55): pp 203-214) G.E. Moore's Latest Published Views on Ethics (from Mind 70 (1961): pp 435-457) Is 'Goodness' a Name of a Simple Non-Natural Quality? (from the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 34 (1933-1934)) Leibniz's Predicate-in-Notion Principle and Some of its Alleged Consequences (from Theoria XV (1949): pp 54-70) On the Function of False Hypotheses in Ethics (from International Journal of Ethics 26 (1916): pp 377-97; reprinted in his Critical Essays in Moral Philosophy (1971)) Philosophy I (from Inquiry I (1958): pp 99-129) The Philosophy of Francis Bacon (an address delivered at Cambridge for the Bacon Tercententenary, 1926) The Present Relations of Science and Religion (from Philosophy 14 (1939): pp 131-54; reprinted in Religion, Philosophy, and Psychical Research (1953)) The Prevention of War (from International Journal of Ethics 26 (1916): pp 241-57) Professor Marc-Wogau's Theorie der Sinnesdata (from Mind LVI (1947): pp 1-30, 97-131) Reality (from Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, ed. James Hastings et al., 10 (1919): pp 587-592) The Relevance of Psychical Research to Philosophy (from Philosophy 24 (1949): pp 291-309; reprinted in his Religion, Philosophy, and Psychical Research (1953)) A Reply to My Critics (from The Philosophy of C.D. Broad ed. Paul Arthur Schilpp (1959)) Review of Arthur N. Prior's Logic and the Basis of Ethics in Mind 59 (1950): pp 392-395) Some Methods of Speculative Philosophy (from the Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 21 (1947): pp 1-32) Some of the Main Problems of Ethics (from Philosophy 21 (1946)) (from Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, ed. James Hastings et al., 12 (1921): pp 334-45) The Validity of Belief in a Personal God (from The Hibbert Journal 24 (1925): pp 32-48; reprinted in his Religion, Philosophy, and Psychical Research (1953)) War Thoughts in Peace Time (Earl Grey Memorial Lecture, No. 13. Delivered March 13, 1931)
Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682 CE)
Articles & Web pages Sir Thomas Browne Maintained by Anniina Jokinen. Very full page page, offering biographical material, a list of on-line texts, both primary and (lit. crit.) secondary, a bibliography, and more. Sir Thomas Browne Maintained by James Eason at the University of Chicago. Offers Browne's works, plus links to related sites. The Sir Thomas Browne Page Provided by the San Antonio College LitWeb. A brief bibliography, with links to on-line texts. Thomas Browne Wikipedia article. Texts Religio Medici (1642) Renascence Editions Vartleby.com (Harvard Classics, Vol. 3, Part 5) James Eason Modern History Sourcebook Christian Classics Ethereal Library ClassicAuthors.net James Eason (facsimile of 1645 edition; PDF) Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenets and commonly presumed Truths (1646) James Eason Hydriotaphia: or, Urn Burial (1658) Renascence Editions James Eason ClassicAuthors.net The Garden of Cyrus (1658) James Eason Christian Morals (1716) James Eason
Jean Buridan (c.1295-1356 CE)
Articles & Web pages Jean Buridan Article by William Turner, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Jean Buridan Article by Jack Zupko for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Jean Buridan Wikipedia article. Papers by Gyula Klima (Fordham University) The Summulae of John Buridan John Buridan on the Acquisition of Simple Substantial Concepts Buridan's Logic and the Ontology of Modes John Buridan on the Immateriality of the Intellect PDF file. Preprint of paper by Jack Zupko (Prooceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics 1 (2001), pp 4-18. Texts & translations Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics, Book X Edited by R.J. Kilcullen; also offers a Collation of Early Edition and Manuscripts.
Edmund Burke (1729-97 CE)
Articles & Web pages The Edmund Burke Society "the joint website of the Edmund Burke Society of America and the Edmund Burke Society, Great Britain. It is the home of their joint newsletter, Reflections, and features information on the life and thought of the eighteenth-century conservative thinker Edmund Burke." Edmund Burke Article by Ian Harris for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edmund Burke Introduction by Peter Landry on his Blupete pages. Edmund Burke Wikipedia article. Texts Bartleby.com On Taste (The introductory discourse to On the Sublime and Beautiful): Harvard Classics Vol. XXIV, Part 1 On the Sublime and Beautiful: Harvard Classics, Vol. XXIV, Part 2 Reflections on the French Revolution: Harvard Classics, Vol. XXIV, Part 3 A Letter to a Noble Lord: Harvard Classics, Vol. XXIV, Part 4 Reflections on the Revolution in France Constitution Society. Philip Atkinson Swansea University Speech on conciliation with America, March 22, 1775 Text provided by From Revolution to Reconstruction.
Joseph Butler (1692-1752 CE)
Articles & Web pages Joseph Butler Article by David E. White for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Joseph Butler From David McNaughton' The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers, provided by Thoemmes Continuum. Joseph Butler Short, place-holder Wikipedia article. Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Theologian Introduction by James E. Kiefer; provided by the Society of Archbishop Justus. Brush Up on Butler A page of links to resources, maintained by David White (St John Fisher College). Butler's Philosophy of Religion Vindicated Paper by J.R. Lucas (Durham Cathedral Lecture 1978). Texts & translations The Analogy of Religion Provided by Carnegie Mellon's Posner Memorial Collection. Human Nature, and Other Sermons Provided by Project Gutenberg. Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel From Sermons by Joseph Butler (1827), pp 34-214; provided by Virginia Theological Seminary's Bishop Payne Library.