Philosophers: D

Donald Herbert Davidson (1917-2003 CE)
Donald Davidson Article by Jeff Malpas for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Donald Davidson Article by Vladimir Kalugin from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Donald Davidson Wikipedia article. Donald Davidson Article by Anna Sherratt for Philosophy Now. In Memoriam: Donald Herbert Davidson Links to obituaries, plus an interview with Davidson; provided by the University of California at Berkeley. Davidson's Sentences and Wittgenstein's Builders John Perry's Presidential Address, Pacific Division APA, April 1994.
Democritus of Abdera (c.460-c.370 BCE)
Articles & Web pages Democritus Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, for the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St Andrews) Democritus Article by Sylvia Berryman for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Democritus Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Democritus Wikipedia article. The Atomistic Philosophy of Leucippus and Democritus Article by Thomas Knierim for thebigview.com. Texts & translations Democritus Adapted from Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers by Kathleen Freeman, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1948. provided by Humanistic Texts.
René Descartes (1596-1650 CE)
Articles & Web pages Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi su Descartes e il Seicento In Italian; maintained by Antonella Del Prete. Includes the archives of the Bulletin Cartésien. René Descartes Article by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson for the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Descartes' Life and Works (Kurt Smith) Descartes' Epistemology (Lex Newman) Descartes' Ethics (Donald Rutherford) Descartes' Modal Metaphysics (David Cunning) Descartes' Ontological Argument (Lawrence Nolan) René Descartes Article by Douglas Burnham &James Fieser from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. René Descartes Article by Daniel Garber for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. René Descartes Article by Clodius Piat, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. René Descartes Wikipedia article. René Descartes Introduction by Garth Kemerling, with useful bibliography and set of links to on-line resources. René Descartes From A Short Account of the History of Mathematics (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball. Provided by D.R. Wilkins (Trinity College, Dublin). René Descartes: Offers (uncredited) English translations of the Discource and the Meditations, as well as some short essays on Descartes, a bibliography, FAQ, and links. Essays on René Descartes A site selling essay on Descartes. I've not given a link — but here's a warning: judging by what I've seen of the site, students with more money than sense who are dishonest enough to pass off one of these essays as their own will get the grade that they deserve... Texts & translations Translations by George MacDonald Ross The Principles of Philosophy The World, or Treatise on Light Treatise on the Human Being Discourse on the Method First Thoughts on the Generation of Animals Notes against a certain Broadsheet Description of the Human Body Conversation with Burman Corespondence with Princess Elizabeth Correspondence with Meyssonnier Correspondence with Mersenne Hobbes' Objections to Descartes' Meditations, and Descartes' Replies Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle (edited by Pierre Cubaud) Online Literature Library (translation by John Veitch) Bartleby.com (Harvard Classics, Vol. 34, Part 1, ed. Charles W. Eliot) Project Gutenberg (a massive amount of detail - who scanned it, what hardware & software they used, reams of legal mumbo jumbo - but no hint as to whose translation it is. It's actually by John Veitch) eBooks@Adelaide (another uncredited translation, which turns out to be by John Veitch) anonymous Descartes page (and another uncredited version of the John Veitch translation) Bill Uzgalis (Oregon State University) (yet another uncredited version of the John Veitch translation) Meditations on First Philosophy Descartes' Meditations Home Page A trilingual HTML edition, edited by David B. Manley & Charles S. Taylor. Offers the original Latin text of 1641, the Duc de Luynes' French translation of 1647, and John Veitch's English translation of 1901. ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle (edited by Manley & Taylor) Classical Library (translation by John Veitch). anonymous Descartes page (uncredited, but it's the John Veitch translation) Bill Uzgalis (Oregon State University) (uncredited version of the John Veitch translation) Principles of Philosophy (selections) Translated by John Veitch, provided by Project Gutenberg. Rules For The Direction of The Mind Translated by Elizabeth Anscombe & Peter Geach; provided by Kenneth A. Bryson (University College of Cape Breton).
John Dewey (1859-1952 CE)
Articles & Web pages Centre for Dewey Studies Based at Southern Illinois University; offers a vast amount of information in many different forms. John Dewey Article by Richard Field from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. John Dewey Wikipedia article. Essays on the Philosophy of John Dewey Maintained by Gordon L. Ziniewicz; on-line papers on Dewey, and selections from his book Democracy and Imagination. John Dewey, American Pragmatist "A wing of the Pragmatism Cybrary" Bibliographies, links to on-line resources, introductory materials, etc. TransactionalView.org " a site about the Transactional View John Dewey and Arthur F Bentley laid out in their 1949 book Knowing and the Known." Offers papers, reading, details of projects, etc. JohnDewey.Org "The Place to Get Straight About Dewey". Maintained by David Hildebrand. Texts Papers provided by Classics in the History of Psychology The Ego as Cause (from Philosophical Review 3 (1894), pp 337-341) The New Psychology (from the Andover Review 2(1884), pp 278-289) The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology (from Psychological Review 3 (1896), pp 357-370) Papers provided by Digital Text International The Higher Learning in America (from The Social Frontier (March, 1937) Vol. III, No 24, pp 167-169) President Hutchins' Proposals to Remake Higher Education (from The Social Frontier (January, 1937) Vol. IIl, No 22, pp 103-104) Rationality in Education (from The Social Frontier (December, 1936) Vol. lII, No 21, pp 71-73) On-line books & papers provided by the Mead Project (Brock University) An oddly written, gimmicky, and garish site, but below I link to the texts themselves: Books Essays in Experimental Logic (1916) How We Think (1910) The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other Essays (1910) The School and Society (1907) Papers, etc. The Ego As Cause (from Philosophical Review 3 (1894): pp 337-341) The Evolutionary Method As Applied to Morality: I. Its Scientific Necessity (from Philosophical Review 11, (1902): pp 107-124) The Evolutionary Method As Applied To Morality: II. Its Significance for Conduct (from Philosophical Review 11, (1902): pp 353-371) Green's Theory of the Moral Motive (from Philosophical Review 1, (1892): pp 593-612) Interpretation of Savage Mind (from Psychological Review 9, (1902): pp 217-230) Logical Conditions of a Scientific Treatment of Morality (from Decennial Publications of the University of Chicago First Series, Vol. 3, (1903): 115-139) On Some Current Conceptions of the term 'Self' (from Mind 15, (1890): pp 58-74) The Psychological Standpoint (from Mind 11, (1886): pp 1-19) The Psychology of Effort (from Philosophical Review 6, (1897): pp 43-56) Psychology and Social Practice (from Psychological Review 7, (1900): 105-124) Psychology as Philosophic Method (from Mind 11 (1886): pp 153-173) The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology (from Psychological Review 3, (1896): pp 357-370) Rejoinder to Baldwin's Response (from Philosophical Review 7, (1898): pp 629-630) Review of Social and Ethical Interpretations of Mental Development by James Mark Baldwin (from Philosophical Review 7, (1898): pp 398-409) Soul and Body (from Bibliotheca Sacra 43, (1886): pp 239-263) The Theory of Emotion. (I) Emotional Attitudes (from Psychological Review 1, (1894): pp 553-569) The Theory of Emotion. (2) The Significance of Emotions (from Psychological Review 2, (1895): pp 13-32) Democracy and Education Institute for Learning Technologies Wikipedia (in one very large file) The Quest for Certainty, chapter 2: Philosophy's Search for the Immutable Provided by Marxists.org Internet Archive under the title "The Question of Certainty".
Denis Diderot (1713-84 CE)
Articles & Web pages Denis Diderot Short article Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Denis Diderot Wikipedia article. Denis Diderot Article by Petri Liukkonen for Authors' Calendar. Texts & translations Diderot and d'Alembert's "Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des metiers et des arts" "Collaborative translation project [...] Product of the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library and DLXS." D'Alembert's Dream (1769) English translations by Ian Johnston (the links to the French texts are dead). Les Bijoux Indiscrets Maintained by Jean-Jacques Delfour. Le Neveu de Rameau Provided by Ian C. Johnston (Malaspina University-College). Rameau's Nephew Translated and provided by Ian C. Johnston (Malaspina University-College).
Diogenes of Sinope (c.400-325 BCE)
Diogenes of Sinope Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Diogenes of Sinope A Wikipedia article. Diogenes of Sinope Introduction from Philosophy Professor.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98 CE) (Lewis Carroll)
Articles & Web pages Lewis Carroll Wikipedia article. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, for the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St Andrews) Lewis Carroll Logician and Mathematician A page of links from the Lewis Carroll Page Texts & translations The Game of Logic Provided by Project Gutenberg, where you'll also find on-line versions of his children's books, verse, etc.. What the Tortoise Said to Achilles (from Mind 4, (1895): pp 278-280) Fair Use Repository Platonic Realms Digital Text International
Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (1925- CE)
Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett My own page, with an introduction to Dummett's life & work. Michael Dummett Article by Benjamin Murphy from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Michael Dummett Wikipedia article.
John Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308 CE)
Articles & Web pages John Duns Scotus Article by Thomas Williams for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Duns Scotus Wikipedia article. John Duns Scotus Maintained by Thomas Williams (University of Iowa); a very useful page, offering introductions to the life and work of Duns Scotus, a bibliography, links to translations (see below), Prof. Williams' papers, and images. John Duns Scotus page of links provided by the Franciscan Archive. Scotism and Scotists Article by Parthenius Minges, provided by the Jacques Maritain Centre at the University of Notre Dame. Texts & translations For original texts, see the link to the Franciscan Archive above. Translations by Thomas Williams (University of Iowa): Lectura: Questions concerning divine power Ordinatio: A question concerning divine charity Questions concerning divine justice and mercy Quaestiones in Librum Porphyrii Isagoge: "I expect to have a complete translation of this work before too long. For now, please feel free to use the following (which are very rough drafts — I will be grateful for comments and corrections)" Questions concerning the science of logic (qq 1-3) Questions concerning the universal (qq 4-12) A question concerning place (q.13) Questions concerning genus (qq 14-20) Questions concerning species (qq 21-22) Questions concerning difference (qq 23-29) Reportatio examinata: Could God make things better? A Treatise on God as First Principle provided by Eternal Word Television Network. One long file (with a slight hiccough at the very end); no translator given.