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Thalēs of Miletus (c.625-c.545 BCE)
Articles & Web pages Thales of Miletus Article by Patricia O'Grady from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Thales Short Wikipedia article. Thales of Miletus Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, for the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St Andrews) Thales of Miletus Useful and informative page from the Albert College of Idaho's Maths Department. Thales Introduction from Thomas Knierim's The Big View. Thales A short piece by S. Marc Cohen (University of Washington). Thales of Miletus Bried introduction to his (especially mathematical) work by Don Allen (Texas A&M University). Thales of Miletus Article by Salim George Khalaf from the Encyclopedia Phoeniciana. Thales Introduction by Michael Lahanas. Texts & Translations Fragments and Commentary Taken from Arthur Fairbanks [ed. and trans.] The First Philosophers of Greece; provided by the Hanover Historical Texts Project.
Judith Jarvis Thomson (b.1929 CE)
Articles & Web pages Judith Thomson Her Departmental page at M.I.T. Texts A Defence of Abortion From Philosophy & Public Affairs 1:1 (1971), reprinted in Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics 5th edition, ed. Ronald Munson (1996): pp 69-80. Provided by Chris Heathwood. Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief With John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Ronald Dworkin, T. M. Scanlon, & Thomas Nagel, from the New York Review of Books 44:5 — 27th March 1997.
Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954 CE)
(Alan Turing wasn't a philosopher but a mathematician; nevertheless, his 1950 paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" has had a great impact on the philosophy of mind, though is often misunderstood.) Articles & Web pages Articles from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Alan Turing (Andrew Hodges) The Church-Turing Thesis (B.Jack-Copeland) Turing Machines (David Barker-Plummer) Alan Turing Wikipedia article. Alan Mathison Turing Article by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson, for the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St Andrews) The Alan Turing Home Page Extensive site maintained by Andrew Hodges. Texts The Turing Digital Archive "This digital archive contains mainly unpublished personal papers and photographs of Alan Turing from 1923-1972. The originals are in the Turing archive in King's College Cambridge. [...] The images in this archive are copyrighted. You must read and agree to the terms of use before you can view the contents of the archive." Computing Machinery and Intelligence (from Mind LIX (1950), pp 433-60) Abelard Public Education Site Steven Harnad
Pierre-Marie Ventre (1897-1956 CE)
Report on Resistentialism Article by Paul Jennings, provided by The Yew Tree. Things Are Against Us Defence of Resistentialism by Charles Harrington Elster from The New York Times Magazine (21st September 2003).
Giambattista Vico (1668-1744 CE)
Articles & Web pages Giambattista Vico Article by Timothy Costelloe for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Institute for Vico Studies Based in the Department of Philosophy, Emory University. Extensive site, offering information about Vico as well as about the Institute — so long as you're using the right kind of browser. Giambattista Vico Homepage From the Northern Illinois University; very much a work in progress at the moment [17 xii 04]. Giambattista Vico Centre Giorgio A. Pinton's site, offering information about his translations of Vico's work and more. Giambattista Vico Introduction by Jimmy (Hiu Nam) Lo (Georgia Institute of Technology). Texts & Translations Principi di Scienza nuova d'intorno alla communi natura delle nazioni Searchable text, provided by the Giambattista Vico Homepage. Giambattista Vico, The New Science (1725) A short extract from Thomas G. Bergin & Max H. Fisch, The New Science of Giambattista Vico, revised translations of the third edition of 1744. Provided by Steven Kreis's History Guide.
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) (1694-1778 CE)
Articles & Web pages Voltaire Short Wikipedia article. Institut et musée Voltaire, Genève Details of the Museum and Library. Voltaire Society of America It's chief purpose is "to foster the spirit of the Enlightenment, tolerance and respect for the rights of the individual as exemplified by the life of Voltaire and as reflected in the beliefs of his contemporaries, the founders of the United States." Voltaire's Page F. DeVenuto's page of links. Texts & Translations Oeuvres complètes Provided by Daniel Boudin. Includes, most notably: Dictionnaire philosophique Discours en Vers sur l'Homme Correspondance complète de Voltaire et Frédéric II, roi de Prusse French texts from Pierre Perroud's ATHENA Commentaire sur le Livre Des Délits et des Peines L'Education des Filles Memnon ou la Sagesse humaine Songe de Platon Traité sur la Tolérance Voltaire Various texts, in French, English, and Spanish from Project Gutenberg. De l'horrible danger de la lecture Graphics-based reproduction of pamphlet provided by the Voltaire Society of America. Lettres Philosophiques (Letters on the English) Translated by Charles W. Eliot [?] (Harvard Classics Vol. 34, Part 2); provided by Bartleby.com. Dictionnaire philosophique (Philosophical Dictionary) Extracts selected and translated by H.I. Woolf; provided by the Hanover Historical Texts Project. Sermon des Cinquante Provided by Gianluca Mori's Clandestine E-Texts from the Eighteenth Century. Micromegas No translator acknowledged (it's not wholly literate); provided by Free Sci-Fi Classics. Plato's Dream No translator acknowledged; provided by Free Sci-Fi Classics.