~ Early Web Links ~

Refdesk.com's philosophy resources page is a curated directory of links covering a wide range of philosophical traditions, from alchemy and atheism to Buddhism, Zen, and Western academic philosophy. It serves as a convenient jumping-off point for researchers and curious minds, aggregating encyclopedias, journals, foundation sites, and study guides all in one place.

Studia Spinoziana is a scholarly resource hub dedicated to the 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza, offering translated texts of the Ethica and De Intellectus Emendatione, chronologies, logical indexes, and directed graphs of his arguments. Beyond Spinoza, it extends into broader early modern philosophy with curated links to Descartes, Leibniz, Rousseau, Hume, and Enlightenment-era primary sources.

Dialegesthai is a bilingual (English/Italian) philosophical resource exploring major themes of Western metaphysics through the lens of logic, covering topics like negation, contradiction, dialectics, and reason. Featuring articles, online texts, and translations, it engages with thinkers from Plato and Leibniz to Wittgenstein and Marx, with a charming sidebar dedicated to Tristram Shandy.

EthicsWeb.ca, administered by Chris MacDonald, serves as a Canadian hub linking to ethics resources spanning business ethics, nursing ethics, bioethics, professional ethics, and stem cell research. A well-organized portal connecting visitors to Canadian and international ethics organizations, academic institutes, government bodies, and topical blogs.

A dedicated reference hub for the British philosopher C. D. Broad (1887-1971), collecting his works, a philosophical autobiography, and scholarly commentary including an introduction by Andrew Chrucky. The site highlights Broad's contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, offering curated primary and secondary sources for anyone interested in analytic philosophy's underappreciated figures.

RBJones.com hosts a dedicated philosophy section by the creator RBJ, exploring philosophical topics through a personal and analytical lens. The site appears to use a frames-based structure, suggesting a substantial collection of philosophical writings and resources behind the index page.

A portal dedicated to the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, centered on their concept of the rhizome and works like Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. Part of the blebNet web community, it collects links to D+G resources, related nodes, and online texts for theorists and philosophy enthusiasts.

Supported by Marquette University, this digital archive preserves primary materials related to Jesuit philosopher-theologian Bernard Lonergan, including archival papers and audio recordings of his lectures. Lonergan, author of the landmark works 'Insight' and 'Method in Theology,' developed a Generalized Empirical Method that bridges philosophy and theology, and this repository serves as a scholarly hub for researchers exploring his ideas.

Cult.ist presents itself as 'the web's last sanctuary,' a moody, esoteric personal site with articles, an archive, and a guestbook that leans into themes of impermanence and digital mysticism. The Latin meta description ('remember you will die, for you are dust and to dust you shall return') and keywords like 'enigmatic spaces' and 'philosophical explorations' signal a site built around introspective, philosophical content.

Built by Douglas Boynton Quine, this comprehensive tribute to philosopher and mathematician Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) covers his books, essays, articles, awards, students, and even his cultural footprint in stamps, cartoons, and word games. With over 317 links and decades of accumulated material, it serves as the definitive online archive for anyone researching one of the 20th century's most influential analytic philosophers.