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The Institute for Social Research publishes original essays and translations rooted in critical theory, Marxist analysis, and left political thought, covering thinkers like Adorno, Lukács, and Postone. A substantial archive of rigorous theoretical writing explores topics from Council Communism and reification to fascism, class composition, and the critique of identity politics.

A scholarly hub dedicated to the philosophy of religion, featuring reviews of key texts, profiles of philosophers, journal links, and an ongoing series where invited philosophers reflect on the nature and purpose of their field. Run by Dave Rohr, the site serves both academics and students with resources spanning events, positions, and comparative philosophy of religion.

Dr. Keith Korcz of the University of Louisiana compiled this comprehensive research guide linking to over 1,247 online papers in contemporary analytic epistemology, organized by subject and author. A scholarly resource covering theory of knowledge, justification, skepticism, foundationalism, and related topics, it also gathers course pages, bibliographies, encyclopedia articles, and epistemologists' homepages in one convenient index.

Grognor's blog 'Seeing into the True Nature' is a rationalist-adjacent personal blog exploring ethics, philosophy, and ideas through essays, dialogues, and anecdotes. Posts range from trolley problem thought experiments to reflections on logic and moral philosophy, with links to other rationalist blogs like Slate Star Codex and Overcoming Bias.

Polylog is an international academic journal dedicated to intercultural philosophy, fostering dialogue across cultural traditions on topics including comparative philosophy, interreligious questions, and multiculturalism. Published in multiple languages including Spanish and German, it features thematic essays, an anthology, archive, and a calendar of philosophical events.

Patrick Peccatte's French-language site explores the intersection of philosophy, computer science, and mathematics, with a particular focus on the demarcation between science and pseudoscience, the philosophy of mind, and quasi-empiricism in mathematics. Home to the full PDF text of his 1996 book 'La consistance rationnelle' and extensive commentary on the Sokal affair and thinkers like Wittgenstein, Putnam, and Searle.

Niplav's sprawling intellectual website covers forecasting, AI alignment, existential risk, mathematics, philosophy, and quantified self experiments in long-form essays that resist the blog format entirely. The site reads like a personal research compendium, with best-of lists, translations, transcriptions, media consumption logs, and original analysis across a wide range of rationalist and effective-altruism-adjacent topics.

Red Sails hosts politically engaged essays examining how mainstream media and pop culture suppress radical ideas, with 'The Swerve' by Nia Frome analyzing how stories like Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games systematically undercut their own revolutionary logic. The site publishes multilingual leftist theory and criticism, drawing connections between liberal philosophy, free speech doctrine, and the limits of pop culture radicalism.

An extensive reference site covering the full breadth of philosophy, organized by branch, historical period, school of thought, and individual philosopher. Visitors can explore everything from ancient Stoicism and Platonism to modern Existentialism and Post-Structuralism, with entries on hundreds of thinkers from Aristotle to Wittgenstein.

Kevin Halion's full academic thesis presents a rigorous defense of the distinction between normal and parasitic speech acts, engaging the famous philosophical debate between Jacques Derrida and John Searle over Austin's speech act theory. The work is organized into detailed chapters covering iterability, deconstruction, performatives, and the graphematic nature of language, making it a substantial scholarly resource for anyone studying philosophy of language.