~ Early Web Links ~

Zero Contradictions is a sprawling personal philosophy compendium built by a thinker who goes by the same name, blending original essays with curated links to influential works across epistemology, axiology, evolution, anthropology, and more. The site aims to construct the most internally consistent rational philosophy possible, covering everything from theories of knowledge to proposed improvements to measurement standards.

A critical analysis project examining intellectual property law, copyright, patents, and trademarks through a skeptical lens, inspired by Mark Getty's provocative quote framing IP as the 'oil of the 21st century.' The site explores conflicts around digital rights management, the war on piracy, and corporate control of information with philosophical depth and sharp wit.

Voice of the Shuttle (VoS), maintained by the University of California Santa Barbara English Department, is a comprehensive academic web directory dedicated entirely to philosophy resources. It catalogs hundreds of links spanning individual philosophers from Anaxagoras to Derrida, philosophical fields, modern movements, journals, conferences, course syllabi, and professional associations.

Principia Cybernetica Web is the online home of an international academic project that attempts to build a comprehensive philosophical world-view grounded in evolutionary cybernetics and systems theory. With over two thousand pages covering epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, memetics, the Global Brain concept, and collaborative knowledge networks, it stands as one of the most ambitious philosophy-meets-cybernetics resources on the old web.

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.

The Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) has maintained this resource hub since 1972, supporting and promoting women in academic philosophy through newsletters, divisional meetings, and conference coordination. Visitors will find course syllabi, reading lists, statistics on women in philosophy, feminist philosophy journals, and links to graduate programs, making it an essential reference for feminist philosophy scholars and students.

Philosophy Pages, created by Garth Kemerling, is a comprehensive study aid for students of Western philosophy, featuring a dictionary of philosophical terms, a history timeline, profiles of major philosophers, and an introduction to logic. The site is heavily interlinked throughout its many sections, making it easy to explore the tradition from ancient to contemporary thought.

SquirrelInHell is a thoughtful Blogspot blog exploring rationality, cognitive patterns, mental models, and unconventional ideas about human behavior and gender. Posts reference figures like Scott Alexander and touch on AI safety, personal growth frameworks, and philosophical observations that aim to push beyond conventional wisdom.

Run by 'Sister Y', The View from Hell is a thought-provoking blog exploring antinatalism, consciousness, human universals, and the philosophy of existence, anchored by an extensive curated reading list of core and peripheral texts. The site draws on works by David Benatar, Thomas Ligotti, Julian Jaynes, and Jonathan Haidt to build a framework around questions of meaning, suffering, and whether life should be created at all.

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.