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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.

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.

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.

Josh Thompson's personal scratch pad digs into urban economics, zoning laws, land use policy, and walkable city design, drawing on works like Marie-Agnes and Alain Bertaud's 'Order Without Design' and Christopher Alexander's 'A Pattern Language'. The site blends thoughtful analysis of city planning failures with street-level illustrations of pedestrian path patterns, making dense policy topics surprisingly approachable.

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.

The Pragmatism Cybrary, curated by John Shook, is a comprehensive reference hub dedicated to the American philosophical movement of pragmatism, covering its history from the 1870s Metaphysical Club through contemporary thinkers. Visitors can explore detailed profiles of classical and recent pragmatists from Charles Peirce and William James to Cornel West and Susan Haack, alongside links to research centers, scholarly societies, and related archives.

Philosophers.co.uk is a reference guide covering the history of philosophy from ancient Greek and Roman thinkers through to contemporary philosophers, with individual pages dedicated to figures like Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Confucius. It traces how philosophical traditions emerged across both Eastern and Western civilizations, making it a useful starting point for anyone curious about the origins of human thought.

Kevin C. Klement's scholarly project presents Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in a carefully typeset side-by-side-by-side format, placing the original German alongside both major English translations for easy comparison. Available in multiple formats including PDF, HTML, and ePub, this edition is notably more accurate than most online versions and includes Russell's introduction and a hyperlinked index.

A minimalist under-construction personal site whose title references Descartes' classic philosophical progression from doubt to thought to existence. The site participates in the Hotline Webring and the No AI Webring, suggesting a creator invested in old-web culture and independent internet spaces.

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.