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Supplemental links and information to be referenced throughout the semester.

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PHILOSOPHY LINKS

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This is the most reliable encyclopedia-style resource you can find for philosophy. It's an excellent tool to find out more about philosophers and philosophical concepts or theories. It is not to be used as a primary source in papers, but it may be referenced in small ways, such as clearing up a definition.

Philosophical Terms and Methods
This is a site written by Jim Pryor, a philosophy professor at NYU. His overview of several different core concepts in philosophy is a useful resource if you're taking your first (or second, or third) philosophy course.

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PODCAST LINKS

Philosophy Bites 
Main site: http://philosophybites.com/
Episodes tagged as “ethics”: http://philosophybites.com/ethics/
Episodes tagged as “bio-ethics”: http://philosophybites.com/bio-ethics/
The middle column of this website is like a blog, posting brief entries with links to the most recent episodes of Philosophy Bites. On the left, if you scroll down, there is a Search box, and down further, there is a Category cloud, where you can click on a category and then see the episodes that fit in with that category. The ones in the “Ethics” and “Bio-ethics” categories may be the ones of most interest for this course, but students are welcome to explore other categories as well.

Philosopher’s Pipe 
Main site: http://philosopherspipe.com/
This site collects together philosophy podcasts from various sources, including Philosophy Bites. These are also categorized, but some of them may be from podcasts that are not as well produced or as well established as Philosophy Bites.



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WRITING LINKS

Quoting and Paraphrasing
This page is from Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab), which is an incredibly useful resource for doing academic writing. This page in particular goes over the tricky business of giving your sources their proper credit, whether you're directly using their words (quoting) or indirectly conveying their thoughts (paraphrasing). 
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