{"id":2425,"date":"2013-02-06T22:13:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2018\/12\/09\/2423-revision-v1\/"},"modified":"2019-09-27T00:19:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T00:19:47","slug":"philosophy-readings-through-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/02\/06\/philosophy-readings-through-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy readings through time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 2px 6px 4px; color: #555555; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 2px solid #dddddd; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Editorial notes<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<em>In February 2013, Shai adds\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evernote\">Evernote<\/a>\u00a0to his suite of repositories. This is an application designed specifically for note-taking, organising, task lists and archiving. This proves to be the ideal tool for him to better control his ever-growing research notes, stored primarily up to this point, in handwritten notebooks and documents stored in his Google drive.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\nBetween February 2013 and January 2015, Shai uses Evernote to document\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/all-posts\/evernote-entries\/?order=asc\">128 entries<\/a>. <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\nThe post below is significant for a number of reasons:<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n1. It lists a wide range of philosophical books Shai had read over a period of nearly 16 months (between March 2013 and May 2014), starting with early Greek philosophy and ending with what Shai refers to as \u201ccontemporary philosophers\u201c.<br \/>\n2. It is the first mention Shai makes of his idea of developing a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/content-categories\/bibliom\/\">Bibliom<\/a><\/strong>, a term which recurs 4 more times in <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/content-categories\/bibliom\/\">future posts<\/a>. The term is originally coined to describe a complete body of text, and in using the term here, Shai is likely referring to his intention to create lists representing the ultimate reading references in any particular domain, in this case, <strong>Philosophy<\/strong>. In later posts, Shai refers also to his intention to develop a <strong>Literature<\/strong> Bibliom.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div>Here are listed the books I&#8217;ve read in philosophy, ordered (almost) by date, and thus benefiting the effort of the <strong>Philosophy Bibliome<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I had begun adding &#8220;IEP<a href=\"#_ftnI\" name=\"_ftnrefI\"><sup>[I]<\/sup><\/a> and SEP<a href=\"#_ftnII\" name=\"_ftnrefII\"><sup>[II]<\/sup><\/a> entries&#8221;\u00a0[07.01.14], and further references and indication of notes [10.05.14].<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Pre-Socratics<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Early Greek Philosophy: J. Barnes<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>A History of Greek Philosophy I: W.K.C. Guthrie<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>A History of Greek Philosophy II: W.K.C. Guthrie<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Diogenes of Sinope: L.E. Navia<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Socrates<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>A History of Greek Philosophy III: W.K.C. Guthrie<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Plato<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>A Companion to Plato: H.H. Benson<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Apology: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Charmides: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Crito: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Euthyphro: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Gorgias: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Ion: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Laches: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Lysis: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Meno: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Phaedrus: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Protagoras: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Republic: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Symposium: Plato<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Plato&#8217;s Theory of Ideas: W.D. Ross<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Aristotle<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>A New Aristotle Reader: Aristotle<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Aristotle: VSI: Barnes<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Lucretius<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>The Swerve: S. Greenblatt<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Nature of Things: Lucretius<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Cicero<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Offices\u00a0(with Friendship\u00a0and Old Age): Cicero<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Seneca<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Letters from a Stoic: Seneca<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Medieval<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Augustine: S. Cooper<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Medieval Thought: D. Luscombe<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Renaissance Philosophy: B.P. Copenhaver<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Montaigne:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Montaigne: P. Burke<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Early Modern<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>The Empiricists: R. Woolhouse<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Rationalists: J. Cottingham<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Hobbes<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Thomas Hobbes: A. Martinich<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Descartes<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>A Companion to Descartes: J. Broughton<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius: A.C. Grayling<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Selected Philosophical Writings: Descartes<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Malebranche<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>IEP\u00a0and SEP\u00a0entries<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Spinoza<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza: D. Garrett<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Locke<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Locke: E.J. Lowe<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>IEP and SEP\u00a0entries<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Shaftesbury<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>IEP and SEP entries<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Clarke<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>SEP\u00a0entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Vico 1668-1744<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Vico:\u00a0SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Wolff 1679-1754<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Wolff: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Notes: <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/11\/29\/friday-november-29-2013\/\" shape=\"rect\">Friday November 29, 2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/11\/26\/tuesday-november-26-2013\/\" shape=\"rect\">Tuesday November 26, 2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/11\/25\/monday-november-25-2013\/\" shape=\"rect\">Monday November 25, 2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/11\/15\/dear-diary-friday-november-15-2013\/\" shape=\"rect\">Friday November 15, 2013<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Montesquieu 1689-1755<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Montesquieu: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Hutcheson 1694-1746<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Hutcheson:\u00a0SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Hartley 1705-1759<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Hartley:\u00a0SEP\u00a0entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>La Mettrie 1709-1751<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Man a Machine: La Mettrie\u00a0(trans. J Bennett)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Reid 1710-1796<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Reid: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Hume 1711-1776<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Hume<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Rousseau 1712-1788<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>A Lasting Peace through the Federation of Europe, and The State of War: Rousseau<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Social Contract: Rousseau<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Online:<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Rousseau: IEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Rousseau: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Condillac 1714-1780<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Condillac: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Notes: <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/11\/18\/condillac\/\" shape=\"rect\">Condillac<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Holbach 1723-1789<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Holbach: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Notes:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/11\/08\/paul-henri-thiry-baron-dholbach\/\" shape=\"rect\">Friday November 8, 2013<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Kant 1724-1804<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?: Kant<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Kant&#8217;s Transcendental Idealism: H. Allison<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Kant&#8217;s Theory of Knowledge: G. Dicker<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Kant and Skepticism: M.N. Forster<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>A Companion to Kant: B. Graham<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Kantian Humility: R. Langton<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Kant: the Three Critiques: A. Ward<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Kant: A.W. Wood<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics: Kant<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Online:<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Kant&#8217;s Aesthetics: IEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Kant&#8217;s Aesthetics &amp; Teleology: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Kantian Sublime and the Revelation of Freedom: NDPR<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Notes:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2014\/05\/15\/kants-third-critique\/\" shape=\"rect\">Kant&#8217;s Third Critique<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Mendelssohn 1729-1786<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Mendelssohn: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Mendelssohn: In Our Times podcast<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Burke 1729-1797<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origins of Our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful: Burke<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents: Burke<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Online:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Burke: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet: Jesse Norman MP @ RSA lecture<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Notes: Everything2 drafts (<a href=\"http:\/\/everything2.com\/user\/cpt_ahab\/writeups\/A+Philosophical+Enquiry+into+the+Origin+of+Our+Ideas+of+the+Sublime+and+Beautiful\" shape=\"rect\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/everything2.com\/user\/cpt_ahab\/writeups\/A+Philosophical+Enquiry+into+the+Origin+of+Our+Ideas+of+the+Sublime+and+Beautiful+%25232\" shape=\"rect\">2<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Hamann 1730-1788<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Hamann: IEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Paine 1737-1809<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>The Rights of Man: Paine<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Age of Reason: Paine<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Online:\u00a0Paine: SEP\u00a0entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Notes:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2014\/05\/01\/thomas-paine\/\" shape=\"rect\">Thomas Paine<\/a>, and some in small blue notebook.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Bentham 1748-1832<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation: Bentham<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Bentham: J.R. Dinwiddy<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Panopticon Writings: Bentham<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Online:\u00a0Bentham: IEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Notes: <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/12\/17\/tuesday-december-17-2013\/\" shape=\"rect\">Tuesday December 17, 2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2013\/12\/15\/sunday-december-15-2013\/\" shape=\"rect\">Sunday December 15, 2013<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Wollstonecraft 1759-1797<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:\u00a0Wollstonecraft<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman:\u00a0Wollstonecraft<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Online:\u00a0Wollstonecraft: SEP entry<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Hegel 1770-1831<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Hegel: F.C. Beiser<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>*\u00a0Hegel: Charles Taylor<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>*\u00a0Hegel&#8217;s &#8216;Phenomenology of Spirit&#8217;: Stephen Houlgate<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>*\u00a0Phenomenology of Spirit: Hegel<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Notes: See &#8220;Index for notes on Hegel&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Schopenhauer<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>The Philosophy of Schopenhauer: B. Magee<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason: Schopenhauer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Marx<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Marx: VSI: P. Singer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The Communist Manifesto: Marx &amp; Engels<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Mill, JS 1806-1873<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>IEP and SEP entries<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>John Stuart Mill: W. Stafford<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>On Liberty: Mill<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Frege<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Frege: J. Weiner<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Husserl<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Edmund Husserl: M.A. Natanson<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Husserl: A Guide for the Perplexed: M. Russell<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The New Husserl: D. Welton<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Husserl&#8217;s Phenomenology: D. Zahavi<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Wittgenstein<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Wittgenstein&#8217;s Conception of Philosophy: K.T. Fann<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Nietzsche<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Friedrich Nietzsche: L. Spinks<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Heidegger<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Heidegger: R.F.H. Polt<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Russell<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Bertrand Russell: A.J. Ayer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Russell: VSI: A.C. Grayling<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>In Praise of Idleness: Russell<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Contemporary<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Philosophy of Art: N. Carroll<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Definitions of Art: S. Davies<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Five Moral Problems: U. Eco<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Philosophy of the Arts: G. Graham<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Practical Ethics: P. Singer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Rethinking Life and Death: P. Singer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:2px;border-color:#2341f8\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnrefI\" name=\"_ftnI\"><sup>[I]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0<em>&#8220;The\u00a0Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy\u00a0(<strong>IEP<\/strong>) is a scholarly\u00a0online encyclopedia, dealing with\u00a0philosophy,\u00a0philosophical\u00a0topics, and\u00a0philosophers. The IEP combines\u00a0open access\u00a0publication with\u00a0<\/em>peer-reviewed<em>\u00a0publication of original papers. <\/em>Contribution<em> is generally by invitation, and contributors are recognized and leading international specialists within their field.&#8221; For further details see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iep.utm.edu\/home\/about\/\">https:\/\/www.iep.utm.edu\/home\/about\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnrefII\" name=\"_ftnII\"><sup>[II]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0<em>&#8220;The\u00a0Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy\u00a0(<strong>SEP<\/strong>) combines an\u00a0online encyclopedia\u00a0of\u00a0philosophy\u00a0with <\/em>peer-reviewed<em> publication of original papers in philosophy, freely accessible to Internet users. It is maintained by\u00a0Stanford University. Each entry is written and maintained by an expert in the field, including\u00a0professors\u00a0from many academic institutions worldwide. Authors contributing to the encyclopedia give Stanford University the permission to publish the articles, but retain the\u00a0copyright\u00a0to those articles.&#8221; For further details see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanford_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanford_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/about.html\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/about.html<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial notes: In February 2013, Shai adds\u00a0Evernote\u00a0to his suite of repositories. This is an application designed specifically for note-taking, organising, task lists and archiving. 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