Critical Thinking Resources in Philosophy

Longview Community College, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Critical Thinking
Across the
Curriculum Project

Philosophy Resources in Critical Thinking

Contributed by: Ray Porter and Michael Connelly

Selecting resources in Philosophy which specifically deal with critical thinkingis a very difficult task, not because there isn't much, but rather because the very activity of doing philosophy involves critical thinking on a wide variety of subjects. In order to organize the resources in an intelligible way, we have decided to group them under the general topic areas covered in the typical Introductory Philosophy class. Resources under Logic can be found in the Core resources section of the Critical Thinking Home page.

Resources particular to Ethics or Moral Philosophy:

(Be aware that these sites often have an agenda to push - which may be explicit in the information provided or may be hidden - beware of what you read!)

Capital Punishment resources- information sites and discussions
Human Rights Issues: (This is the PANOS web site )

Here is a list of Links complied by Dey Alexander for his Philosophy 1070 course at Monash University:

Other Animals

Abortion & Infanticide

Euthanasia

Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics Bibliography

Links to general Philosophical resources:

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Check out the page under the heading 'Department sites' for other link lists.

Resources particular to Political Philosophy:

Political Theory: here is a site which provides access to information on classical, modern and contemporary political theorists. Web pages with biographical information on political philosophers (e.g.-Plato, Hobbes, etc.) and access to complete works are available. There are also links to other Internet resources dealing with politics. (Note: Since the time this link was established, the server has moved and no forwarding address was left. I will try to find another way to the information in the near future. ed)

Propoganda analysis: How to tell when the information supplied by the Government is really just Propaganda:

Propoganda toc

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