Resources for further exploration within different disciplines
Science
Proceedings of the Friesian School Kelley L. Ross, of the Department of Philosophy at Los Angeles Valley College has developed an intriguing web site with essay links and materials on a range of sciences.
The History and Philosophy of Science Site This link takes you to a tutorial for anyone interested in learning how to do meaningful searching on the web. This might be a useful site to introduce to students as a guide for finding materials on science.
University of Central Florida An excellent site for links to many resources in different sciences.
Social Studies
Newswise - from the UK and available through subscription. Some materials are accessible directly.
Unicef’s Voices of Youth site offers information for young people are a range of topics of concern to the contemporary world citizen.
Under the purview of “social studies” we find a range of opportunities for philosophical reflection: philosophy of history, political philosophy, philosophy of human nature, questions of freedom, justice, ethics. If you wish to explore some foundational philosophical texts which connect to social studies, visit:
Plato’s Republic
Augustine’s City of God (excerpts)
Thomas Hobbes’ The Leviathan
John Locke Two Treatises of Government
Karl Marx The Communist Manifesto
Paul Halsall of Fordham University has developed a rich and detailed collection of historical texts from the Western tradition.
Visit his site: Internet History Sourcebook Project