Franklin & Marshall College

Guides to Writing Philosophy

• Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper
  Put together by Douglas Portmore (formerly at College of Charleston), contains references to guidebooks, other sources of online information.
• How You Should Write Philosophy Papers and How I Will Grade Them
  From Stephan Käufer at Franklin and Marshall College.
• Paper Writing Strategies for Introductory Philosophy Courses
  From Joe Cruz at Williams College.
• Writing Philosophy
  Put together by Peter Lipton (Cambridge), and provided by Professor Rob Clifton at the University of Pittsburgh.

Research: Electronic Texts

The F&M Library maintains a complete list of electronic resources. Important among these are:

• J-Stor (full-text articles)
• Past Masters
  Includes full text of:
  • Collected works of Aquinas
  • British Philosophy (1600-1900)
  • Continental Rationalists
• Project Muse
• Stanford's Online Encyclopedia of Philosophy (edited by Edward N. Zalta of Stanford) provides a number of interesting and informative articles on any number of topics. Among these are several by F&M faculty:
  • "Friendship," Bennett Helm
  • "Leibniz on the Problem of Evil," Michael Murray
  • "Love," Bennett Helm
  • "Philosophy and Christian Theology," Michael Murray
• Philosopher's Index (searchable database of philosophical journals and books since the 1940s)
• Humanities Abstracts (First Search)

Research: Indexes

• Humanities Abstracts (First Search)
• Philosopher's Index (searchable database of philosophical journals and books since the 1940s)
• PhilPapers.org (searchable database of papers in philosophy, many of which are accessible online)