Research
Student Research
It’s not exactly research (as there will be no publication), but that didn’t stop Jake Weller ’11 from spending an entire school year in a geodesic dome he built himself. As a philosophy POE, Jake has always wanted to try a personal journey and, although he’s not getting any academic credit for his sojourn in the dome, his scholarship was endorsed by Juniata administration and covered by the New York Times. Before you check it out online, see what some of Jake’s colleagues have researched and presented below.
Aaron Adams ’12, “The Curse of Immortality: How Immortality Inhibits Practicing Death”
Michael Baker ’11, “I Think Therefore I Doubt: A Critical Examination of Descartes’ Cogito” and “What’s on your Mind? A Philosophical Inquiry into Facebook”
Kenneth Cherry ’10, “God or No God: The Existence of a Creator or Impossible Odds”
Tucker Good ’12, “The Meaningless Idea of Original Human Nature”
Jessica Kaplan-Bie ’13, “The Indispensible Tug-of-War”
Kenneth Noga ’11, “An Argument From Authenticity Against Full Virtual Immersion”
Alexander Weimer ’12, “Personal Identity as a Necessary Condition of Death”
Jake Weller ’11, “Epistemological Structures of Truth”
Faculty Research and Publications
- Xinli Wang
- Wade Roberts
Research Resources
Philosophy Associations
- The American Philosophical Association
- The Philosophy of Science Association
- The Association of Chinese Philosophers in America
- Links to other philosophy associations
Philosophy Research and Learning Tools
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- JC citation guide
- Noesis-Philosophical Research On-line
- Poiesis-Philosophy Online Serials
- General Philosophy Aides for Students
- Glossary of Philosophy
- How to write a philosophy paper:
Undergraduate Research:
Undergraduate Philosophy Journals,
Conferences, & Essay Contests
- National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
- Undergraduate Philosophy Journals, Conferences, & Essay Contests, by Earlham College
- 27 Student-related philosophy Journals, from EpistemeLinks
- 15 electronic Philosophy Journals presenting (wholly or mainly) student writing
- 27 Student Journals
- 14 Undergraduate Philosophy Journals , by Grand Valley State University
- Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, by Ball State University
Guides to Philosophy Sites
Guides to Graduate Studies in Philosophy
Philosophy Resources from Juniata College Library
The library guide to Philosophy
How to search for philosophy articles from the library for your research paper?
- Choose a topic and decide a tentative theme, and review related course material (especially the related philosophers' original works) on the topic.
- Search Philosopher's Index and/or Humanities Abstracts (from the library's website) to review the abstracts of the related papers on the topic (use the key word search function). Based on the abstracts, choose papers of interest.
- Locate the journals containing the full texts of the papers by searching from the library's A to Z Journals List for periodical titles that the library has (you can gain access to most journals electronically, and some are still in paper format).
Indexes and abstracts of Philosophy Journal Articles
- Philosopher's Index (please make sure to log out after your use since only one person can gain access to the database at any time) the primer and best philosophy index on the market. The list of all journals indexed (homepages, contact information)
- Humanities Abstracts : indexes Humanities literature (1984 - present). Subjects include: archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, food, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, space, world history, world literature.
- AH Search (FS): arts & Humanities Citation Index (1980 - present) Subjects include: Arts, humanities, & related social science & science information
- ArticleFirst (FS): index of articles from the contents pages of journals (1990 - present). Subjects include: business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social science, technology
- ATLA Religion: indexes international religious & theological literature (1949 - present). Subjects include: anthropology, business, history, law, medicine, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, theology
- WorldCatDissertations: indexes and abstracts of dissertations worldwide
Electronic Databases Containing Full-Text Philosophy Journals
- From JStor (abut 30 philosophy journals)
- From Blackwell Synergy (37)
- From Project Muse (22)
- From Pro Quest Research Library (about 60; not all are full text)
- From Science Direct (3)
- From Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega (about 20; Wilson Web; you need to search for the journals)
- Sage Journals (a few philosophy journals, including Philosophy, Politics, and Economics)
Full Text Journals on Science and Technology:
- British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
- British Journal for the History of Science
- Configuration
- Isis
- Philosophy of Science
- PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association
- Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A
- Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Issues in Science and Technology
- Perspectives on Science
- Science, Technology and Human Values
- Newsletter on Science, Technology, & Human Values
- Newsletter of the Program on Public Conceptions of Science
- Science & Technology Studies (4Review)
- Social Studies of Science (Science Studies)
- Science in Context
- Science and Society
