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| Producer | Centre for Digital Philosophy at theUniversity of Western Ontario (Canada) |
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| History | 2009–present |
| Access | |
| Cost | Free |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Philosophy |
| Record depth | Index and abstract |
| Format coverage | Journals, books, open access archives, and personal web pages |
| Geospatial coverage | Worldwide |
| Links | |
| Website | philpapers |
| Title list(s) | philpapers |
PhilPapers is an interactive academic database ofjournal articles inphilosophy.[1] It is maintained by the Centre for Digital Philosophy at theUniversity of Western Ontario, and as of 2022,[update] it has "394,867 registered users, including the majority of professional philosophers and graduate students".[2] The general editors are its founders,David Bourget andDavid Chalmers.[2]
PhilPapers receives financial support from other organizations, including a substantial grant in early 2009 from theJoint Information Systems Committee in theUnited Kingdom.[3] The archive is praised for its comprehensiveness and organization,[4] and for its regular updates.[5] In addition to archiving papers, the editors run and publish the most extensive ongoing survey of academic philosophers.[6]
| Producer | Philosophy Documentation Center |
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| History | 2011–2014 (consolidated withPhilPapers) |
| Languages | English, German, French, Spanish, and other western languages |
| Access | |
| Providers | Philosophy Documentation Center |
| Cost | Subscription with limited preview |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Philosophy |
| Record depth | Index |
| Format coverage | Books. Journal, Dissertations, other documents |
| Temporal coverage | 1450-current |
| Geospatial coverage | international |
| No. of records | 1.3 million + |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
ThePhilosophy Research Index was established as an indexing database containing bibliographic information on philosophical publications in several western languages. It contained listings for a range of philosophical publications, including books, anthologies, scholarly journals, dissertations, and other documents.[7] The first version of the database was launched by thePhilosophy Documentation Center in 2011[8] after a multi-year planning and development process, with technical support from Makrolog Content Management. It was established to build systematic coverage of philosophical literature in several languages in a manner that could be sustained for the long term. The database provides faceted searching, automatic translation and social networking functionality, and a visual time line for the display of search results, as well as OpenURL linking to fulltext resources. Philosophical topics covered includeaesthetics,epistemology,ethics,history of philosophy,logic,metaphysics,philosophy of language,philosophy of religion,philosophy of science,political philosophy, andsocial philosophy.
In July 2014 PDC partnered with the PhilPapers Foundation. All data in the Philosophy Research Index was consolidated into the PhilPapers database. The Philosophy Research Index ceased be available as a separate resource once commitments to its customers was fulfilled.[9]