The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a not-for-profit, ad free, public access IEP founded in 1995. This site incurs over a million visitors per month, and 20 million page views per year; employing around 30 editors and approximately 300 authors, each professors with doctoral degrees from English speaking countries around the world. The current general editors are, James Fieser of the University of Tennessee at Martin and Bradley Dowden From California State University at Sacramento.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy contains scholarly peer-reviewed information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of academic philosophy; from Sigmund Freud, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Plato to an article I read on Daoist philosophy, detailing the history of Daoism and its practices. The articles are written to be understood by advanced undergraduate students seeking information regarding the philosophical subject matters discussed. Submissions to the site go through a rigorous review process identical to that of printed philosophy. Articles submitted first go through an area editor who evaluates the articles initial quality. The works then are read by at least two referees per article. If the works pass this revision process, then a recommendation is sent to the author who then publishes the articles onto the site.
The site is accessible via the IEP: https://www.iep.utm.edu/. Once you have established a connection to this website, the information is accessible alphabetically, displayed horizontally across the top of the page, or by key-word search, located in the middle of the home page. After you have chosen your method of research and either typed key words or selected a letter of the alphabet, the names of the articles searched are presented alphabetically from top to bottom. Upon selecting an article, the research is all brought onto one page and you are given a table of contents to navigate the information presented. This information may contain anything from a bibliography to contemporary interpretations. Overall, the website is organized in a comprehensible manner, avoiding visual clutter for the user’s convenience.
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, https://www.iep.utm.edu/m/.
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