Getting started
These suggested resources can be used as a starting point for your research. During your class visit to Linderman Library, you will work with some of the rare material relevant to Decartes and Newton research. If you have any questions or need reference help, please contact Heather Simoneau, the Humanities Librarian.
Recommended Resources
The Cambridge Companion to Descartes by Call Number: 194 C178ISBN: 0521366232Publication Date: 1992-09-28
The Routledge Guidebook to Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy by ISBN: 9781317754855Publication Date: 2014-07-11
- PhilPapers This link opens in a new windowAn open source index of research in the field of philosophy. Some full text articles are available.
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive This link opens in a new windowFull text of scholarly journals, beginning with the very first issue of each title. Primarily humanities and social sciences titles.
- Archiv für Geschichte der PhilosophieCall Number: 105 A672
- British journal for the history of philosophyCall Number: 105 B862
- Studies in history and philosophy of scienceCall Number: 505 S933
- Journal of the history of ideasCall Number: 051 J86s
- The Newton Project"The Newton Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing in full an online edition of all of Sir Isaac Newton’s (1642–1727) writings — whether they were printed or not. The edition presents a full (diplomatic) rendition featuring all the amendments Newton made to his own texts or a more readable (normalised) version."
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy"The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work."
Humanities Librarian
Heather Simoneau
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