Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Infobox website The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) is a freely available online philosophy resource published and maintained by Stanford University, encompassing both an online encyclopedia of philosophy and peer-reviewed original publication.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite journal</ref> Each entry is written and maintained by an expert in the field, including professors from many academic institutions worldwide.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref> Authors contributing to the encyclopedia give Stanford University the permission to publish the articles, but retain the copyright to those articles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Approach and history

As of August 5, 2022, the SEP has 1,774 published entries. Apart from its online status, the encyclopedia uses the traditional academic approach of most encyclopedias and academic journals to achieve quality by means of specialist authors selected by an editor or an editorial committee that is competent (although not necessarily considered specialists) in the field covered by the encyclopedia and peer review.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The encyclopedia was created in 1995 by Edward N. Zalta,<ref name=":2" /> with the explicit aim of providing a dynamic encyclopedia that is updated regularly, and so does not become dated in the manner of conventional print encyclopedias.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The charter for the encyclopedia allows for rival articles on a single topic to reflect reasoned disagreements among scholars. Initially, the SEP was developed with U.S. public funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. A long-term fundraising plan to preserve open access to the encyclopedia is supported by many university libraries and library consortia. These institutions contribute under a plan devised by the SEP in collaboration with the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, the International Coalition of Library Consortia, and the Southeastern Library Network, with matching funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.<ref name=":1" />

The logo depicts the initials of SEP in the shape of The Thinker, an original copy of which is co-owned by Stanford and which features across the university's iconography and culture.<ref>"Hmmm . . . Where Did He Go?" Stanford Magazine, April 2002. Retrieved 2024.</ref>

See also

• Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Nelson's Perpetual Loose Leaf Encyclopaedia
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• List of online encyclopedias

External links

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• Official mirror websites:
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy mirror from the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the University of Amsterdam
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy mirror from University of Sydney Library