Dead Philosopher’s Carnival – Closing Call!

A brief note to remind those inclined to submit to the First Dead Philosopher’s Carnival - to be hosted here next week - that it would be most appreciated if they did so by tomorrow.

See here for details.

Editorial Considerations

We have been getting a reasonable amount of original posts on the blog, which is good, but I have concerns regarding the quality of some of these. I’m not asking for literary masterpieces, but I do have a few requests. (I know that some of the contributors don’t want to hear this but I am going to politely suggest this anyway. Please note that none of these requests apply to Ad hominem, I don’t care what you do there.)


The Editor requests that you please:

Try to spell words properly. I know this is hard, but I’ve taken criticism for poor spelling in the past, and I don’t see why anyone else should get away with it. This is not that difficult and I will expect contributors to attempt this, for the initial post at least.

Pay attention to sentence structure and grammar. If you read a sentence aloud and you sound like a gibbering idiot having an acid flashback, it probably needs to be re-written. This is an aim that is probably less achievable in philosophy, since sometimes things can get a bit convoluted.

Be clear on how you are using words. If you are using an obscure word (or a common word) in a non-standard or obscure way, please indicate that you are doing so.

Think about how this will look to other people. I am happy for people to use this site as a way to speculate in ways that may not be well received in our academic work. New and unusual ideas are good. But in terms of the quality, as opposed to the content, of posts, we could stand to do a little better. I have read 1st year tutorial papers (that are student’s first attempts at academic philosophy) that are better in many of the above respects than some of the contributions that we host. This is not right, as many of our contributors are honours students or graduates.

We are one of the few ways in which Philosophy at the University of Newcastle connects to the Web in a way that a broader audience will see. I don’t want to give the impression to outside visitors that this institution churns out philosophy graduates who are borderline illiterate.

-Sam Douglas.

Editorial Notice

This marks my final contribution to Dialectic as Editor. Samuel Douglas will act in the post until a new Editor is appointed. I am sure that Samuel, and the other Contributors, will continue to use Dialectic to promote intellectual and philosophical discourse.

It has been an interesting experience. I would like to think those many individuals whose work has made an appearance on this page.

Martin Hill.

Post Script - I will, for the foreseeable future, be contributing to Epideixis.

Open Forum

The Open Forum is intended to be a place where individuals can post questions they would like to see discussed on this Blog for Editorial consideration.

Once posted as a comment, the question will be reviewed by the Editors. If it is deemed suitable, the question will then be posted on the Blog for discussion. It is requested that individuals avoid discussing posts in this forum.

All questions are welcome.

[Members of the Club should note that they are invited to become Contributors, and make their own posts.]

Dialectic - Roll Of Editors

The Editor Of Dialectic is an office of The University Of Newcastle Philosophy Club, as set out in the Club's Constitution. Alongside the Dialectic blog, the Editor is also responsible for the Club journal Dialectic. The following roll lists the Editors from the commencement of the blog in 2005 onwards.

Founding Editor - January-November 2005

Martin Hill BA.

Editor - December 2005-

Samuel Douglas BA.

Contact Details

The University of Newcastle Philosophy Club and the Editors of Dialectic may be reached via

newcastlephilosophyclub at gmail dot com

The List of Philosophical Links

The philosophy related links, here collected, are the product of several years of web-trawling. For ease of searching they have been vaguely assorted alphabetically.

The compiler of this list washes his hands, after the fashion of Pontius Pilate, of any responsibility for the quality of the contents and the Club and Editors assume none. The list has been developed with full awareness of the dynamic nature of the Internet, and the open and democratic discussions that form its contents. The Editors also announce that they have no concern for maintaining this list, though if Parties feel like informing us that links are no longer operational, by posting comments to such an effect, we may be inclined to make modifications.

Further, the Editors invite others to contribute links to this list – our aim is to develop as extensive a catalogue as possible – by detailing links in comments. They would also like to state, Categorically, that no Blogs will be added to this particular list and apologise for any Blogs that have been added.

The Editors.


The List Of Philosophical Links (as 2nd of November 2007).

Baudrillard on the Web
Contretemps
Derrida Online
Daniel C. Dennett
David Brink
Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
Early Modern Texts
Ektopos
Ephilosopher
EpistemeLinks
Erratic Impact
Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS)
Michel Foucault Resources
Godel’s Theorems: An Introduction
Habermas Online
IJBS - International Journal of Baudrillard Studies
International Society For Philosophers
John Anderson
JESP - Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
LaTex for Logicians
Martin Heidegger Resources
Marx and Engle’s Writings
Marxists Internet Archive
Melbourne Philosophy
Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy
MindPapers
Morality, Ethics and Philosophy Resources
No Dogs or Philosophers Allowed Home Page
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Online Papers In Philosophy
Pathways to Philosophy
Perseus Digital Library
Peter Singer
Peter Singer Links
The Philosophers Carnival
Philosophers Imprint
Philosophiques
The Philosophers' Magazine
Philosophy Collection
Philosophy Documentation Centre
Philosophy In Cyberspace
Philosophy Now
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Talk
Plantinga Page
Postmodern Thought
Prisoner’s Dilemma
Radical Philosophy
Reason Papers
Sophists
Squashed Philosopher
St James Ethics Centre
Stanford Encyclopaedia Of Philosophy
Stephen Woflram
Sorties
The American Philosophical Association
The Bertrand Russell Archive
The Big Philosophical Internet Search Guide
The Cambridge Wittgenstein Archive
The Examined Life
The Fallacy Files
The Film and Philosophy Database
The Foucauldian
The Foucault Circle
The Hannah Arendt Papers (United States Library of Congress)
Ted Honderich
The International Association For Computing And Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopaedia Of Philosophy
The Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library
The Karl Popper Web
The Logical Fallacies
The Philosophical Lexicon
The President’s Council On Bioethics
The Realm Of Existentialism
The Royal Institute Of Philosophy
The Russellian Society
The Tanner Lectures On Human Values
The Wittgenstein Archive
The World Of Richard Dawkins
Truth Table Constructor
Voltaire’s Philosophical Dictionary
Walter Benjamin
Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language (so-called) Ultimate HomePage