Learning Resources Hub 🌍

Use this page as the "where do I go next?" map for trusted study material.

If You Want a Fast Start

• One reference: SEP or IEP.
• One course: Open Yale or MIT OCW.
• One weekly media item: BBC In Our Time or Wireless Philosophy.
• One written output: add notes in docs/reviews/core-book-reviews.md.

Quick Use Guide

1. Start with Foundational Reference for accurate definitions.
2. Pick one Lecture/Course for structured learning.
3. Add one Documentary/Audio source for context and retention.
4. Track your weekly output in docs/reviews/core-book-reviews.md.
5. Use docs/resources/media-watchlists.md for level-based media picks.
6. Use docs/resources/access-alternatives.md for region/language fallback paths.

Foundational Reference (High Reliability)

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP): plato.stanford.edu
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP): iep.utm.edu
• PhilPapers (research discovery): philpapers.org
• Perseus Digital Library (primary classical texts): perseus.tufts.edu

Courses and Lecture Series 🎓

• Open Yale Courses - Death (Shelly Kagan): oyc.yale.edu/death/phil-176
• Open Yale Courses portal: oyc.yale.edu
• MIT OpenCourseWare (philosophy catalog): ocw.mit.edu philosophy search
• Open Culture free philosophy courses: Open Culture philosophy courses

Documentary, Audio, and Video Picks 🎬

• BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time: Philosophy archive: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01f0vzr
• Crash Course Philosophy playlist: YouTube playlist
• Wireless Philosophy channel: YouTube @WirelessPhilosophy
• Philosophy Tube channel: YouTube @PhilosophyTube

Primary Text and Source Access 📚

• Project Gutenberg (public-domain classics): gutenberg.org
• Internet Archive (scans and editions): archive.org
• Wikisource (public-domain source texts): en.wikisource.org

Image and Visual Study Sources 🖼️

• Wikimedia Commons (philosopher portraits): commons.wikimedia.org
• The MET Open Access collection: metmuseum.org/art/collection
• Europeana (cultural archives): europeana.eu

Resource Quality Rules

• Prefer university, encyclopedia, or publisher-backed sources.
• When using YouTube, favor channels with clear citations and lecturer identity.
• For claims that are disputed, cross-check SEP/IEP before adding notes.
• Add links that are stable and likely to remain available.

Maintenance Reminder

• Recheck links quarterly.
• Replace dead links with equivalent quality sources and log the update in PR notes.
• Latest verification log: docs/resources/source-freshness-log.md.