OER Resources - Philosophy
Open Textbooks
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BC Open Textbooks Links to an external site.The B.C. Open Textbook Project provides textbooks including Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking, The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy, and Modern Philosophy.
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Internet Archive - Philosophy Links to an external site.Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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MERLOT Links to an external site.MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.
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A Modern Formal Logic Primer - UC Davis Links to an external site.Authored by Dr. Paul Teller at UC Davis, Volume I presents sentence logic. Volume II, Part 1 lays out predicate logic; Part 2 introduces metatheory.
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OER Commons Links to an external site.OER Commons provides a curated collection of textbooks and resources for studies in Philosophy.
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Open Textbook Library Links to an external site.Browse a wide selection of textbooks on philosophy.
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Project Gutenberg - Philosophy Bookshelf Links to an external site.Project Gutenberg offers thousands of free ebooks. Books can be searched by title or by category.
Courses and Videos
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Academic Earth - Philosophy Links to an external site.Academic Earth provides resources to open courses, journals/trade magazines, grants and scholarships, internships, and student and professional memberships.
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Coursera Links to an external site.Every course on Coursera is taught by top instructors from the world’s best universities and educational institutions. Courses include recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments, and community discussion forums.
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Crash Course Series: Philosophy Links to an external site.In this crash course series on YouTube Hank Green begins to teach you about Philosophy by discussing the historical origins of philosophy in ancient Greece, and its three main divisions: metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory.
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Future Learn - Philosophy Links to an external site.Explore the fascinating work of philosopher Ramon Llull or explore the philosophy of technology and mediation theory, focused on design.
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Khan Academy - Philosophy Links to an external site.Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
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MIT Open Courseware Links to an external site.MIT Open Courseware offers and extensive series of online philosophy courses. Courses generally include lecture videos, assignments, exams, and more.
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Open Culture - Philosophy Links to an external site.Get free Philosophy courses from the world's leading universities. You can download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player.
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Open Learn - Philosophy Links to an external site.Open Learn provides ten free courses such as "Introducing philosophy," "Philosophy: The nature of persons," "Minds and mental phenomena: An introduction," and "Introducing consciousness."
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Open Yale Courses Links to an external site.The Department of Philosophy at Yale offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses in various traditions of philosophy, with strengths and a well-established reputation in the history of philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of art as well as other central topics.
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Philosophy & Ethics - edX Links to an external site.Study the philosophy of god, political ethics and more with in-depth online courses from leading institutions.
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TED ED: Lessons Worth Sharing - Philosophy Links to an external site.Create and share lessons around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk or YouTube Video.
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TED Talks: Philosophy Links to an external site.TED Talks are short videos on a variety of current topics and controversies.
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University Videos Links to an external site.This Digital Library portal contains the metadata of the YouTube Channels of the world's Top Universities.
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YouTube - Philosophy Links to an external site.A collection of educational videos posted on YouTube.
Additional Resources
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Internet Archive: Digital Library Links to an external site.Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more
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Memrise - Philosophy Links to an external site.Uses images and audio to help memorize vocabulary. Interactive site that saves individual progress.