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General Links

Below are links to sites of interests for the lectures and course material for my various courses.  There are some things I would like to note here by way of cautionary notes:

Practical Suggestions For Link Use:
Fair warning about the links, the links in this page are not to resources that I have created or that I control.  Nor are the opinions expressed necessarily in agreement with my own.  Pages for the various links may disappear without notice.  If you find a broken link or would like to suggest a link, e-mail me.

Free Stuff

Office Suites

Open Office: Sun Microsystems has developed this open source office suite that is compatible with microsoft office. The software is free and governed by the GNU agreement.

http://www.java.com/en/download/openoffice.jsp

 

StarSuite 9 Beta for Windows: This is the beta for Sun Microsystems' open source office suite that is compatible with microsoft office. This version is targeted at vista 32 and 64-bit OS. The software is free and governed by the GNU agreement.

http://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewFilteredProducts-SingleVariationTypeFilter

 

Google docs: Google has a beta of it’s web-based free office suite. Like Sun’s the Google is compatible with Microsoft Office. You can run all of the functions through your browser (see browsers below), including presentations. You can also import Microsoft files and export your files into Microsoft office for saving on your computer.

http://docs.google.com/#all

 

Browsers

Firefox is a well-known and highly functional browser that is GNU open source and free. The latest version is 3.0. Mozilla also makes a very good e-mail management opensource package called Thunderbird.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.1&os=win&lang=en-US

 

Google Chrome is Google’s new browser beta for windows (macs soon). It has been written from scratch–sort of--to minimize the resources it consumes and maximize speed, stability, and security.  Chrome lacks full java functionality, and many of the more subtle options of other browsers but will eventually be as robust as Explorer or Firefox. It does seem to me to be quite fast.

http://www.google.com/chrome

 

Operating Systems


All of the free operating systems are versions of Linux. Linux is a GNU regulated operating system that is, to be frank, about 1,000 more efficient than Windows or Mac OS. One version of the Linux OS consumes a mere 16MB of memory. However, Linux does not always have all of the best and whistles of the major operating systems, and compatibility can be a problem if you have no inclinations towards hacking. Having said that, I would note that Linux is actually one of the more popular server OS options for one simple reason: It’s MUCH faster and MUCH less resource intensive than any other OS. This popularity has spawned lots of development. I would strongly urge you to install Linux as a dual-boot OS on your computer, and discourage you from trying to install it as a replacement. Better yet, install it on your old computer and work out any bugs. I can pretty much guarantee that once you have Linux running on your old computer, it will outperform your new computer. I give you my candidates for the three best versions for novices below:

 

Debian works on Alpha, AMD64, ARM, HP's PA-RISC, x86, Intel IA-64 (Itanium), MIPS, PowerPC, IBM S/390, and Sun's SPARC architecture. The original founder of Debian is now the head OS strategist at Sun. The most recently released version, 4.0 was July of 2008.

http://www.debian.org/

Fedora works on x86, AMD64, and PowerPC. It is a GNU spin-off of Red Hat and usually has tons of cutting edge features. For instance, it has an automatic updater.

http://fedoraproject.org/

 

Solaris is Sun Microsystem’s open source version of the Linux operation system. They claim, “Solaris has the largest installed-base of any other commercial UNIX or Linux distribution on the planet.”

http://www.opensolaris.com/

 

General Philosophy Links

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

 

The Philosophers (bios)

 

   
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

 

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

 

   
Episteme Page

 

Dictionary of the Phil of Mind

 

Principa Cybernetica

 

American Philosophical Association

 

Matt McCormick's Page

 

Ethics Resource Center (business)

 

Ethics Update Page

 

Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind

 

Connectionist Epistemology

 

Derose Epistemology Page

 

UCS Epistemology Page

 

   

 

Ethics Links

Ethics Resource Center (business)

 

Ethics Update Page

 

The Institute For Global Ethics

 

The London Guide: Ethics Page

 

Ethics Bites

 

Utilitarianism

 

Applied Ethics Resources on The Web

 

Research Ethics Resources

 

Lenman Bibliography of Metaethics

 

CSULB Center For Applied Ethics

 

The Moral Psychology Research Group

 

Joshua Knobe's Page

 

Ron Mallon's Page

 

Shaun Nichols' Page

 

Steven Stich's Page

 

J.D. Trout's Page
Jonathan Haidt's Page 

 

 

 

Religion Links

   
Atheisms Page

 

The Skeptic's Annotated Bible

 

The Skeptics Annotated Quran

 

The Skeptic's Annotated Book of Mormon

 

American Atheists  

 

Atheist Nation
Wikipedia on Scientology

 

Natural History Mag's Intelligent Design Report
Wikipedia on Intelligent Design

 

New Yorker ID Article
Richard Dawkins' Page

 

Dan Dennett's Page 
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

 

   

 

Critical Thinking Links

Critical Thinking Resource Page  

 

Bayes Theorem Page

 

   
General link for Committee for  
the Scientific Investigation of
Claims of the Paranormal: CSICOP

 

The Amazing Randi's Web Site

 

 

   
Skeptic  Magazine  

 

The Skeptical Inquirer

 

   
US Dept. of Justice Crime Stats

 

Urban Legends Archive

 

Snopes

 

Tales of Herb Urban

 

   
News of the Weird

Quackwatch.com

  

   
Bad Science

 

Astrology Meets the World Results

 

This is True

 

 

 

 

Epistemology Links

Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind

 

Connectionist Epistemology

 

Derose Epistemology Page

 

UCS Epistemology Page

 

 

General Cognitive Science Links 

Human Evolution

 

MIT Encyclopedia of  Cognitive Science

 

FAQ on Evolutionary Psychology

 

Society For Philosophy and Psychology

 

Center for Evolutionary Psychology

 

Mind/Brain Resources

 

MIT Perceptual Science Group John Hopkins Department of Cognitive Science

 

Indiana Software Tutorials University of Buffalo Cognitive Science

 

Gasser's Connectionism Summary (Indiana University)

 

Francis Neural Network Basics

 

Neuroscience Links

The Brain Connection

 

Howard Hughes Senses Pages

 

Neuroscience for Kids

 

Occular Times Page

 

Washington University Neuroscience Tutorial

 

Brain Facts

 

The Visual Pathway

 

Visual Pathway Lesions

 

Sheep Brain Dissection for Memory

 

Second Visual Pathway Lesions

 

Atlas of the Sheep Brain

 

Driesen Vison Page

 

The Whole Brain Atlas

 

Brain Museum

Becoming Human