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Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base

Categorized by history, subject and author, this meta-index integrates text resources with the best online resources. Based upon visitor participation, the Philosophy Research Base serves as both a study guide and a platform for a wide variety of community services for students and teachers in philosophy and related subjects. All those interested in the study of philosophy are welcome to explore the Philosophy Research Base!

Erratic Impact began in 1997 as a research tool for students enrolled in philosophy courses at Villanova University, Danne Polk, Instructor. The site was opened to the public on January 15, 1999.

Designed and maintained by Danne Polk, (with suggestions and much appreciated help from several friends, former students and colleagues) Erratic Impact is dedicated to students and teachers of philosophy worldwide.

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• harmonicity.com -- Music Theory
• ecofeminism.net -- Ecofeminist Philosophy
• causticity.com -- Political Philosophy
• panphobia.com -- Fear & Phobias
• queertheory.com -- Queer Theory
• contrapose.com -- Writing Resources
• philosophy-books.com -- Books & Reviews

We at Erratic Impact love philosophy. Thus, it is our goal to make the study of philosophy easy and enjoyable by combining the best online resources with the most extensive text resources available.

We also love books! Thus, it is our goal to use the internet to promote new (as well as established) authors in philosophy and related fields. We want to help students and teachers find your work.

And, we cherish communication. Let us know how we might improve our service.  Let us know what authors you want represented on our pages. Let us know if you need assistance in finding resources both online and offline.  We're here to help!

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Erratic Impact's family of web sites is in constant flux. We build and rebuild the sites as web standards evolve, attempting to keep up with the current standards set out by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

The current version of this web site is written in XHTML 1.0 transitional, using Cascading Stylesheets (CCS2), and ColdFusion MX server technology. Some pages also utilize Flash.

Many of the pages in the featured webs are out of date. We are slowly working through the site, but updating is extremely slow.

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All visitors with an interest in doing online research are welcome to Erratic Impact's family of web sites. But please understand that your use any web page within Erratic Impact's family of web sites is subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

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This privacy statement was written to explain in what cases we will request certain types of personal information from our visitors -- e.g. name and email address -- and what we do to insure the safekeeping of that information.

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We are looking for quality articles, between 1000 and 5000 words in length to promote on all topics pertaining to the worldwide traditions in philosophy.

Email us with details at webmaster [AT] erraticimpact [DOT] com

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