{{short description|Online philosophy encyclopedia and collection of peer-reviewed papers}} {{Italic title}} {{Infobox website | name = ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' | logo = Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert | logo_size = 250px | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | screenshot = | collapsible = | collapsetext = | background = | screenshot_size = | screenshot_alt = | caption = | url = {{Official URL}} | areas = | offices = | traded to date = | commercial = | type = [[Online encyclopedia]] of philosophy | registration = | language = | num_users = | content_license = | programming_language = | owner = The Metaphysics Research Lab, [[Center for the Study of Language and Information]], [[Stanford University]] | author = [[Edward N. Zalta]] | editor = {{Unbulleted list|[[Edward N. Zalta]]|Uri Nodelman}} | launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=no|1995}} | revenue = | alexa = | issn = 1095-5054 | oclc = 643092515 | current_status = | footnotes = }} The '''''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''''' ('''''SEP''''') is a free online [[philosophy]] resource published and maintained by [[Stanford University]], encompassing both an [[online encyclopedia]] of philosophy and [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] original publication.{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/480741/this-free-online-encyclopedia-has-achieved-what-wikipedia-can-only-dream-of/|title=This free online encyclopedia has achieved what Wikipedia can only dream of|last=Sonnad|first=Nikhil|website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]|date=21 September 2015 |language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}}{{Cite journal|last=Zalta|first=Edward|date=2006-09-01|title=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: A university/library partnership in support of scholarly communication and open access|journal=College & Research Libraries News|volume=67|issue=8|pages=502–504|doi=10.5860/crln.67.8.7670|issn=2150-6698|url=https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/download/7670/7670|doi-access=free}} Each entry is written and maintained by an expert in the field, including [[professor]]s from many [[Academic institution|academic institutions]] worldwide.{{Cite journal|last1=Allen|first1=Colin|last2=Jagodzinski|first2=Cecile|date=2013-11-04|title=From SEP to SEPIA: How and Why Indiana University is Helping the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|journal=Against the Grain|volume=18|issue=4|doi=10.7771/2380-176x.4919|issn=2380-176X|doi-access=free}} Authors contributing to the encyclopedia give Stanford University the permission to publish the articles, but retain the [[copyright]] to those articles.{{cite web|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/info.html#c|title=''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' Copyright Information|access-date=December 1, 2015}} ==Approach and history== As of August 5, 2022, the ''SEP'' has 1,774 published entries. Apart from its online status, the encyclopedia uses the traditional academic approach of most encyclopedias and [[academic journal]]s to achieve quality by means of specialist authors selected by an editor or an editorial committee that is competent (although not necessarily considered specialists) in the field covered by the encyclopedia and [[peer review]].{{Cite journal|last=Tananbaum|first=Greg|date=2006|title=I Hear the Train A Comin' -- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|journal=Against the Grain|volume=18|issue=1|doi=10.7771/2380-176x.4863|issn=2380-176X|doi-access=free}} The encyclopedia was created in 1995 by [[Edward N. Zalta]], with the explicit aim of providing a dynamic encyclopedia that is updated regularly, and so does not become dated in the manner of conventional print encyclopedias.{{Cite journal|last1=Allen|first1=Colin|last2=Nodelman|first2=Uri|last3=Zalta|first3=Edward N.|date=2002|title=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: A Developed Dynamic Reference Work|journal=Metaphilosophy|volume=33|issue=1&2|pages=210–228|doi=10.1111/1467-9973.00225|issn=0026-1068}} The [[charter]] for the encyclopedia allows for rival articles on a single topic to reflect reasoned disagreements among scholars. Initially, the ''SEP'' was developed with U.S. public funding from the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] and the [[National Science Foundation]]. A long-term fundraising plan to preserve [[open access]] to the encyclopedia is supported by many university libraries and library consortia. These institutions contribute under a plan devised by the ''SEP'' in collaboration with the [[Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition]], the [[International Coalition of Library Consortia]], and the [[Southeastern Library Network]], with matching funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The logo depicts the initials of ''SEP'' in the shape of ''[[The Thinker]]'', an original copy of which is co-owned by Stanford and which features across the university's [[iconography]] and culture.[https://stanfordmag.org/contents/hmmm-where-did-he-go "Hmmm . . . Where Did He Go?"] ''Stanford Magazine'', April 2002. Retrieved 2024. ==See also== * ''[[Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'' * ''[[Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'' * ''[[Nelson's Perpetual Loose Leaf Encyclopaedia]]'' * ''[[Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'' * [[List of online encyclopedias]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://plato.stanford.edu/}} * Official [[mirror website]]s: ** [https://seop.illc.uva.nl/index.html Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy mirror] from the [[Institute for Logic, Language and Computation]] of the [[University of Amsterdam]] ** [https://stanford.library.sydney.edu.au/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy mirror] from [[University of Sydney Library]] {{Stanford University}} [[Category:Encyclopedias of philosophy]] [[Category:Stanford University publications|Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] [[Category:Internet properties established in 1995]] [[Category:1995 establishments in California]] [[Category:American online encyclopedias]] [[Category:Articles containing video clips]] [[Category:20th-century encyclopedias]] [[Category:Philosophy websites]] [[Category:English-language online encyclopedias]]