 Socrates Back on the Street: Wikipedia’s Citing of the Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyJohn Willinsky Chapter 7 in Emerging Digital Spaces in Contemporary Society, 2010, pp 157-171 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract In this chapter I present a study of how a new generation of “open access” scholarly resources is being taken advantage of by those contributing to popular sources of knowledge. The study explores Wikipedia’s citation of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), as an innovative and open project of the academic community. SEP was begun in 1995 by Edward N. Zalta at Stanford’s Center for the Study of Language and Information (Perry and Zalta 1997). Zalta set out to create a “dynamic” encyclopedia that combined peer review with ongoing updating and revision. Entries offer internal and external linkages to related materials, as well as access to the author’s homepage and email. SEP is intended to be “useful both to professional scholars and the general public” (Perry and Zalta 1997), and, as an important part of that, it is entirely free to read online. This has been made possible by a variety of grants, with a current program to have it funded by an endowment, with support from research libraries and philosophy departments. Keywords: Open Access Journal; Internet Protocol Address; External Link; Stanford Encyclopedia; Jewish Question (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-29904-7_26 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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