Philosophy 2801 - Philosophy of Technology
References

You are not required to use outside sources for the assigned papers, but may do so if you wish. Keep in mind that you must credit any use of a source whether it is a direct quotation or simply the use of someone else's ideas. Please note that this applies to sources contained in the course textbook as well as outside sources.  Failure to give proper credit constitutes plagiarism and will result in a grade of 0 on the paper.

Referencing Format: You may use any standard referencing format you care to, but be sure that

(a) you are consistent in your referencing style (i.e., don't use more than one style within the same assignment)

(b) all direct or indirect references to other sources are given in such a way that it is easy for me to check the reference. This will require you to indicate the author, place of publication, date published, page number, editor (if any), etc.

Here is an example of an acceptable referencing style.

In the text: Indicate the last name of the author, the year of publication & page number. E.g.,

New York punk tended to consist of bored middle-class kids playing "music for music's sake" rather than English punk which at least at times was "a cry of social and economic despair." (Henry, 1989, 69)
In the references list at the end of the paper: List the sources referred to in your essay in alphabetical author. For each source, provide the author's last name & initial, book title, place of publication, publishing house and year of publication. E.g.,
Henry, T. Break All Rules! Punk Rock and the Making of a Style. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1989.
This format changes somewhat if the source is a journal article or an article in an edited collection.
For a journal article: Wong, J. "The 'making' of Teenage Pregnancy." International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Vol. 11, 1997: 273-288.

For an article in an edited collection: Hacking, I. "The Looping Effects of Human Kinds." Causal Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Approach. D. Sperber, D. Premack & A. J. Premack, eds. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995.

(c) Referring to a Web Page
If you are referring to a web page, the same rough format can be followed as above.  In the text of your paper, you should still indicate the last name of the person being quoted (i.e., the author of the work that appears on the web page) and the date of publication (i.e., the date when the web page was last updated or, if this information is not available, the date when you consulted the page).  In your list of references, you should indicate the author's last name & initial, the title of the page (if any), the URL (i.e., the address) of the page, the date published and the date accessed.  E.g.,
Weinerman, J. "10 Reasons to Hate Goats."  www.ihategoats.com. 1999.  (Accessed:  July 16, 2001.)
If the author of the material you're quoting is not the same person as the author/maintainer of the web page the material appears on, you may want to include the name of the author/maintainer as the editor of the work.  E.g.,
Weinerman, J. "10 Reasons to Hate Goats."  www.ihategoats.com. H. Stinky, ed.  1999.  (Accessed:  July 16, 2001.)
You should also keep in mind that web pages are taken down all the time, so there is a chance that the page may vanish between the time you look at it and the time I try to check on it. As such, you should save or print a copy of the page in case I need to ask you for it later.

Finally, be aware that there is a lot of unreliable information on the web. If in doubt, check with me.

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