Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Etc.
Encyclopedias & Companions
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
- Contains over 2,000 articles covering important people and concepts in philosophy.
- Updated regularly.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd ed.
- A 10-volume set covering covering 2,100 entries.
- From Macmillan.
- Published in 2006.
A Companion to Continental Philosophy
- Provides essays on important philosophers in the Continental tradition.
- Published in 1999.
- Provides articles on leading theories, thinkers, ideas, distinctions and concepts in epistemology.
- Published in 2000.
- Contains articles on important ideas and thinkers in metaphysics.
- Published in 1999.
A Companion to World Philosophies
- Provides information on non-Western philosophy, including Chinese, African, Polynesian and Buddhist thought.
- Published in 1999.
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
- Contains over 2,000 entries on all areas of philosophy and the ideas of all notable philosophers from antiquity to the present day.
- Published in 2005.
- Contains articles on important ideas and thinkers in postmodernism.
- Published in 2002.
- Covering the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815.
- Published 2002.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
- Covering classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications
- Published 2001.
The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy (3rd edition)
- Covering terms and concepts in all areas of philosophy; includes biographies of philosophers.
- Published 2005.
The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism
- Includes chapters on music, cultural theory, architecture, science and technology, feminism, art, television, literature and popular culture
- Published 2001.
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- more than 2,000 entries including philosophies from all over the world, as well as Chinese, Arabic and Jewish philosophy
- Published 2000.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- a peer-reviewed resource from the University of Tennessee at Martin
- Updated in 2007.
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental philosophy
- Includes chapters on classical idealism; philosophy of existence; phenomenology; politics, psychoanalysis and science; the Frankfurt School; structuralism and post-structuralism.
- Published in 2000.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (unabridged table of contents: projected and assigned entries)
- A web-based encyclopedia from The Metaphysics Research Lab
- Updated in 2007.
Dictionaries
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
- Contains over 2,000 entries covering the entire span of philosophy.
- Published in 1996.
Dictionary of World Philosophy
- Contains definitions of important thinkers and terms in philosophy, with suggestions for further reading.
- Published in 2001.
- Provides concise definitions of the technical vocabulary associated with philosophy.
- Published in 1994.
Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
- Online site based out of the philosophy department of the University of Waterloo
- Created in 2001.
A Concise Dictionary of Indian philosophy: Sanskrit terms defined in English
- Containing frequently used religious terms and numerous etymological derivations, the meanings of terms fundamental to epistemology, metaphysics, and practical teaching of heterodox and orthodox schools of Indian philosophy
- Created in 2000.
Philosophers
A Companion to the Philosophers
- Presents the thoughts and theories from the major figures in the dominant philosophical traditions throughout history.
- Published in 1999.
Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Philosophers
- Contains brief biographies of over 1,000 twentieth century philosophers.
- Also includes for each philosopher a list of major works and secondary literature.
- Published in 1996.
- Defines terms used by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, along with a biographical sketch.
- Published in 1992.
- Defines terms used by Heidegger, along with an essay on his use of language.
- Published in 1999.
- Explains the key concepts in Hobbes's thought, along with a biographical sketch.
- Published in 1995.
- Defines terms used by Kant, along with a biographical sketch.
- Published in 2000.
Ethics
- Contains over 500 entries devoted mainly to ethical theory.
- Published in 2001.
The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory
- Provides information on many areas of meta-ethics and normative ethics.
- Published in 2000.
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