Interested in learning more about a philosopher or philosophical topic or concept? Check the feature titles below.
The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophies
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The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
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Includes biographies of some of the most famous and influential philosophers, as well as exploring key terms and concepts.
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Comprehensive coverage of the classic philosophical themes, such as Plato, Arguments for the Existence of God and Metaphysics. Up-to-date coverage of contemporary philosophers, ideas, schools and recent developments, including Jacques Derrida, Poststructuralism and Ecological Philosophy. International and multicultural scope with entries such as Modern Islamic Philosophy, Marxist Thought in Latin America and Chinese Buddhist Thought.
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
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The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Second Edition, Four Volume Set addresses both the physiological and the psychological aspects of human behavior. Carefully crafted, well written, and thoroughly indexed, the encyclopedia helps users - whether they are students just beginning formal study of the broad field or specialists in a branch of psychology - understand the field and how and why humans behave as we do. The work is an all-encompassing reference providing a comprehensive and definitive review of the field. A broad and inclusive table of contents ensures detailed investigation of historical and theoretical material as well as in-depth analysis of current issues. Several disciplines may be involved in applied ethics: one branch of applied ethics, for example, bioethics, is commonly explicated in terms of ethical, legal, social, and philosophical issues. Editor-in-Chief Ruth Chadwick has put together a group of leading contributors ranging from philosophers to practitioners in the particular fields in question, to academics from disciplines such as law and economics. The 376 chapters are divided into 4 volumes, each chapter falling into a subject category including Applied Ethics; Bioethics; Computers and Information Management; Economics/Business; Environmental Ethics; Ethics and Politics; Legal; Medical Ethics; Philosophy/Theories; Social; and Social/Media.
The International Encyclopedia of Ethics
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Covers topics, movements, arguments, and figures in normative ethics, metaethics, and applied ethics. The Encyclopedia espouses a broad vision of ethics that creates links to many other disciplines, including medicine, technology studies, computer science, business, religion, and law.
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
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Surveys the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society, from classical philosophy to contemporary criticaltheory
Dictionary of World Philosophy
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Entries are drawn from West Africa, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Jewish, Korean, Latin American, Maori and Native American philosophy.
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy
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Covers the most important authors and movements in Continental Philosophy. Each section focuses on a school of thought, bringing together articles that explore key thinkers and texts. Arranged in chronological order, the volume begins with the founding texts of Classical Idealism and concludes with Post-structuralism.
Print reference books are located either in the Reference Collection (near the 2nd floor Reference Desk) or in the general collection. (Large, multi-volume sets are often located in the general collection.)
