Search Terms to use in Library Catalog and on the Internet:
Aesthetics |
Humanism |
Skepticism |
Cosmology |
Knowledge, Theory of Logic |
Soul |
Determinism |
Materialism |
Transcendentalism |
Dualism |
Ontology |
Truth |
Education - Philosophy |
Philosophy of Language |
Utilitarianism |
Epistemology |
Postmodernism |
Will |
Ethics |
Pragmatism |
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Existentialism |
Rationalism |
NOTE: All of the following sources are found in Humanities Reference on Level 5.
General
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias| Specific
Dictionaries and Enclopedias
Research Guides and Handbooks
|Bibliographies
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B 72 .C595 |
Arrington, Robert L. A Companion to the
Philosophers. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. |
| B 41 .C35 | Audi, Robert, ed. The Cambridge
Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Over 4000 signed entries. Best dictionary for the beginner.) |
| B 51 E53 2005 | Borchert, Donald M., ed. Encyclopedia
of Philosophy. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005. 10 volumes. (The American equivalent of the Routledge below, this set supersedes the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Paul Edwards: see below.) |
| B 51 .R68 | Craig, Edward. Routledge Encyclopedia of
Philosophy. London: Routledge, 1998. 10 volumes. (By far the most comprehensive and current source on philosophy and its philosophers. Vol. 10 contains the index. This set is also available in full text and fully searchable on the Library’s website.) |
| B 41 .E5 | Edwards, Paul, ed. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
New York: Macmillan, 1967. 8 volumes. (Until Borchert and Craig above, the standard general encyclopedia of philosophy. Still very useful. Vol. 8 is a very good index. A supplement was published in 1996, bringing some currency to the set.) |
| B 51 .O94 | Honderich, Ted. Ed. The Oxford Companion
to Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. (Similar to Audi above but a little more advanced.) |
| CB 5 .D52 | Wiener, Philip P., ed. Dictionary of the
History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas. NY: Scribners,
1973. 5 volumes. (A comprehensive overview of philosophy. The index in vol. 5 is very valuable.) |
| BJ 63 .E45 | Becker, Lawrence C., ed. Encyclopedia of
Ethics. New York: Garland, 1992. 2 volumes. (435 signed entries and bibliographies on basic issues.) |
| B 804 .B52 |
Brown, Stuart, Diané Collinson, & Robert Wilkinson, eds. Biographical
Dictionary of Twentieth- Century Philosophers. London: Routledge,
1996. |
| B 791 .B76 | Carr, Brian, and Indira Mahalingam, eds. Companion Encyclopedia
of Asian Philosophy. London: Routledge, 1997. (Signed articles with bibliographies on Persian, Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese and Islamic philosophy.) |
| BJ 63 .E44 | Chadwick, Ruth, ed. Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics.
San Diego: Academic Press, 1998. 4 volumes. (Excellent encyclopedia covering any issue which has ever been affected by ethics: Abortion, Election Strategies, Mental Health and Sexual Harrassment. 281 comprehensive and scholarly signed articles.) |
| B 802 .E53x | Delon, Michel, ed. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Chicago:
Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. 2 volumes. |
| B 829.5 .E53 | Embree, Lester et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Phenomenology.
Dordrecht, Neth.: Kluwer Academic, 1997. (Arranged topically; philosopher index.) |
| B 131 .G67 | Grimes, John. A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy.
State University of New York Press, 1996. (Sanskrit terms defined in English.) |
| BH 56 .E53 | Kelly, Michael. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1998. 4 volumes. (A new standard reference work on Aesthetics, from Semiology of Music and Surrealism to Poststructuralism and Theatre. The signed, scholarly articles have thorough bibliographies on each topic.) |
| B 5005 .G74 | McGreal, Jan P. ed. Great Thinkers of the Eastern World.
NY: Harper-Collins, 1995. ( The major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea and the world of Islam.) |
| B 72 .G74 100 | _____ . Great Thinkers of the Western World. NY: Harper-Collins,
1992. (The major ideas of more than outstanding Western philosophers and theologians are briefly described. Bibliographies included.) |
| B 163 .E53 | Zeyl, Donald J., ed. Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy.
Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1997. (Signed articles, with bibliographies, on Greek and Roman antiquity. Indexed.) |
| BD 11 .H225 | Burkhardt, Hans. Handbook of Metaphysics and
Ontology. Munich: Philosophia Verlag, 1991. 2 volumes. (Signed, scholarly articles on metaphysicians, ontologists and their ideas.) |
| B 72 .X1 B97 | Bynagle, Hans E. Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature.
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1997. Second edition. (A very useful annotated guide to the best resources. Author and subject indexes.) |
| B536 .X1 .G46x | DeGeorge, Richard T. The Philosopher’s Guide to Sources,
Research Tools, Professional Life, and Related Fields. (Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1980. |
| B 29 .W68 | Magill, Frank N., ed. World Philosophy: Essay Reviews of
225 Major Works. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1982. 8 volumes. (Chronological
arrangement; excellent for summaries and research.) |
| B 105 .W6 | Barth, Else M. Women Philosophers: A Bibliography
of Books through 1990. Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center,
1992. (Arranged by topic.) |
| B 171 .X1 B444 | Bell, Albert A., Jr. and James B. Allis. Resources in Ancient
Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship in English, 1965-1989.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991. (Arranged chronologically from the Pre-Socratics to Gnosticism and Christian Philosophy. Subject index.) |
| B 53 .X1 B 52 | Bibliography of Philosophy: A Quarterly Bulletin. 1955 –
. (Lists author, title, subject, and publisher. Descriptive annotations. Index.) |
| BH 301 .P69 K7 | Madsen, Deborah L. Postmodernism: A Bibliography, 1926-1994.
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1995. (Arranged chronologically, beginning in 1926. Full bibliographies but not annotated. Reviews listed for most publications on Postmodernism.) |
| B 187.5 .X1 N384 | Navia, Luis E. The Presocratic Philosophers: An Annotated
Bibliography. NY: Garland, 1993. (General, Anaxagoras, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Democritus, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Pythagoras, Thales, Xenophanes, and Zeno. Author index.) |
Be sure to also check electronic databases and other sources in the Harold B. Lee Library’s Home Page.
Gary Gillum, December 5, 2006