Philosophy

A highly approachable, chronological account of the development of Western philosophical traditions. From Plato to Wittgenstein and from Aquinas to Heidegger, this volume provides lively, in-depth historical analysis of all the key figures, schools, and movements of Western philosophy. Each chapter includes an introductory essay, and the rich bibliographic information and the indexes of names and terms add to the volume's usefulness.

A nine-volume history of Western philosophy, covering all major thinkers, movements, and periods from the pre-Socratics through French Existentialism.

This international biographical dictionary covers more than 170 women born before 1920 who wrote about or pondered questions of Western intellectual life. Using broad criteria, Kersey has included any woman who conducted serious work in the traditional fields of philosophy, including metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, or logic. The volume includes extensive bibliographies of both primary and secondary works about each philosopher.

This one-volume encyclopedia presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter but also introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period.

A comprehensive history of Greek philosophy in six volumes, from the Presocratics through Aristotle, although now dated in some respects.

This specialized dictionary contains some five hundred alphabetically arranged entries, each aiming to provide useful information on a particular word used by Greek philosophers. The book includes a wealth of quotations ranging from the fifth century BC to the sixth century AD.

This 15 volume, second edition features 12,000 entries, most of which are accompanied by a bibliography. Many medieval Christian philosophers have an individual entry.

Now in its second edition, this 22-volume encyclopedia contains articles on many medieval Jewish philosophers. Articles are typically accompanied by a bibliography.

This single-volume encyclopedia presents phenomenological thought and the phenomenological movement within philosophy and within more than a score of other disciplines on a level accessible to professional colleagues of other orientations as well as to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Entries average 3,000 words and usually include a bibliography for further study.

This dictionary provides brief overviews of the tenets, philosophers, and writers of existentialism. The alphabetical organization, coupled with cross references throughout the text, makes the work easily accessible to those looking up specific information and to those tracing interconnected ideas, philosophers, and writers. The bibliography identifies helpful resources for further study.

Including over 50 newly-commissioned survey articles, this volume represents the first truly comprehensive guide to feminist philosophy.

Reflecting the 'movements-based' nature of the Continental tradition, the encyclopedia begins with the founding texts of classical idealism, and each subsequent chapter follows, in order of their emergence, the schools of thought that make up this important tradition of philosophy.

A comprehensive guide to many of the most significant analytic philosophers of the last one hundred years and their contributions.