ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS
GUIDES TO RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES:
GENERAL
note: general = concepts and terms; periods, regions, schools & movements;
all fields of philosophy; may also include persons
CONCEPTS AND TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL PHILOSOPHERS
FIELDS
OF PHILOSOPHY
note: aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, theology &
philosophies/theories of disciplines
REGIONS, PERIODS, SCHOOLS & MOVEMENTS
INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS:
PHILOSOPHY
ONLINE FULLTEXTS OF MAJOR WORKS OF PHILOSOPHY
ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOLARLY
ORGANIZATIONS
GUIDES TO RESEARCH AND
REFERENCE
The Philosophy Student Writer's Manual. Anthony Graybosch, Gregory M.
Scott, Stephen M. Garrison.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1998.
SuzRef B52.7 .G73 1998
Research Guide to Philosophy. Terrence N. Tice and Thomas P. Slavens.
Chicago: American Library Association, 1983.
SuzRef, UglRef B52 .T5 1983
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES:
GENERAL
note: general = concepts and terms; regions, periods, schools &
movements; all fields of philosophy; may also include persons
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Maryanne Cline Horowitz, editor in
chief. 6 vols.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, c2005.
SuzRef, BotRef CB 9 .N49 2005
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. General editor, Edward Craig. 10
vols.
London; NY: Routledge, 1998.
note: available on CD through the library catalog at library terminals
only
SuzRef, UglRef B 51 .R68 1998
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy. Edited by Edward N. Zalta.
A Publication of: The Metaphysics Research Lab; Center for the Study of
Language and Information, Ventura Hall, Stanford University.
note: begun 1995; by experts; continuous, refereed updating
http://plato.stanford.edu
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES: CONCEPTS AND TERMS
Greek Philosophical Terms; a Historical Lexicon. F. E. Peters.
NY: New York University Press, 1967.
note: articles on major concepts in ancient Greek philosophy, such as,
eidos, noesis, and psyche
SuzRef, BotRef B49 .P4
Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie. Unter Mitw. von mehr als 700
Fachgelehrten in Verb. mit Günther Bien [u.a.] Hrsg. von Joachim
Ritter. 10 vols.
Basel, Stuttgart: Schwabe [1971-
note: völlig neubearb. Ausg. des Wörterbuchs der philosophischen
Begriffe von Rudolf Eisler.
SuzRef B43 .R59
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES: B. CONCEPTS AND TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL PHILOSOPHERS
Deleuze Dictionary. Edited by Adrian Parr.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c2005.
SuzRef B2430 .D453 Z835 2005
A Derrida Dictionary. Niall Lucy.
Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., c2004.
SuzRef B2430 .D483 Z865 2004
A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations. Edited by A. J. Ayer and Jame
O'Grady.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
note: arranged by philosopher; with glossary and subject index.
SuzRef, UglRef, Bot B68 .D53 1992
Historical Dictionary of Kant and Kantianism. Helmut Holzhey, Vilem
Mudroch.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
SuzRef B2751 .H65 2005
Historical Dictionary of Wittgenstein's Philosophy. Duncan Richter.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004.
SuzRef B3376 W564 R47 2004
A Kant Dictionary. Howard Caygill.
Oxford: Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Reference, 1995.
SuzRef B2751 .C38 1995
Kant-Lexikon; Nachschlagewerk zu Kants sämtlichen Schriften, Briefen
und handschriftlichem Nachlass. Bearb. von Dr. Rudolf Eisler.
Hildesheim: G. Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1961.
SuzRef B2751 .E38 1961
Key Thinkers on Space and Place. Edited by Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin and
Gill Valentine.
London; Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2004.
note: primarily contemporary (20th-21st centuries) philosophers; arranged
by philosopher with biographical and theoretical context; focus on
theoretical issues of space and place
SuzRef GF 95 .K49 2004
A Locke Dictionary. John W. Yolton.
Oxford, UK; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993.
SuzRef B1297 .Y64 1993
World Philosophy: Essay-Reviews of 225 Major Works. Edited by Frank N.
Magill; associate editor, Ian P. McGreal. 5 vols.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, c1982.
note: summaries of major works of philosophy, articles focus on major
concepts, ideas, and philosophies advanced
SuzRef, UglRef, Suz, Bot B29 .W68 1982
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND DICTIONARIES: FIELDS OF
PHILOSOPHY
note: aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology,
theology & philosophies/theories of disciplines
The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy. Edited by Oliver
Leaman. 2 vols.
London: Thoemmes Continuum, 2006.
note: mainly biographical, but has a few topical entries as well
SuzRef B741 .B56 2006
The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought. 2nd ed. Edited by
William Outhwaite.
Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., c2003.
SuzRef, UglRef, BotRef H 41 .B53 2003
A Brief Guide to Beliefs: Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and Movements.
Linda Edwards.
Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, c2001.
Ugl BL 80.2 .E34 2001
The Concise Encyclopedia of Ethics in Politics and the Media. Edited by
Ruth Chadwick.
note: by large scale subject, civil disobedience,
confidentiality of sources, electronic surveillance,
gun control, pornography, and other subjects
San Diego: Academic Press, c2001.
SuzRef PN 4756 .C645 2001
A Dictionary of Legal Theory. Brian H. Bix.
Oxford [England]; NY: Oxford University Press, 2004.
SuzRef K204 .B59 2004
Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion: Eastern and Western Thought.
William L. Reese.
Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1996.
SuzRef B41 .R43 1996
Dictionary of Symbols of Mathematical Logic. Edited by Robert Feys and
Frederic B. Fitch.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Pub. Co., 1969.
note: arranged unalphabetically by major subject area (see table of
contents); use indexes for alphabetical approach; 3 indexes: by name, by
subject, and by symbol
SuzRef, MathRef, EnginRef QA9 .F49
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Michael Kelly, editor in chief. 4 vols.
NY: Oxford University Press, 1998.
SuzRef, UglRef, BotRef, TacRef BH 56 E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. [Editor-in-chief, Ruth Chadwick] 4
vols.
San Diego: Academic Press, c1998.
SuzRef, OuglRef, BotRef BJ63 .E44 1998.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Stephen G. Post, editor in chief. 3rd ed. 5
vols.
NY: Macmillan Reference USA: Thomson/Gale, c2004.
UglRef, HealthRef QH 332 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Editor-in-chief, Lynn Nadel. 4
vols.
London; NY: Nature Pub. Group, 2003.
SuzRef BF 311 .E53 2003
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen,
editor in chief. 2 vols.
NY: Macmillan Reference USA, c2003.
SuzRef BL 240.3 .E43 2003
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Edited by Carl
Mitcham.
Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, c2005.
note: covers professional ethics of science and technology, and social,
ethical and political issues raised by science and technology
also available online
NatSciRef, BotRef, Tac Ref Q175.35 2005 v.1,2,3,4
Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Editor, George Ritzer. 2 vols.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, c2005.
SuzRef, BotRef, TacRef HM 425 .E47 2005
An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics. Edited by Donald A. Wells.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
SuzRef B105 .W3 E53 1996
A Glossary of Language and Mind. Jean Aitchison.
Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, c2003.
SuzRef BF 455 .A36 2003
Handbook of Mathematical Logic. Edited by Jon Barwise, with the
cooperation of H. J. Keisler ... [et al.]
Amsterdam; NY: North-Holland Pub. Co., 1977.
note: arranged in 4 parts with numerous subdivisions- Model Theory, Set
Theory, Recursion Theory, and Proof Theory and Constructive Mathematics;
for alphabetical approach, use Names or Subjects Index.
SuzRef, MathRef QA9 .H32
Logic from A to Z. Michael Detlefsen, David Charles McCarty, John B.
Bacon.
London; NY: Routledge, 1999.
SuzRef QA9 .D474 1999
The Nature of Science: an A-Z Guide to the Laws and Principles Governing
Our Universe. James Trefil.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
SuzRef, NatSciRef, BotRef Q121 .T74 2003
101 Key Terms in Philosophy and Their Importance for Theology. Kelly James
Clark, Richard Lints, James K. A. Smith.
Louisville, KY: Westminister John Knox Press, c2004.
SuzRef BR 100 .C5415 2004
Philosophy of Education: an Encyclopedia. Editor, J. J. Chambliss.
NY: Garland Pub., 1996.
SuzRef, BotRef, TacRef LB 17 P485 1996
The Philosophy of Science: an Encyclopedia. Sahotra Sarkar, Jessica
Pfeifer, editors; editorial assistants, Justin Garson ... [et al.]
NY: Routledge, 2006.
NatSci Q174.7 .P55 2006
The Scientific Revolution: an Encyclopedia. William E. Burns.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c2001.
NatSciRef Q127 .E8 B87 2001
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES: REGIONS,
PERIODS, SCHOOLS & MOVEMENTS
note: for exclusively biographical dictionaries of various regions,
periods, schools & movement, see the next section, ENCYLOPEDIAS AND
DICTIONARIES: PHILOSOPHERS. BIOGRAPHY.
Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. Edited by Brian Carr and
Indira Mahalingam.
London; NY: Routledge, 1997.
SuzRef, EAsia B121 .C66 1997
A Companion to Continental Philosophy. Edited by Simon Critchley and
William R. Schroder; advisory editors, Jay Bernstein ... [et al.]
Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998.
SuzRef B803 .C66 1998
Dictionary of Existentialism. Edited by Haim Gordon.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
SuzRef, TacRef B819 .D455 1999
Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Edited by Wouter J.
Hanegraff...2 vols.
Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill, c2005.
note: ideas of various gnostic, occult, and mystic traditions
SuzRef B638 .D53 2005 v.1, v.2
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. Edited by Oliver Leaman.
London; NY: Routledge, 2001.
SuzRef B121 .E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy. Antonio S. Cua, editor.
NY: Routledge, 2003.
SuzRef, BotRef B126 .E496 2003
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Edited by Donald J. Zeyl; associate
editors, Daniel t. Devereux and Phillip T. Mitsis.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
SuzRef B163 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Empiricism. Edited by Don Garrett and Edward
Barbanell.
Westport, CT: Greenwood PRess, 1997.
SuzRef B816 .E53 1997
Encylopedia of Indian Philosophies. Sibajiban Bhattacharya [and others
Delhi: Published for American Institute of Indian Studies by Matilal
Banarsidass, 1970+
note: encyclopedic in coverage, but not in arrangement; discursive,
historical arrangement; v.1 (in two parts):Bibliography of Indian
Philosophies. Karl H. Potter. 3rd rev. ed. 1995; v.2: Indian
metaphysics and epistemology, the tradition of Nyaya-Vaisesika up to
Gangesa; v. 3: Advaita Vedanta up to Samkara and His pupils; v.4:
Samkhya, a dualist tradition in Indian philosophy; v.5: The philosophy
of the Grammarians, v.6: Indian philosophical analysis Nyaya-Vaisesika
from Gangesa to Raghunatha Siromani; v.7: Abidharma Buddhism to 150
A.D. v.8: Buddhist philosophy from 100 to 350 A.D.
note: the online form of v.1, the Bibliography, is an expanded and updated
version of the 3rd ed., 1995.
SuzRef B131 .E5 v. 2-6, 8
SuzRef B131 .E5 v.1, pt.1&2 1995
SuzStx B131 .E5 v.1, pt.1&2 1995
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Thought. Edited by Gregory Claeys.
London; New York: Routledge, 2005.
SuzRef CB 415 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of Phenomenology. Edited by Lester Embree ... [et al.]
Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1997.
SuzRef B829.5 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Postmodernism. Edited by Victor E. Taylor and Charles E.
Winquist.
London; NY; Routledge, 2001.
note: searchable online version linked in the UW catalog
SuzRef B831.2 .E63 2001
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Edited by Michel Delon; adivser to the
English-language edition, Philip Stewart; translation editor, Gwen
Wells. 2 vols.
Translation of Dictionnaire europeen des Lumieres.
Chicago, IL: London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
note: entries for topics, ideas, countries; no personal entries
SuzRef CB 411 .D5313 2001
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Alan Charles Kors, editor in chief.
4 vols.
NY: Oxford University Press, 2003.
SuzRef, BotRef B802 .E53 2003 v.1,2,3,4
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Peter Hanns Reill, Ellen Judy
Wilson.
NY: Facts on File, c1996.
note: entries for topics, ideas, works, countries, and persons
SuzRef B802 .E53 1996
Fitzroy Dearborn Chronology of Ideas: a Record of Philosophical,
Political, Theological and Social Thought from Ancient Times to the
Present. George Ochoa and Melinda Corey, editors.
Chicago; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, c1998.
SuzRef CB 69 .F58 1998
Greek Philosophical Terms; a Historical Lexicon. F. E. Peters.
NY: New York University Press, 1967.
note: articles on major concepts in ancient Greek philosophy, such as,
eidos, noesis, and psyche
SuzRef, BotRef B49 .P4
Key Concepts in Cultural Theory. Edited by Andrew Edgar and Peter
Sedgwick.
London; NY: Routledge, 1999.
SuzRef HM 621 .K49 1999
Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies. Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths,
and Helen Tiffin.
London; NY: Routledge, 1998.
SuzRef, BotRef JV 22 .A84 1998
The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies. Chris Barker.
London; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004.
SuzRef HM 623 .B374 2004
Science in the Enlightenment: an Encyclopedia. William E. Burns.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c2003.
NatSciRef Q121 .B87 2003
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES:
PHILOSOPHERS. BIOGRAPHY
note: These biographical resources generally explore the lives,
educations, intellectual development, influences, and major thought of
the various philosophers. For encylopedias and dictionaries about the
philosophy of individual philosophers, consult the section: ENCYCLOPEDIAS
AND DICTIONARIES: B. CONCEPTS AND TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL PHILOSOPHERS
Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers. Edited by
Stuart Brown, Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson.
London; NY: Routledge, c1996.
SuzRef B804 .B52 1996
The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy. Edited by Oliver
Leaman. 2 vols.
London: Thoemmes Continuum, 2006.
SuzRef B741 .B56 2006
Biographische Enzyklopädie der deutschsprachigen Aufklärung.
Herausgegeben von Rudolf Vierhaus und Hans Erich Bödecker.
München: K.G. Saur, 2002.
note: biographic encyclopedia of German Enlightenment philosophers
SuzRef B 2621 .B56 2002
The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers. General
editors, John W. Yolton, John Valdimir Price and John Stephens. 2
vols.
Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1999.
SuzRef B1301 .D52 1999
Dictionary of Irish Philosophers, A-Z. General editor, Thomas Duddy;
consultant editors, David Berman, M.A. Stewart.
Bristol, England: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004.
SuzRef B1111 .D53 2004
The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. General Editor, John R.
Shook; consulting editors, Richard T. Hull ... [et al.] 4 vols.
Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.
SuzRef B851 .D53 2005
The Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers. General
Editor, Andrew Pyle. 2 vols.
Bristol, England; Sterling, VA: Thoemmes, 2000.
SuzRef B1131 .D538 2000
The Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers. General Editor,
Stuart Brown; supervising editors, Hugh Bredin ... [et al.] 2 vols.
Bristol, England: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.
SuzRef B104 .D52 2005
Key Thinkers on Space and Place. Edited by Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin and
Gill Valentine.
London; Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2004.
note: primarily contemporary (20th-21st centuries) philosophers; arranged
by philosopher with biographical and theoretical context; focus on
theoretical issues of space and place
SuzRef GF 95 .K49 2004
The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers. Edited
by Robert Benewick and Philip Green. 2nd ed.
London; NY: Routledge, 1998.
SuzRef JA 83 .R725 1998
Writers and Philosophers: a Sourcebook of Philosophical Influences on
Literature. Edmund J. Thomas and Eugene G. Miller.
NY: Greenwood Press, 1990.
note: major philosophical influences on literary authors, by
literary author
SuzRef, BotRef PN 49 .T447 1990
INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS: PHILOSOPHY
INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS: RELATED FIELDS
ONLINE FULLTEXTS OF MAJOR WORKS OF PHILOSOPHY