Bibliograph

Encyclopedia of philosophy, Donald M. Borchert, editor in chief

Type

Label

Encyclopedia of philosophy, Donald M. Borchert, editor in chief

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Encyclopedia of philosophy

Nature of contents

dictionariesencyclopediasbibliography

Oclc number

62777944

Responsibility statement

Donald M. Borchert, editor in chief

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Summary

Containing material from hundreds of highly distinguished contributors representing the world's top universities and institutions, the second edition has a truly global perspective. It contains more than 2,100 entries -- including more than 450 new articles. Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war; social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought; and much more. Additionally, the second edition also features 1,000 biographical entries on major figures in philosophical thought throughout history

Table Of Contents

v. 1. Abbagnano--Byzantine philosophy -- v. 2. Cabanis--Destutt de Tracy -- v. 3. Determinables--Fuzzy logic -- v. 4. Gadamer--Just war theory -- v. 5. Kabbalah--Marxist philosophy -- v. 6. Masaryk--Nussbaum -- v. 7. Oakeshott--Presupposition -- v. 8. Price--Sextus Empiricus -- v. 9. Shaftesbury--Zubiri -- v. 10. Appendix: Additional articles: Albert--Xenophon ; Thematic outline ; Bibliographies ; Index

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