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BACKGROUND INFO
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2nd ed., Macmillan Reference USA, c2005-)
- MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (2001)
- Blackwell Reference Online/Blackwell Companions
- Oxford Companion to Philosophy (1995)
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1998-)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Cambridge histories of philosophy
- Cambridge companions . . .
- Wikipedia
MODERN CRITICAL EDITIONS via Past Masters* (some Philosophers in the Past Masters Collection do not have individulal entries in the opening pull-down menu because they are included in the collection British Philosophers 1600-1900). Recently added: Foucault Oeuvres.
There are many other digital texts in:
- Early English Books Online Reproduces works listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-title catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short title catalogue (1641-1700)
- ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online
- Le Corpus des oeuvres de philosophie en langue française
- Voltaire électronique
- The Montaigne Project
- Collected Work of Patrick Suppes
- Google Book Search
- other etexts on the Internet
QUOTATIONS: Google ; Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 1901 ed. ; The Quotations Homepage
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books in the reference collections
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Individual Philosophers and Surveys: biography, explication, bibliography
Routledge history of philosophy, 1993-. Volumes include:
- From the beginning to Plato
- From Aristotle to Augustine
- Medieval philosophy
- The Renaissance and seventeenth century rationalism
- British philosophy and the Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of German idealism
- The Nineteenth century
- Twentieth-century Continental philosophy
- Philosophy of science, logic, and mathematics in the twentieth century
- Philosophy of meaning, knowledge, and value in the twentieth century
Other sets and single volume reference works
- The biographical encyclopedia of Islamic philosophy. 2 v. 2006. Lane Rm
- Encyclopedia of Buddhism. BL1407.E56 2004.
- Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment / Alan Charles Kors, editor in chief. 4 v. 2004. Lane Rm
- Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. 3rd ed. BL51 .T55 2004
- Philosophic classics [Anthology]. 2003-.
- Encyclopedia of Chinese philosophy. 2003. Lane Rm.
- Postmodernism: The Key Figures. 2002.
- Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment / edited by Michel Delon. 2 v. 2002. Lane Rm.
- World philosophers and their works. B104 .W67 2000.
- Fifty Eastern thinkers. 2000. Lane Rm.
- The dictionary of seventeenth-century British philosophers. 2 v. 2000. Lane Rm
- A companion to the philosophers. B72.B565 1999. African philosophers -- Chinese philosophers -- European and Americaan philosophers -- Indian philosophers -- Japanese philosophers -- Islamic and Jewish philosophers.
- The dictionary of eighteenth-century British philosophers. 2 v. Lane Rm. B1301.D52 1999.
- Dictionary of existentialism. Humanities & Area Studies Res Ctr B819 .D455 1999.
- The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought. Lane Rm. AG5 .F7 1999.
- Augustine through the ages: an encyclopedia. 1999. Lane Rm
- Companion encyclopedia of Asian philosophy. B121.C66 1997.
- Encyclopedia of phenomenology. B829.5 .E53 1997.
- Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers. B72.B56 1996.
- Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. B41.C35 1995.
- Great thinkers of the Eastern world: the major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China. India, Japan, Korea, and the world of Islam. B5005.G74 1995.
- Great thinkers of the Eastern world: the major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea, and the world of Islam. B5005.G74. 1995.
- Thirty-five Oriental Philosophers. B5005.C65 1994.
- Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: from structuralism to postmodernity. B804.L37 1994.
- Thirty-five Oriental Philosophers. B5005.C65 1994.
- Guide to Human Thought. AZ221.B56 1993.
- Medieval Philosophers. PS129.D52 v.115 1992.
- Great Thinkers of the Western World. B72.G74 1992.
- Encyclopedia of Ethics (2 vols.) BJ63.E45 1992.
- The Blackwell companion to the Enlightenment. CB411.B57 1991.
- Resources in Ancient Philosophy.... Z7125.B39 1991.
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Yoga. B132.Y6.F49 1990.
- Exploring Phenomenology. 2nd ed. B829.5.S67 1990.
- Handbook of Semiotics. P99.N6513 1990.
- Women Philosophers: a bio-critical sourcebook. B105.W6K47 1989.
- Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit terms defined in English. B131.G67 1989.
- Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy & Religion. BL1005.L4183 1988.
- Guide to Indian Philosophy. Z7129.I5P68 1988.
- Fifty Major Philosophers. B72.C59 1987.
- Thinkers of the 20th Century. 2nd ed. CT120.T45 1987.
- Dictionary of Narratology. P302.7P75 1987.
- Chronology & Thematic Charts of Philosophies & Philosophers. BD21.H725 1986.
- Chronological & Thematic Charts of Philosophies & Philosophers. BD21.H725 1986.
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics. 3 v. P99.E65 1986.
- Dictionary of Philosophy. B41.L13 1986. Translation of standard Soviet work Filosofskii slovar.
- Handbook of Philosophical Logic. 4 vols. BC6.H36 1985 Math/Comp Sci Library.
- Chinese Philosophical Terms. B5231.W785 1985.
- Guide to Buddhist Philosophy. Z7128.B93I53 1985.
- Research Guide to Philosophy. B52.T5 1983.
- Fontana Biographical Companion to Modern Thought. CT120.F65 1983.
- World Philosophy: essay-reviews of 225 major works. 5 vols. B29.W68 1982.
- Makers of Modern Culture. CT120.M36 1981.
- Dictionary of the History of Science. Q125.B98 1981.
- Handbook of World Philosophy since 1945. B804.A1.H36 1980.
- Dictionary of Asian Philosophies. B5005.N38 1979.
- Guide to Chinese Philosophy. Z7129.C5.F8 1978.
- History of Ideas: a bibliographical introduction. 2 v. Z7125.T58. 1975.
- Dictionary of the History of Ideas: studies of selected pivotal ideas. 4 vols. CB5.D52 1974.
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 18 v. Q141.D5 1972-.
- Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. 1970-.
- Rule of Reason and the Ruses of the Heart: A Philosophical Dictionary of Classical French Criticism, Critics & Aesthetic Issues. PQ241.S2 1970. Part 2 deals with specific writers, e.g., Diderot, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire.
- Great books of the Western World. 1952.
- Directory of American Philosophers. (Annual) B935.D5
- International Directory of Philosophy. (Biannual) B35.I54
- Guidebook for Publishing Philosophy. Z7127.Y84 1986
Quotations/Concordances
Search fulltext of all authors & works in the Past Masters Collection
Print Compendia: in Socrates search on philosopher's names and keywords "concordances" or "index" or "quotations", e.g., subject headings look like:
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Indexes | Kant: Gesammelte Schriften
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 / Logisch Philosophische Abhandlung--Concordances | Wittgenstein corpora
- Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Quotations | Marx and Engels: Collected Works
- Ancient quotes & anecdotes: from crib to crypt. Lane Rm. BJ1550 .A53 1989.
- A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations. B68.D53 1992.
- New Dictionary of Existentialism. B819.N28 1971.
- Great Treasury of Western Thought. PN6331.G675 1977. Contains 50,000 entries and has thorough indexes
