Philosophy: Reference works

Many Philosophy reference resources can also be found on the World Wide Web. A good list of what is available can be found at the web site Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.

Resources include the following.

• Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
• Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Ism Book: a Field Guide to the Nomenclature of Philosophy
• The Philosophical Lexicon. A set of humorous definitions.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Library holds a large number of important Philosophy reference works. Philosophy encyclopaedias and dictionaries are shelved on Blue Area Floor 3, more specific ones are shelved at their subject numbers. You can find the specific items below by using Library Search.

• R. Audi (ed.), Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge U.P.,1995 
• J. Baldwin (ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology. 4 vols. Macmillan, 1901-05
• L. Becker and C. Becker (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ethics. 3 vols. Routledge, 2001
• S. Blackburn (ed.), Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Oxford U.P., 1994
• R. Chadwick (ed.), Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. 4 vols. Academic Press, 1998
• E. Craig (ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 10 vols., Routledge, 1998
• P. Edwards (ed.), Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 8 vols. Macmillan, 1967
• A. Iannone, Dictionary of World Philosophy. Routledge, 2001
• R. Lacey (ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy. 3rd ed. Routledge,1996
• T. Mautner (ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy. Blackwell, 1996
• P. Wiener (ed.), Dictionary of the History of Ideas. 4 vols. Scribners, 1968-73