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AESTHETICS
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Aesthetics)

  • Cooper, David E. A Companion to Aesthetics. Oxford; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 BH56 .C65 1992.
  • Kelly, Michael, ed. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
    Bobst REF1 BH56 .E53 1998, vols. 1-4.

ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Analysis (Philosophy))

  • Kellerwessel, Wulf, ed. A Bibliography on Reference and Some Related Topics in Analytical Philosophy. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 Z7128 .R44 B53 1996

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy, Ancient)

  • Brunschwig, Jacques and Geoffrey Lloyd, eds. Le savoir grec: dictionnaire critique. Paris: Flammarion, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 B172 .B78 1996
  • Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Ed. by Donald J. Zeyl. Assoc. eds. Daniel T. Devereux and Phillip K. Mitsis. Westport,CT: Greenwood, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 B163 .E53 1997
  • Goulet, Richard, ed. Dictionnaire de philosophes antiques. Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1989. 3 Vols. and supplement
    Bobst REF1 B112 .D52 1989
    Aims at comprehensive coverage of ancient philosophers. Bibliographies of primary and secondary works, listing of fragments, and iconography (portraits, etc.).
  • Guthrie, W.K.C. A History of Greek Philosophy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1962-1981. 6 vols.
    Bobst B171 .G92
  • Navia, Luis E. The Philosophy of Cynicism: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
    Bobst REF1 B508 .N38 1995
  • Urmson, J.O. The Greek Philosophical Vocabulary. London: Duckworth, 1990.
    Bobst PA443 .U757 1990
  • Navia, Luis E. The Presocratic Philosophers: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993
    Bobst REF1 Z7128 .P83 N38 1993

ASIAN PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy, Oriental; Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy, Indic)

  • Collinson, Diané, and Robert Wilkinson. Thirty-five Oriental Philosophers. London: Routledge, 1994.
    Bobst B5005 .C65 1994
  • The Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. Ed. by Brian Carr and Indira Mahalingam. New York: Routledge, 1997.
    Bobst Ref1 B121 .C66 1997
  • De Bary, William T., and Embree Ainslie, eds. A Guide to Oriental Classics. 3rd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.
    Bobst REF1 Z7046 .G8 1989
  • Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. 9 vols. Ed. by Karl H. Potter. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, 1970- . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978- .
    Bobst REF1 B131 .E5
  • Grimes, John. A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.
    Bobst REF1 B131 .G67 1989
  • McGreal, Ian P., ed. 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. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
    Bobst REF1 B5005 .G74 1995

BIOETHICS
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy, Ancient)

  • Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Rev. ed. Warren Thomas Reich, editor-in-chief. New York: Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International, 1995. 5 vols.
    Bobst REF9 QH332 .E52 1995

COGNITIVE SCIENCE
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Cognitive Science)

  • Dunlop, Charles E.M. and James H. Fetzer. Glossary of Cognitive Science. New York: Paragon House, 1993.
    Bobst REF1 BF311 .D84 1993

CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
(s=philosophy, European)

  • Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy. Ed. by Simon Glendinning. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Pubs, 1999.
    Bobst REF1 B804 .E44 1999.

EPISTEMOLOGY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Epistemology)

  • Dancy, Jonathan, and Ernest Sosa.A Companion to Epistemology. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 BD161 .C637 1992.
  • Fetzer, James H., and Robert F. Almeder. Glossary of Epistemology/Philosophy of Science. New York: Paragon House, 1993.
    Bobst REF1 BD150.F47 1993

ETHICS
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= ethics)

  • Becker, Lawrence C., and Charlotte R. Becker, eds. Encyclopedia of Ethics. 2nd Ed. New York: Garland, 2001. 3 vols.
    Bobst REF1 BJ63 .E45 2001
  • Bekoff, Marc, ed. with Carron A. Meaney. Foreword by Jane Goodall. Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
    Bobst REF1 HV4708 .E53 1998
  • Chadwick, Ruth, ed. Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. San Diego: Academy Press, [1997], 1998.
    Bobst REF1 BJ63.E42 1997
  • Clarke, Paul Barry, and Andrew Linzey. Dictionary of Ethics, Theology, and Society. London: Routledge, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 BJ63.D53 1996
  • Dictionnaire d'éthique et de philosophie morale. Ed. by Monique Canto-Sperber. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 BJ63.B527 1996
  • Hester, Joseph P. Encyclopedia of Values and Ethics. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1996
    Bobst REF1 BJ63.H47 1996
  • Manzo, Bettina. The Animal Rights Movement in the United States, 1975-1990: An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
    Bobst Z7164.C45 M38 1994
  • Roth, John K., et al. Ethics: An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1991.
    Bobst Z5873.R68 1991
  • Roth, John K., ed. Ready Reference, Ethics. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 3 vols.
    Bobst REF1 BJ63 .E54 1994
  • Singer, Peter, ed. A Companion to Ethics. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1991.
    Bobst REF1 BJ1012 .C62 1991.
  • Terkel, Susan Neiburg, ed. Encyclopedia of Ethics New York: Facts on File, 1999.
    Bobst REF1 BJ63 .E46 1999

EXISTENTIALISM
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Existentialism)

  • Gordon, Haim, ed. Dictionary of Existentialism. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
    Bobst REF1 B819 .D455 1999

FEMINIST THEORY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Feminist Theory)

  • Andermahr, Sonya. A Glossary of Feminist Theory. New York: St. Martin Press, 1997.
    Bobst HQ1190 .A53 1997 Non-circulating
  • Boles, Janet K. Historical Dictionary of Feminism. Lanham (Md.): Scarecrow Press, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 HQ1115 .B65 1996
  • Gamble, Sarah, ed. The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Postfeminism. New York: Routledge, 2000.
    Bobst REF1 HQ1115 .R68 2000
  • Jaggar, Alison M. and Iris M. Young, eds. A Companion to Feminist Philosophy. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998.
    Bobst REF1 HQ1190 .C665 1998
  • Kowaleski-Wallace, Elizabeth. Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory. New York: Garland, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 PN98 .W64 E53 1997
  • Kramarae, Cheris. A Feminist Dictionary. London: Pandora Press, 1985.
    Bobst REF1 HQ1115 .K73 1985
  • Nordquist, Joan. Feminist Theory: A Bibliography. Santa Cruz, CA: Reference and Research Services, 1992.
    Bobst Z7161.A22 S6 no.28
  • Tuttle, Lisa. Encyclopedia of Feminism. New York: Facts of File Publications, 1986.
    Bobst HQ1115 .T87 1986 Non-circulating

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= History -- Philosophy)

Consult the series:
(-Series Titles=) Routledge History of Philosophy

  • Outhwaite, William, and Tom Bottomore, eds. The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Social Thought. Cambridge: Blackwell, 1993.
    Bobst REF1 H41 .B53 1992
  • Popkin, Richard H., ed. The Columbia History of Western Philosophy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
    Bobst REF1 B72 .P55 1999
    Traces the history of western philosophy beginning with the pre-Socratics and ending with continental philosophy at the turn of the twenty-first century.
  • Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. A Comparative History of World Philosophy: From the Upanishads to Kant. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
    REF1 B799 .S37 1998

ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy, Islamic)

  • Corbin, Henry. History of Islamic Philosophy. Translated from the French by Liadain Sherrard with the assistance of Philip Sherrard. London; New York: Kegan Paul International, in association with Islamic Publications for The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 1993.
    B741 .C613 1993
  • Fakhry, Majid. A History of Islamic Philosophy. 3rd ed. New York: Columbia University Press : Longman, 2004
    B741 .F23 2004
  • History of Islamic Philosophy. Ed. by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman. London; New York: Routledge, 1995.
    B741 .H58 1996 pt 1-2.

JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy, Jewish)

  • Amsel, Nachum. The Jewish Encyclopedia of Moral and Ethical Issues. Northvale, NJ: J. Aronson, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 BJ1285 .A53 1994
  • Frank, Daniel H., and Oliver Leaman. History of Jewish Philosophy. London; New York: Routledge, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 B154 .H57 1997

LOGIC
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Logic)

  • Detlefsen, Michael. Logic from A to Z. London: Routledge, 1999.
    Bobst QA9 .D48 1999
  • Quine, W. V. Philosophy of Logic. 2nd ed. 1986.
    Bobst BC51 .Q5 1986

MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy, medieval)

  • Hackett, Jeremiah, ed. Medieval Philosophers. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 B721.M45 1992
  • New Catholic Encyclopedia. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1967-.
    Bobst Ref1 BX841.N44 1967

METAPHYSICS
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Metaphysics)

  • Burkhardt, Hans, and Barry Smith, eds. Handbook of Metaphysics and Ontology. München: Philosophia, 1991. 2 vols.
    Bobst REF1 BD111.H225 1991
  • Kim, Jaeqwon, and Ernest Sosa, eds. A Companion to Metaphysics. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995.
    Bobst REF1 BD111 .C626 1994.

PHENOMENOLOGY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Phenomenology)

  • Encyclopedia of Phenomenology. Edited by Lester Embree et al. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 B829.5 .E53 1997

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Languages -- Philosophy)

  • A Companion to the Philosophy of Language. Ed. by Bob Hale and Crispin Wright. Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 P06 .C5945 1997.
  • Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language. Ed. by Peter V. Lamarque. Kidlington (U.K.): Pergamon, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 P106 .C5946 1997.

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophy of Mind)


PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Religion--Philosophy)

  • A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Ed. by Philip L. Quinn and Charles Taliaferro. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1997.
    Bobst REF1 BL51 .C634 1996.
  • The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Ed. by Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber, et. al. Trans. Michael H. Kohn, Karen Ready, and Werner Wunschude.
    Bobst REF1 BL1005. L4813 1989

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Science--Philosophy)

  • Durbin, Paul T. Dictionary of Concepts in the Philosophy of Science. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
    Bobst Q174.7 .D87 1988.
  • Grattan-Guinness, Ivor. Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences. London: Routledge, 1993. 2 vols.
    Bobst QA21.C645 1994
  • Mittelstrass, Jürgen, ed. Enzyklopädie Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie. Mannheim; Wien; Zurich: B.-I.-Wissenschaftsverlag, Bibliographisches Institut; [dann] Stuttgart; Weimar: J.B. Metzler, 1980-1986.
    Bobst REF1 B43 .E59 1995
  • Philosophy of Science, Logic and Mathematics in the Twentieth Century. Ed. by Stuart G. Shanker. London: Routledge, 1996.
    Bobst Q174.8.P55 1996

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Political Science--Philosophy)

  • Bottomore, Tom, et al. Dictionary of Marxist Thought. 2nd. ed. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1991.
    Bobst REF1 HX17.D5 1991
  • Goodin, Robert E., and Philip Pettit, eds. A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993.
    Bobst REF1 JA71 .C565 1993.
  • Raynaud, Philippe, and Stephane Rials. Dictionnaire de philosophie politique. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 B65 .D54 1996
  • The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers. 2nd. ed. Ed. by Robert Benewick and Philip Green. London: Routledge, 1998.
    Bobst REF1 JA83 .R725 1998

PHILOSOPHERS
(Subject Heading (LCSH)= Philosophers)

Please consult the following series by conducting a "-Series Title" phrase search in BobCat:
(-Series Title) Blackwell Philosopher Dictionaries and
(-Series Title) Social Theory. Compiled by Joan Nordquist. Santa Cruz,CA: Reference and Research Services, 1986- no. 1-.

  • Barth, Else M. Women Philosophers: A Bibliography of Books Through 1990. Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green State University, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 Z7125.B34 1992
  • Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Philosophers. Ed. by Stuart Brown, Diané Collinson, and Robert Wilkinson. London: Routledge, 1996.
    Bobst REF1 B804.B52 1996
  • Goulet, Richard, ed. Dictionnaire de philosophes antiques. Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1989. Vols. 1-.
    Bobst REF1 B112.D52 1989
    In progress. Aims at comprehensive coverage of ancient philosophers. Bibliographies of primary and secondary works, listing of fragments, and iconography (portraits, etc.).
  • Kersey, Ethel M., with Calvin O. Schrag, consulting ed. Women Philosophers: A Bio-Critical Source Book. Westport, CO: Greenwood Press, 1989.
    Bobst REF1 B105.W6 K47 1989
  • McGreal, Ian P., ed. Great Thinkers of the Western World: The Major Ideas and Classic Works of More Than 100 Outstanding Western Philosophers, Physical and Social Scientists, Psychologists, Religious Writers, and Theologians. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
    Bobst REF1 B72.G74 1992
  • Meyer, Ursula I., and Heidemarie Bennent-Vahle. Philosophinnen-Lexikon. Aachen: ein-FACH, 1994.
    Bobst REF1 B105.W6 P48 1994
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