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Philosophy

Librarian-curated research guide for Philosophy resources.

Recommended Reference Sources

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy

The International Encyclopedia of Ethics

A Companion to Philosophy of Religion

Special Resource: Companions to Philosophy

The library has most of the titles in the two series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy and Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, both of which address major philosophers and topics. Some recent titles in these series:

The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics by Tom Angier (Editor)
Call Number: K450 .C36 2019 (EBOOK)
Publication Date: 2019
A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Philosophy by John Shand (Editor)
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2019

Recommended Web Sources

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
From their About page: "[P]rovide[s] open access to detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy." Entries are written for "advanced undergraduates majoring in philosophy and by other scholars who are not working in the field covered by that article."
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)
The major scholarly online encyclopedia for philosophical topics.

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