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Philosophy A Guide to the Reference Literature, Third Edition
Hans E. Bynagle
ISBN: 1-56308-954-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-56308-954-1
408 pages
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Publication: 5/30/2006
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Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [T]his work is commendable for its content, scope, and organization. Previous editions were organized by types of reference resources. In this edition Bynagle has helpfully opted for a subject arrangement of the material: General Sources, History of Philosophy, Branches of Philosophy, and Miscellanea. The annotations provided for each entry are generally helpful. The book covers core, gateway, and organizational Web sites; it amply compensates for modest cross-referencing with extensive author, title, and subject indexes. Recommended. Primarily academic libraries serving graduate students and research faculty in philosophy.
    —Choice     1/1/2007
  • [A] coherent perceptive reference guide...
    —Reference Reviews     2/1/2007
Description: A newly reorganized, up-to-date overview of key reference works in philosophy, reflects a veritable explosion of reference sources, both print and online, published over the past decade. Nearly 300 of the 700+ entries consist of new material, with an additional 50 entries substantially revised and updated. English-language sources are emphasized, but important non-English works are also well represented. For professional philosophers, philosophy educators, students from beginning to graduate, and librarians.

This guide represents a substantial updating and complete re-organization of the author's 1997 Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature, 2nd edition (1st edition, 1986). It reflects a veritable explosion of reference sources, both print and online, in the field of philosophy over the past decade. Nearly 300 entries (or 40 percent) are entirely new. An additional 50 or so entries have substantial revisions recording new editions, changes in serial publications, series, and websites, or additional volumes completed in multi-volume sets. In addition, it has been entirely re-organized along topical lines. Each of its twenty-three chapters is divided into four sections: (1) general sources, (2) history of philosophy, (3) branches of philosophy, and (4) miscellanea. This new arrangement accords better with the greatly expanded range of philosophy reference sources and makes it easier for the user to identify related sources of different types (bibliographies, dictionaries, web gateways, etc.) on the same topic. Like its predecessor Guide to Reference Sources in Philosophy, the 3rd edition aims to serve a diverse audience of professional philosophers, philosophy educators, students from beginning to graduate, and librarians. All entries include generous annotations that are often evaluative as well as descriptive. English-language sources are emphasized, but non-English works important to researchers or of interest to users with facility in other languages are also well-represented.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    General Sources
    General Bibliographic and Research Guides
    General Bibliographies
    General Indexes, Abstract and Review Sources, and Serial Bibliographies
    National and Regional Bibliographies and Indexes
    General Internet Resource Directories and Gateways
    General Encyclopedias, Directories, and Handbooks
    History of Philosophy
    Comprehensive History Sources
    Non-Western Philosophy
    Western Philosophy: General, National, and Regional
    Western Philosophy: Ancient
    Western Philosophy: Medieval and Renaissance
    Western Philosophy: Modern through 19 century
    Western Philosophy: 20th and 21st centuries
    Branches of Philosophy
    Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art and Art Criticism
    Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Philosophy of Mind
    Ethics
    Logic and the Philosophies of Mathematics, Science, and Social Sciences
    Philosophy of Education
    Philosophy of     Religion
    Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
    Other Branches and Special Topics
    Miscellanea
    Sundry Currents, Schools, and Movements
    Directories and Miscellaneous Reference Sources
    Appendix 1
    Appendix 2
    Author Index
    Title Index
    Subject Index
About the Author: Hans E. Bynagle is Library Director and Professor of Philosophy, Whitworth College, Spokane.
LCC Class: 16
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