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Why use reference books? Reference books are a good place to start researching a topic. Reference books are easy to read and written by experts. Use reference books for concise introductions, facts, or definitions. The reference books listed below are a selection of philosophy reference sources available at the University of Auckland Library. Ttitles are cited according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Philosophy Pence, Gregory. A Dictionary of Common Philosophical Terms. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Library copy Audi, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Library copy Baergen, Ralph. Historical Dictionary of Epistemology. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2006. Library copy Blaauw, Martijn, and Duncan Pritchard. Epistemology A-Z. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c2005. Library copy Blackburn, Simon. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005. Library copy Borchert, Donald M. Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2nd ed. Detroit, Mich.: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. Library copy Craig, Edward, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London: Routledge, 1998. Library copy \| Database Flew, Antony, and Stephen Priest, eds. A Dictionary of Philosophy. Aylesbury: Market House Books, 2002. Gregory, Richard L., ed. Oxford Companion to the Mind. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Library copy Honderich, Ted, ed. Oxford Companion to Philosophy. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Library copy Kelly, Michael, ed. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Library copy Garrett, Don, and Edward Barbanell, eds. Encyclopedia of Empiricism. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Library copy Zelazo, Philip David, Morris Moscovitch, Evan Thompson, eds. Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Nelson, Robert S., and Richard Shiff, eds. Critical Terms for Art History. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Library copy Philosophers Arrington, Robert L., ed. A Companion to the Philosophers. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Library copy Baggini, Julian, and Jeremy Stangroom, eds. Great Thinkers A-Z. London: Continuum, 2004. Library copies Brown, Stuart, Diané Collinson, Robert Wilkinson, eds. Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers. London: Routledge, 1996. Brown, Stuart, ed. Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005. Library copy Brown, Stuart, Diané Collinson, Robert Wilkinson, eds. One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers. London: Routledge, 1998. Bunge, Wiep van, ed. The Dictionary of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Dutch Philosophers. Bristol: Thoemmes, 2003. Library copy Cartwright, David E. Historical Dictionary of Schopenhauer's Philosophy. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005. Library copy Caygill, Howard. A Kant Dictionary. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1995. Library copy Chapman, Siobhan, and Christopher Routledge, eds. Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. Library copies Directory of American Philosophers. Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center. Library copy Hackett, Jeremiah. Medieval Philosophers. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. Library copy Inwood, Michael J. A Hegel Dictionary. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992. Library copy ---. A Heidegger Dictionary. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Library copy International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers. Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green University. Library copy Lapointe, François H., comp. Søren Kierkegaard and His Critics: an International Bibliography of Criticism. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980. Library copy Martinich, Aloysius. A Hobbes Dictionary. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995. Library copy Parker, Noel, and Stuart Sim. The A-Z Guide to Modern Social and Political Theorists. London: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1997. Library copy Pyle, Andrew, ed. The Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers. Bristol: Thoemmes, 2000. Library copy Roth, John K., ed. World Philosophers and Their Works. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 2000. Library copy Shook, John, ed. Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, 1860-1960. Bristol: Thoemmes, 2004. Library copy Stockhammer, Morris. Plato Dictionary. London: Vision, 1963. Library copy Watkin, Julia. Historical Dictionary of Kierkegaard's Philosophy. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001. Library copy Yolton, John W., John Valdimir Price and John Stephens, eds. The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers. Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1999. Library copy World philosophies Brown, Stephen F., and Juan Carlos Flores. Historical Dictionary of Medieval Philosophy and Theology. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Library copy Bunnin, Nicholas, and Jiyuan Yu. The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004. Library copy Carr, Brian, and Indira Mahalingam, eds. Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. London: Routledge, 1997. Library copy Critchley, Simon, and William R. Schroeder, eds. A Companion to Continental Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Library copy Deutsch, Eliot, and Ronald Bontekoe. A Companion to World Philosophies. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Library copy Harvey, Steven. The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. Library copy Leaman, Oliver, ed. Biographical Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2006. Library copy ---. Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. New York: Routledge , 2001. Library copy ---. Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy. London: Routledge, 1999. Library copy Murray, Christopher John, ed. Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. Library copy Taylor, Victor E., and Charles E. Winquist, eds. Encyclopedia of Postmodernism. London: Routledge, 2000. Library copy Zeyl, Donald J., ed. Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Library copy History of ideas Chapman, Siobhan, and Christopher Routledge, eds. Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. Library copy Delon, Michel, ed. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. Library copy Gerard, Francois. Liberalism Versus Conservatism: A Bibliography with Indexes. Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2000. Library copy Grendler, Paul F., ed. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. New York: Scribner's, 1999. Library copy ---. The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003. Hillerbrand, Hans J., ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Library copy Hoffman. John. A Glossary of Political Theory. Stanford: Stanford Law and Politics, 2007. Library copy Horowitz, Maryanne Cline, ed. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. Library copy Kors, Alan Charles, ed. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Library copy McLeish, Kenneth, ed. Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought. London: Bloomsbury Publications, 1993. Miller, David, ed. The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought. Oxford: Blackwell, 1987. Library copy Miskelly, Matthew, and Jaime Noce, eds. Political Theories for Students. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Group, c2002. Nauert, Charles G. Historical Dictionary of the Renaissance. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2004. Library copy Pike, Jon. Political Philosophy A-Z. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Library copy Rohmann, Chris. A World of Ideas: A Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs and Thinkers. New York: Ballantine, 1999. Library copy Sheldon, Garrett Ward, ed. Encyclopedia of Political Thought. New York: Facts on File, 2001. Library copy Yolton, John W. The Blackwell Companion to the Enlightenment. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992. Library copy Campbell, Gordon. The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003. Library copy Ethics Becker, Lawrence C., and Charlotte B. Becker, eds. Encyclopedia of Ethics. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. Library copy Dauvergne, Peter. Handbook of Global Environmental Politics. Northampton, MA: E. Elgar 2005. Library copy Duval, R. Shannon, ed. Encyclopedia of Ethics. New York: Facts On File, 1999. Library copy Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998. Library copy Frey, R. G., and Christopher Heath Wellman, eds. A Companion to Applied Ethics. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. Library copy Jacobs, Jonathan A. Ethics A-Z. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. Library copy Macdonald, Barrie I., and Michel Petheram. Keyguide to Information Sources in Media Ethics. Washington, D.C.: Mansell, 1998. Library copy Murray, Thomas H., and Maxwell J. Mehlman. Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology. New York: John Wiley, 2000 Library copy Post, Stephen G., ed. Encyclopedia of Bioethics. 3rd ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. Library copy Singer, Peter, ed. A Companion to Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1991. Library copy Feminist theory Braidotti, Rosi, comp. Women's Studies and Philosophy: An International Bibliography on Feminist Sources With an Accent on Sexual Differences and Theories of the Subject. Utrecht: Interfaculty Dept. of Women's Studies, University of Utrecht, 1990. Library copy Code, Lorraine, ed. Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories. London: Routledge, 2000. Library copy Gardner, Catherine Villanueva. Historical Dictionary of Feminist Philosophy. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2006. Library copy Hughes, Christina. Key Concepts in Feminist Theory and Research. London: SAGE, 2002. Library copy Humm, Maggie. The Dictionary of Feminist Theory. 2nd ed. New York: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995. Library copy McHugh, Nancy Arden. Feminist Philosophies A-Z. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Pilcher, Jane, and Imelda Whelehan. 50 Key Concepts in Gender Studies. London: SAGE, 2004. Library copy Sartori, Eva Martin, ed. The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999. Library copy Philosophy of Religion Quinn, Philip, and Charles Taliaferro, eds. A Companion to the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997. Library copy Thiselton, Anthony C. A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Oneworld, 2002. Library copy Whitney, Barry L. Theodicy: An Annotated Bibliography on the Problem of Evil, 1960-1990. New York: Garland, 1993. Library copy World religions Lopez, Donald S. Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005. Bowker, John, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Library copies Buswell, Robert E., ed. Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Macmillan, USA, 2004. Library copy Dallapiccola, Anna L. Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Library copy Esposito, John L., ed. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. New York: Oxford UP, 2003. Library copy Hastings, Adrian, Alistair Mason and Hugh Pyper, eds. The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Library copy Jones, Lindsay, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. Keown, Damien. A Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003. Library copy Klostermaier, Klaus. A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Oxford: Oneworld, 1998. Library copy New Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. Library copy Schumacher, Stephan, and Gert Woerner, eds. The Rider Encyclopaedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Hinduism. London: Rider, 1999. Library copy Philosophy of science Psillos, Stathis. Philosophy of Science A-Z. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Regal, Brian. Human Evolution: A Guide to the Debates. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2004. Library copy Databases Blackwell Reference Online Credo Reference Contains dictionaries and encyclopedias in philosophy. Gale Virtual Reference Library is a collection of reference books containing several titles relevant to philosophy. Oxford Reference Online has some philosophy dictionaries and guides. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives biographical information on philosophers who lived in the British Isles. Does not cover living people. Reference Universe indexes reference books. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy is an online encyclopedia of philosophy and political theory. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. This encyclopedia is a work in progress.
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