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Ancient & Medieval Philosophy

 

  1. Paper Reference Sources
  2. Histories
  3. Research Guides
  4. Databases
  5. Online Encyclopedias
  6. Philosophy Gateways
  7. Subject Guides

 

 

Paper Reference Sources

 

Audi, Robert.   Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy.   2 nd Edition.   New York: Cambridge University Press.   1999.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)    B41 .C35 1999

 

 

Berman, Barbara.   Library of Congress Subject Headings in Philosophy.   Charlottesville, Va.: Philosophy Documentation Center.   2001.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)    B49 .B47 2001

 

 

Borchert, Donald.   Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement.   New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan.   1996.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)   B41 .E5 1996

 

A supplement to the 1972 edition edited by Donald Borchert—includes updated bibliographies.

 

 

Bunnin, Nicholas& E.P. Tsui-James.   Blackwell Companion to Philosophy.   Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers.   1996.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating) B21 .B56 1995

Also available Online as an E-book from NetLibrary

 

 

* Craig, Edward.   Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.   10 vol.   New York: Routledge.   1998.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)   B51 .R68 1998

 

Other Formats:

 

 

The Routledge Encyclopedia is probably the most authoritative and respected philosophy encyclopedia.   The front matter is well arranged and gives a complete listing of all entries as they appear in the text.   It is arranged alphabetically by author, subject, and titles (of philosophical works).   Each volume handles a certain section of the alphabet.   Volume contains the sets index and can be searched by author and subject.   Note that titles of individual philosophical works are listed under the author's name.

 

 

Edwards, Paul.   Encyclopedia of Philosophy.   8 vol.   New York: Macmillan.   1972.
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Smathers                                   B41 .E5 1972

 

*Note: For the latest edition of this work, see also the Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement .   Edited by Donald Borchert.

 

 

Honderich, Ted.   Oxford Companion to Philosophy.   New York: Oxford University Press    1995.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)    B51 .O94 1995

Also available Online as an E-book from NetLibrary

 

 

Horowitz, Maryanne, Ed.  New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. 6 Volumes. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)    CB9 .N49 2005

 

Notes: See the Databases section below for the online version of this work.

For older versions of this work, see the library catalog.

 

 

Lineback, Richard ed.   Philosopher's Index.   Ohio: Philosophy Index Center.   2002.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)    Z7127 .P47

 

Paper Version:

This index contains bibliographic information for important contemporary works in philosophy.   Half the book is indexed by subject and contains not abstracts.   The second half of the book is indexed by author.   This part does contain excellent annotations after each entry that the scholar will find particularly useful.   There is also a small section in the back of the work for book reviews.

See the section on 'Databases--Philosopher's Index' below for the Online version.

 

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Histories

 

Brehier, Emile.   The History of Philosophy.   7 vol.   Chicago: University of Chicago Press.   1963-69.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             109 B834hEt

 

See specifically vol. 3: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

 

 

Copleston, Frederick Charles.   A History of Philosophy.   9 vol.   London: Search Press.   1952-1975.
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Smathers (storage)                                                B72 .C62 1952

 

1985 Version available:                                 B72 .C62 1985

Check catalog for full holding information.

 

Volumes of Interest :

Vol. 1: Greece and Rome

Vol. 2: Mediaeval P hilosophy : Augustine to Scotus

Vol. 3: Ockham to Suárez

 

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Research Guides

 

Bynagle, Hans.   Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature.   Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.   1997.
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Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             B72 .B961 1997

Also available Online as an E-book from NetLibrary

1986 Version: Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             Z7125 .B97 1986

 

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Online Resources

Databases

 

*Important Notes:

 

 

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
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Online Access: Use the database and type in arts

 

 

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
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Paper Version: Horowitz, Maryanne, Ed.  New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. 6 Volumes. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005.

Smathers Library: Reference CB9 .N49 2005

 

Online Access: Use the UF Llibraries Catalog to search for this work by title. Then click on the link to connect to the electronic version available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Note: The older version of this resources is freely available on the Internet from the University of Virginia: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html

 

 

Past Masters
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Online Access: Use the database and type in past

 

This database contains the full text, electronic editions of many important philosophers from around the world. It includes published and unpublished works, articles, essays, and correspondences.

 

 

*Philosopher's Index
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Online Access: Use the database and type in phil

 

The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic resource that encompasses scholarly research in philosophy.   This database provides indexing and abstracts from books and almost 500 journals (from 38 countries worldwide) of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields.

It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.   Philosopher's Index covers articles published in journals from 1940 to present.   Finally, a small number of works from anthologies are also included in the database   

 

 

*Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Online Access: Use the database and type in rout

 

Hailed as the most authoritative and respected philosophy encyclopedia.

 

 

Multidisciplined databases databases that contain collections of philosophy journals:

 

Academic Search Premier: Religion & Philosophy Collection
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Online Access: Use the database and type in acad. Once you have connected to the database, click on the Choose Database tab on the top, right hand side of the page. Scroll down and check the box for the Religion & Philosophy Collection to add it to your areas to search.

 

This Collection allows one to search for journal articles contained within more than 300 full text journals (more than 250 are peer-reviewed titles).

 

 

Humanities Full Text
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Online Access: Use the database and type in human

 

Includes the areas of philosophy, religion, and theology.

 

 

Jstor
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Online Access: Use the database and type in jstor

 

Contains 20 journals in philosophy that can be searched. Jstor's real strength lies in having extensive full text coverage of older (scholarly) journal articles.

 

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Online Encyclopedias

 

Note: The following sites contain both general as well as specific philosophy information (including medieval topics & philosophers).

 

 

   Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (University of Tennessee)
   http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

 

This site is edited by James Fieser, Ph.D. and Bradley Dowden, Ph.D.   Entries come from course materials the editors have taught, professional philosophers, and the public domain.   Browsing is easiest using the alphabetical hotlinks and it seems to work better than their search engine.   There is also a useful Time-line of Western Philosophy.

 

 

   Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University)
   http://plato.stanford.edu/

 

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is described as “a dynamic reference work”. The site notes that the major advantage of a dynamic reference work includes being more responsive to new research (due to the nature of the Online medium). Interestingly enough, the site solves the problem of how students should cite the works in the encyclopedia by keeping fixed editions of the past entries stored in a publicly accessible archive. This resource will be liked by professors and librarians alike: all of the entries are written and maintained by experts in the field and must be approved by an editorial board.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is searchable by keyword (see the Advanced Search to access a Google powered search box of this site) or browsable by topic or author. Major medieval philosophers are included in the encyclopedia: Abelard, Anselm, Aquinus, Augustine, Duns-Scotus, Ockham, etc. There are also many philosophical beliefs and topics included here (including more general concepts such as morality or virtue). Those seeking to learn about individual medieval theories can read up about important topics such as causation or universals. For those interested particularly in medieval philosophy, see the entry of the same name written by Paul Vincent Spade (*Note: be sure to examine the ‘Related Entries' section at the bottom of this page for a nice, focused list of medieval topics contained within the S.E.P.).

 

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Philosophy Gateways

 

   American Philosophical Association (APA)
   University of Delaware
   http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html

 

This site is the homepage for the most influential philosophical association in America.   Scroll down to the 'Resources' section (in the left-hand frame) to find good Web resources, philosophy departments, and conference information.

 

 

   EpistemeLinks.com: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
   http://www.epistemelinks.com/

 

This site includes over 13,000 categorized links to philosophy resources on the Internet and has several additional features.   It contains an encyclopedia, bibliographies (searchable by topic), biographies, and E-texts.   An outstanding site.

 

 

   Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
   http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/philinks.htm#guides

 

Maintained by Peter Suber in the Philosophy Department at Earlham College.   Scroll down to find the list of links to the various sections of this Web site (you'll need to use them too since all of the categories and links are listed on one BIG page).   Quality of the sites varies--try to focus on the ones with red stars if possible (the editor's choice for quality resources)

Note:

•  The two philosophy search engines called Hippias & Noesis do not work (For full explanation, see the philosophy section on 'Subject Specific Works--Ancient Philosophy--Web Resources for Ancient Times').

•  As of February 16, 2003, this guide will no longer be updated.

 

 

   Philosophy in Cyberspace
   http://www-personal.monash.eduu.a/%7Edey/phil/

 

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Subject Guides

 

   Scholarly Philosophy Resources
   Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
   http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2000/april3/philosophy.htm

 

 

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