The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521637228 ISBN 13: 9780521637220

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Widely acclaimed as the most authoritative and accessible one-volume dictionary available in English (and now with translations into Chinese, Korean, Russian, Italian, and Spanish underway) this second edition offers an even richer, more comprehensive, and more up-to-date survey of ideas and thinkers written by an international team of 436 contributors. Includes the most comprehensive entries on major philosophers, 400 new entries including over 50 on preeminent contemporary philosophers, extensive coverage of rapidly developing fields such as the philosophy of mind and applied ethics, more entries on non-Western philosophy than any comparable volume, and increased coverage of Continental philosophy.

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'A collaborative work of truly international scope, the dictionary is indispensable both for the range of subjects covered and for the lucidity of the writing'. Choice

Book Description:

Widely acclaimed as the most authoritative and accessible one-volume dictionary available in English (and now with translations into Chinese, Korean, Russian, Italian, and Spanish underway) this second edition offers an even richer, more comprehensive, and more up-to-date survey of ideas and thinkers written by an international team of 436 contributors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521637228
• ISBN 13: 9780521637220
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1039
• Editor: Audi Robert