Library Research Guides: PHIL 338: Who Owns the Past?: Context & Overviews

General Works

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Continually-updated overviews of philosophical topics, with excellent bibliographies.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Large, essential overview of philosophical topics.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Scholarly overviews on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
Concise definitions from Western philosophical traditions, as well as Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy.
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of intellectual history.

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An interdisciplinary research tool that allows you to search over 300 reference works simultaneously, including limiting to audio or visual materials.

Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Introductions to major writers, thinkers, artists, topics, and periods.
Routledge Companions
Surveys and assessments of major topics and periods in philosophy.

Philosophy of Biology/Science

Philosophy of Ethics/Bioethics

Political & Legal Theory Philosophy

Philosophy of Mind

Africana Philosophy

Feminist Philosophy

A Companion to Feminist Philosophy
Call Number: Clapp Ref HQ1190 .C665 1998
Women Philosophers: A Bio-critical Source Book
Call Number: Clapp Ref B105.W6 K47 1989