Philosophy Guide - Reference Material

This is a guide to some of the reference material that is available in the area of Philosophy and held by the University of Sydney Library. Please note that this is not all of the resources that are available. The list is not comprehensive but should give you an indication of what is available that may assist you with your research. Much of this information is now also available on the World Wide Web and you should also look at the Internet Resources section of this Guide.

Table of Contents
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Directories and Biographical Sources
Bibliographies and Catalogue
Indexes and Abstracts

Dictionaries

The concise encyclopedia of western philosophy and philosophers
/edited by J.O. Urmson and Jonathan Ree.
London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.
Fisher Ref 190.3 2 B.

A dictionary of philosophy: in the words of philosophers / edited with an introduction by J. Radford Thomson.
London : R.D. Dickinson, 1887.
Fisher Ref 103 32.

Dictionary of the history of ideas; studies of selected pivotal ideas. Philip P. Wiener, editor in chief.
New York, Scribner [1973-74]
Fisher Ref 901.9 47.

Historisches Worterbuch der Philosophie / unter Mitwirkung von mehr als 700 Fachgelehrten in Verbindung mit Gunther Bien ... [et al.] ; hrsg. von Joachim Ritter.
Basel : Schwabe, 1971- <c1998>
Fisher Ref 103 11.

The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy / general editor, Robert Audi.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Fisher Ref 103 40 A

Blackburn, Simon. The Oxford dictionary of philosophy / Simon Blackburn.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Fisher Ref 103 38

Dictionary of concepts in history / Harry Ritter.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1986.
Fisher Ref 907.20321 1

Dictionary of logical terms and symbols / Carol Horn Greenstein.
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1978.
Fisher Ref 164 185

The Greek philosophical vocabulary / J.O. Urmson.
London : Duckworth, 1990.
Fisher Ref 180.3 1

Macmillan dictionary of the history of science / edited by W.F. Bynum, E.J. Browne, Roy Porter.
London : Macmillan, 1983.
Fisher Ref 503.21 1 A

The Oxford companion to the mind / edited by Richard L. Gregory, with the assistance of O.L. Zangwill.
Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Fisher Ref 128.2 58

The Oxford classical dictionary / edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Fisher Ref 930.03 4

Encyclopedias

Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy
University of Sydney Library server (mirror site.)

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Contains articles from three sources (1) original contributions by specialized philosophers around the internet, (2) adaptations of material written by the editors of the Encyclopedia for classroom purposes, and (3) adaptations from public domain sources (typically from two or more sources per article).

The encyclopedia of philosophy. / Donald M. Borchert, editor in chief.
London : Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International, c1996.
Fisher Ref 103 5

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment / Peter Hanns Reill, consulting editor; Ellen Judy Wilson, principal author.
New York : Facts On File, c1996.
Fisher Ref 940.2503 1

Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy / general editor, Edward Craig.
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Fisher Ref 100 316

The Blackwell encyclopaedia of political thought / edited by David Miller ; advisory editors, Janet Coleman, William Connolly, Alan Ryan.
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell, 1987.
Fisher Ref 320.0321 4

Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics / edited by James Hastings with the assistance of John A. Selbie and other scholars.
Edinburgh : Clark, 1994.
Fisher Ref 203 1 A

Encyclopedia of aesthetics / Michael Kelly, editor in chief.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
4v.
Fisher Ref 111.8503 3

Lexikon der ostlichen Weisheitslehren. English.The encyclopedia of Eastern philosophy and religion : Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen / Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber [et al.] ; editors, Stephan Schuhmacher, Gert Woerner ; translators, Michael H. Kohn, Karen Ready, Werner Wunsche.
Boston : Shambhala, 1989.
Fisher Ref 291.095 6

Directories and Biographical Sources

Directory of American philosophers. Bowling Green, Ohio : Philosophy Documentation Center
[196?]-
Fisher Ref 191.05 2

International directory of philosophy and philosophers. Bowling Green, Ohio [etc.] Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green University
c1965-
Fisher Ref 105 21

Biographical dictionary of twentieth-century philosophers / edited by Stuart Brown, Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson.
London ; New York : Routledge, 1996 (1997 printing)
Fisher Ref 109.2 3

To search for biographical works on a particular Philosopher search the library's catalogue using the subject search facility. Use the persons name in the following format.
Dewey John 1859 1952
Or
Schopenhauer Arthur 1788 1860

Bibliographies and Catalogues

Bibliographia philosophica, 1934-1945./ Brie, G. A. de.
Bruxellis : Editiones Spectrum, 1950-54.
Fisher Ref 100 23

Catalog of the Hoose Library of Philosophy, Hoose Library of Philosophy. University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Boston : Hall, 1968.
Fisher Ref 101.6 3

The history of ideas : a bibliographical introduction / Jeremy L. Tobey.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Books, c1975-
Fisher Ref 016.1 2

Dictionary of philosophy and psychology : including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, mental pathology, anthropology, biology, neurology, physiology, economics, political and social philosophy, philology, physical science and education, and giving a terminology in English, French, German and Italian / ed. by J.M.Baldwin.
Gloucester, Mass. : Peter Smith, 1925, 1933.
Fisher Ref 100 4

To find specialised bibliographies search the Library's catalogue using the subject search facility. Use the person's name in the following format.

Kant Immanuel 1724 1804 Bibliography
Logic Bibliography

Indexes and Abstracts

Bibliographie de la philosophie. Bibliography of philosophy.
Paris, Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1954-
V1 1954 - v 45 1998
Fisher Ref 101.6 1

Bulletin signaletique. 519: Philosophie. Paris : Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Centre de documentation sciences humaines,
V23 1969 - v38 1984.
Fisher Ref101.6 6

The Philosopher's index. Bowling Green, Ohio, Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green University [etc.]
V1967/68 -
Fisher Ref101.6 4.
[see databases- Philosopher's Index]

Philosophic Abstracts 1939 - 1954 New York, Kraus Reprints
V1 - v16 including 4 vol index.
Fisher Ref 100 24