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The Encyclopedia of Philosophy is one of the major English encyclopedias of philosophy. [1] The first edition of the encyclopedia was edited by philosopher Paul Edwards (1923–2004), and it was published in two separate printings by Macmillan. [2]
The history of philosophy is the systematic study of the development of philosophical thought. It focuses on philosophy as rational inquiry based on argumentation, but some theorists also include myths, religious traditions, and proverbial lore.
Mar 24, 2000 · One of the decisive developments in the western philosophical tradition was the eventually widespread merging of the Greek philosophical tradition and the Judeo-Christian religious and scriptural traditions. Augustine is one of the main figures through and by whom this merging was accomplished.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
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The IEP was founded by philosopher James Fieser in 1995, operating through a non-profit organization with the aim of providing accessible and scholarly information on philosophy. The current general editors are philosophers James Fieser and Bradley Dowden (since 1999) with a staff of thirty faculty members as subject-area editors plus numerous volu...
The general editors supervise thirty subject-area editors, who help recruit authors and referees. The area editors supervise the blind-refereeing process. The intended audience for the IEPis philosophy students and faculty who are not specialists within the field, and thus articles are written in an accessible style. Articles consist of a brief sur...
During any twelve month period it receives 6.9 million viewers, making it the most visited encyclopedia of professionally written philosophy articles. Similarweb analyticsand Google Analytics say 75% of this usage is through internet searches, 18% is through direct access, and 5% through referral, with the referring websites including other referen...
The IEP is included by the American Library Association in its listing of Best Free Reference Sites; listed as an online philosophy resource by the Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Associations; listed by EpistemeLinks as one of the "outstanding resources" in philosophy on the internet;and listed as a reliable resource in many unive...
This 8-volume encyclopedia is the most comprehensive philosophical reference work ever published in any language-the result of six and a half years of work by more than 500 scholars from all over the world.
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Publications. Harry Frankfurt, On Truth (2006) Luc Ferry, Learning to Live (2006) Paul Boghossian, Fear of Knowledge (2006) André Comte-Sponville, The Book of Atheist Spirituality (originally published in French as L'Esprit de l'athéisme, 2006) Jonathan Lear, Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation (2006)
