The Concise Encyclopedia of

The Concise Encyclopedia of

Western Philosophy

Encyclopedias and philosophers are rarely concise. This classic encyclopedia, now updated, combines philosophers and conciseness in a manner perfectly suited to students and other non-specialists. Readers will enjoy philosophy in action here.

Paul Moser, Loyola University of Chicago

Ever since its first appearance in 1960, this Concise Encyclopedia has been recognised as a classic, providing not only a guide to philosophy at its best, but some remarkable samples of it too. It is a treasury of brilliant philosophical writing: A. J. Ayer on Russell, Michael Dummett on Frege, R. M. Hare on Ethics, Gilbert Ryle on Categories, P. F. Strawson on Metaphysics and Bernard Williams on Descartes, not to mention Dorothy Emmet, J. N. Findlay, H. L. A. Hart, Walter Kaufmann, G. S. Kirk, Alasdair MacIntyre, P. H. Nowell-Smith, R. S. Peters, Richard Robinson, J. O. Urmson, G. J. Warnock and many others.

This new edition builds on the strengths of the first and brings it completely up to date, with entries on newly emerging philosophers and on themes as diverse as aesthetics, `African philosophy', gender, translation and philosophy of mind. The Concise Encyclopedia offers a lively, readable, comprehensive and authoritative treatment of Western philosophy as a whole, incorporating scintillating articles by many leading philosophical authors. It serves not only as a convenient reference work, but also as an engaging introduction to philosophy.

Jonathan R?e is a freelance historian, journalist and philosopher. His books include Descartes, Philosophy and its Past, Proletarian Philosophers, Philosophical Tales, Heidegger and I See a Voice.

J. O. Urmson, who edited the first edition, is author of Philosophical Analysis, The Emotive Theory of Ethics and The Greek Philosophical Vocabulary. He is Emeritus Professor at Stanford and Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy

Edited by Jonathan R?e

and J. O. Urmson Third Edition

First published 1960 by Unwin Hyman Ltd

Second edition 1975

Third edition published 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016

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This edition published in the Taylor and Francis e-Library, 2005.

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? 1960 George Rainbird Ltd ? 1989, 2005 Jonathan R?e

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The concise encyclopedia of western philosophy/

edited by J. O. Urmson and Jonathan R?e.--3rd ed. p. cm.

1. Philosophy ? Encyclopedias. 2. Philosophers ? Biography ? Encyclopedias. I. R?e, Jonathan, 1948? II. Urmson, J. O.

B41.C66 2004 190.3?dc22

2004004479

ISBN 0-203-64177-9 Master e-book ISBN

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