Philosophy reference

• Philosophy dictionaries, encyclopedias, companions and other reference works are borrowable and shelved with the main collection on Level 11
• eReference resources include the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a good starting point for philosophy topics, history of philosophy and world philosophies. Its Signpost articles provide overviews of key branches of philosophy and narrower topics.

Companions and Guides

More Companions and Guides are listed under categories 

General and subcategories (this column)

General philosophy reference

• General philosophy electronic reference
• General philosophy reference books
• Terms and quotations

Branches of philosophy

• Aesthetics / philosophy of art and film
• Critical and cultural theory
• Empiricism, rationalism and pragmatism
• Epistemology
• Ethics (general) 
  • Applied ethics
  • Bioethics and medical ethics
  • Environmental ethics and philosophy
  • Religious ethics
• Existentialism and phenomenology
• Feminist philosophy / women philosophers
• Logic
• Metaphysics and ontology
• Philosophy of education
• Philosophy of language and analytic philosophy
• Philosophy of law
• Philosophy of mind, psychology and emotion
• Philosophy of religion
  • Christian philosophy
• Philosophy of science (general)
  • Biology and evolution
  • Mathematics and physics
• Philosophy of technology
• Socio-political philosophy (general)
  • Political philosophy and theory
  • Social philosophy and theory

General philosophy electronic reference

General philosophy reference books

Terms and quotations

Aesthetics / philosophy of art and film

Critical and cultural theory

Empiricism, rationalism and pragmatism

Epistemology

Ethics (general)

Applied ethics

Bioethics and medical ethics

Environmental ethics and philosophy

Religious ethics

Existentialism and phenomenology

Feminist philosophy / women philosophers

Logic

Metaphysics and ontology

Philosophy of education

Philosophy of language and analytic philosophy

Philosophy of law

Philosophy of mind, psychology and emotion

Philosophy of religion

Christian philosophy

Philosophy of science (general)

Philosophy of biology and evolution

Philosophy of mathematics and physics

Philosophy of technology

Socio-political Philosophy (general)

Political Philosophy and Theory

Social Philosophy and Theory

Historical Categories (this column)

History of Western philosophy (general)

World Philosophies

Classical Graeco-Roman Philosophy (general)

• Presocratic and Other Classical Schools
• Socrates and Plato
• Aristotle
• Late Antiquity and Neoplatonism

Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

• Medieval Philosophy (general)
• Medieval Philosophers (individual)
• Renaissance Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy through 19th Century (general)

17th-Century Philosophers

• Descartes
• Hobbes
• Leibniz
• Locke
• Spinoza
• Other

18th-Century Philosophers

• Berkeley
• Hume
• Kant
• Rousseau
• Other

19th-Century Philosophers

• Hegel
• Kierkegaard
• ​Marx
• Mill
• Nietzsche
• Other

20th-Century Philosophy (general)

• Continental Philosophy
• 20th-Century Philosophers (individual)
  • Derrida
  • Heidegger
  • Husserl
  • Sartre
  • Wittgenstein
  • Other

History of Western Philosophy (general)

World Philosophies

Classical Graeco-Roman Philosophy

See also Presocratic and Other Classical Schools; Socrates and Plato; Aristotle; Late Antiquity and Neoplatonism

Presocratic and Other Classical Schools

Socrates and Plato

Aristotle

Late Antiquity and Neoplatonism

Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy

Medieval Philosophy (general)

Medieval Philosophers (individual)

Renaissance Philosophy

Early Modern Philosophy through 19th Century (general)

17th-Century Philosophers

See Early Modern Philosophy through 19th Century (general); Descartes; Hobbes; Leibniz; Locke; Spinoza; Other 17th-Century Philosophers

Descartes

Hobbes

Leibniz

Locke

Spinoza

Other 17th-Century Philosophers

18th-Century Philosophers

See Early Modern Philosophy through 19th Century (general); Berkeley; Hume; Kant; Rousseau; Other 18th-Century Philosophers

Berkeley

Hume

Kant

Rousseau

Other 18th-Century Philosophers

19th-Century Philosophers

See Early Modern Philosophy through 19th Century (general); Hegel; Kierkegaard; Marx; Mill; Nietzsche; Other 19th-Century Philosophers

Hegel

Kierkegaard

Marx

Mill

Nietzsche

Other 19th-Century Philosophers

20th-Century Philosophy (general)

See also Continental Philosophy; 20th-Century Philosophers (individual)

Continental Philosophy

20th-Century Philosophers (individual)

See Derrida; Heidegger; Husserl; Sartre; Wittgenstein; Other 20th-Century Philosophers

See also 20th-Century Philosophy (general); Continental Philosophy

Derrida

Heidegger

Husserl

Sartre

Wittgenstein

Other 20th-Century Philosophers