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The most complete and up-to-date philosophy reference for a new generation, with entries ranging from Abstract Objects to Wisdom, Socrates to Jean-Paul Sartre, Ancient Egyptian Philosophy to Yoruba Epistemology.
The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy includes:
* More than 2000 alphabetically arranged, accessible entries
* Contributors from more than 1200 of the world's leading thinkers
* Comprehensive coverage of the classic philosophical themes, such as Plato, Arguments for the Existence of God and Metaphysics
* Up-to-date coverage of contemporary philosophers, ideas, schools and recent developments, including Jacques Derrida, Poststructuralism and Ecological Philosophy
* Unrivalled international and multicultural scope with entries such as Modern Islamic Philosophy, Marxist Thought in Latin America and Chinese Buddhist Thought
* An exhaustive index for ease of use
* Extensive cross-referencing
* Suggestions for further reading at the end of each entry
- Sales Rank: #1196298 in Books
- Published on: 1999-12-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.75" h x 7.00" w x 2.50" l, 3.90 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 1030 pages
From Library Journal
This work consists of more than 2000 abbreviated entries culled from the ten-volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (LJ 9/15/98). It has the same number of entries as the ten-volume set, whose lengthy essays each begin with a brief description of the subject; it is these descriptions that make up the content of the Concise Encyclopedia. The layout generally follows other one-volume Routledge works, e.g., the Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers (LJ 9/1/96). Each entry is signed and includes one or two suggestions for further reading on the topic. An alphabetical list of entries and their contributors appears at the beginning of the book, and there is a comprehensive subject index. Reflecting the entire set, the choice of entries has been carefully made, and topics are not limited either to history or to Western philosophy. Libraries owning the set probably don't need this, though it would not be costly to add for ready-reference purposes. It should, however, find a welcome spot on the reference shelves of libraries not owning the set, given the exceptionally reasonable price and the care that has gone into the production.DTerry Skeats, Bishop Univ. Lib., Lennoxville, Quebec
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Based on the widely acclaimed 10-volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1998), this abridgement includes entries on each of the more than 2,000 topics covered in the parent set. The vast majority of entries in the larger set begin with a short introduction to the topic designed to be accessible to the educated layperson, followed by a more in-depth treatment and often extensive lists of cross-references and annotated sources for further reading. Concise Routledge retains unaltered each of the short introductions and, in the case of entries for the branches of philosophy (e.g., Ethics , Metaphysic s, Political philos ophy) and selected religious philosophies (e.g., Islamic philosophy , Jewish philosophy), includes the entire several-page article. But a few examples will indicate how much detail has been lost from the parent edition: overviews of Chinese, Indian, Japanese, and Korean Buddhism have shrunk from thirty-seven to three pages; John Stuart Mill's entry has shrunk from fifteen to just under two pages; and Political philosophy, history of has shrunk from fourteen to one and one-half pages. In most cases, the number of cross-references and further reading citations (still helpfully annotated) has been significantly reduced. Still, these shorter treatments reflect the concentrated and carefully worded opinions of more than 1,200 philosophers and other scholars. The volume compares favorably to two works of similar length and scope: The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (1995) and The Cambridge Dic tionary of Philosophy (1999). Using entries on Aristotle, Descartes, and Wittgenstein as a basis for comparison, biographical entries in Con cise Routledge are much shorter than those in the Oxford and Cambridge titles. There are no sources for further reading in Cambridge , while those in Oxford are not annotated. Oxford has useful charts and tables not found in the other two. The index of Cambridge is limited to selected personal names not occurring as headwords. Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy is recommended even for high-school, public, and academic libraries already owning the Oxford and Cambridge titles; its annotated reading lists alone are worth the price. It is especially recommended for smaller libraries unable to afford the 10-volume parent set. REVWR
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"Appropriate for personal collections, for small libraries unable to afford the full set, or for subject libraries..." -- Choice
"This is a bookshelf essential: well-organised, up to the minute, and a joy to browse..." -- Guardian Books Unlimited
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Comprehensive but can be ignorant
By calmly
I spent a few days browsing thru, to get a rough idea of what areas of philosophy I might do well to study more. For that purpose, this book seemed good.
I was alarmed, however, to find in the entry for "Skinner, Burrhus Frederick" this statement: "Both it [i.e. scientific behaviorism] and radical behaviorism have been obviated by the development of a computational theory of the mind." That's false. Radical behaviorism is the philosophy of behavior that informs the science of applied behavior analysis, of which there are thousands of practicing analysts and thousands of clients benefitting from those analysts. Computational theories of the mind are speculative, tend toward "mentalism" ( fictitous explanation) and, as yet, have yielded little if any practical benefit. Skinner expected that (physical) brain science would advance and welcomed that, but behaviorism is operating at a different level and is not invalidated by advances in brain science. Limitations in any theory of the mind, computational or otherwise, were precisely what led Skinner to a behaviorist approach. The emergence of computational theories of the mind presents nothing to lessen the problems Skinner recognizes were inherent in theories of the mind. On the contrary, study of Radical Behaviorism is all the more important so that the fictitous aspects of such theories be recognized. It was no accident that in the March 1994 issue of the American Psychological Society's magazine "Observer", president Roddy Roediger, a cognitive psychologist, in his article "What Happened to Behaviorism", suggested celebrating "the power of behavioristic analyses...even if you are one of the cognitive psychologists who believe behaviorism is irrelevant, passe and/or dead. It isn't".
Computational theories of the mind may seem intriguing, but they hardly obviate Radical Behaviorism. That such an ignorant statement was published makes me wonder about how many other similar false statements are in this book.
See if the following doesn't seem a more wise and professional way of handling the differences between the cognitive and behaviorist positions. It's from G.E. Zuriff's review of Lattal's and Chase's "Behavior Theory and Philosophy" and appeared in May 2005 issue The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior:
"In principle, there are no decisive philosophical objections to a cognitive theory. Practically, however, there is ample disagreement over whether such a theory will, in fact, generate fruitful research progress. Cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience are betting that such a theory is feasible, whereas SIB [ Skinner Inspired Behaviorism ] seems committed to its unlikelihood."
An encyclopedia entry on the father of an active and fruitful philosophy and science is no place for ignorant or biased dismissal.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent overall;however,the discussion of Keynes is wrong
By Michael Emmett Brady
Overall,this encyclopedia is an excellent source of important information on philosophy and philosophers in general.I have two minor quibbles,given my interest in the work of J M Keynes.There are errors in the assessment of Keynes's A Treatise on Probability(TP)which was published in 1921.On p.233,it is ascerted that only a qualitative estimate of probability is,in general,possible in Keynes's system.On p.234,it is claimed that"...what is,at best ,known qualitatively."Again, the "what"refers to estimating probabilities.These assessments are based on the misinterpretations of chapter 3 of the TP made by A. Carabelli,B.Bateman,J.Runde and D.Moggridge concerning the meaning of the words "nonnumerical"and "nonmeasurable"used by Keynes in chapter 3 of the TP.Contrary to the above authors,Keynes meant that a single numeral could not ,in general ,be used to estimate a probability.Instead,it took two numerals to estimate a probability.Keynes is the founder of the interval estimate approach to estimating probabilities,where a lower bound and an upper bound specify the probability.Nonnumerical is clearly defined in chapter 15 of the TP on page 160 by Keynes to mean "...between numerical limits."Of course, interval estimates are subject to problems of noncomparability,nonrankability and incommensurability.However,the intervals themselves are quantitative estimates of probability.Finally,it is simply incorrect to make the following claim about Frank Ramsey:"He produced the first quantitative theory of how we make decisions".(p.777 or p.737).Keynes's interval estimate approach was combined by him with his index,w, to measure the completeness of the evidence upon which probability estimates are based and with his conventional coefficient of weight(w)and risk,c.The goal of the decision maker is to maximize cA,where A is some outcome.Ramsey,who started the misinterpretation of chapter 3 of the TP with his very poor reviews of 1922 and 1926,was second.Keynes was the first to put together a complete quantitative system of decision making.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Quite Disappointing
By Ho Hock Doong
Despite such a great reputation that Routledge has in the field of philosophy, this concise encyclopedia really did disappoint me. The 10 volume encyclopedia is great, no doubts about that but this concise version of it is nothing but an advertisement to the larger version.
Yes, this encyclopedia is comprehensive, it includes philosophers and philosophy from all over the world but too bad not in sufficient depth to make it meaningful enough. It is assumed that this book is for the layman but frankly speaking, all it can do is to introduce the names/terms/concepts to the layman without being able to shed more light.
If one would really want to know more, the Oxford Companion will do a better job. And if you want to know more about a particular philosopher or movement, the internet will be a better place although less authoritative.
Looks nice on the bookshelf though.
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