About the Book
On its first appearance in 1960, J.O. Urmson's Concise encyclopedia of Western philosophy and philosophers established itself as a classic. Its contributors included many of the leading philosophers of the English-speaking world: Ryle, Hare, Strawson, Ayer, Dummett, Williams and many others. They wrote with an authority and individuality which made the Encyclopedia into a lively and engaging introduction to philosophy as well as a convenient reference work.
For this edition, supervised by Jonathan Rée, the original articles have been revised and updated, and eighty articles by thirty one new authors have been added. The additions take account of recent developments in philosophy, of literary, historical and political issues in philosophy, and of developments in continental thought, including in Marxism, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, post-structuralism and deconstruction. There is a clear, integral cross-referencing system which allows the reader to identify points of overlap between philosophical traditions and their personalities at a glance.
Table of Contents:
List of Contributors J.L. Ackrill, Peter Lamarque, H.B. Acton, Jean-Jacques Lecercle, A. Hilary Armstrong, Genevieve Lloyd, Christopher J. Arthur, J.D. Mabbott, Sir Alfred J. Ayer, David Macey, Errol Bedford, Alastair Macintyre, Ted Benton, D.M. Mackinnon, Sir Isaiah Berlin, D.G.C. MacNabb, Robert L. Bernasconi, Michael Macnamara, Jay M. Bernstein, Rudolf Makkreel, Karl Britton, Philip Merlan, Stephen R.L. Clark, Ernest Nagel, Joseph G. Dawson, P.H. Nowell-Smith, Peter Dews, James O'Connell, M.E.A. Dummett, D.J. O'Connor, Dorothy M. Emmet, David Papineau, A.C. Ewing, R.S. Peters, Marvin Farbar, Nicholas Phillipson, J.N. Findlay, Anthony Quinton, Thomas Gilby, Jonathan Powers, Colin Gordon, Jonathan Ree, Ian Hacking, Richard Robinson, Roland Hall, Erwin I.J. Rosenthal, Alastair Hannay, David-Hillel Ruben, R.M. Hare, Gilbert Ryle, R. Harre, Ruth Lydia Saw, Ross Harrison, Peter Singer, H.L.A . Hart, Kate Soper, D.J.B. Hawkins, P.F. Strawson, P L Heath, Charles Taylor, Ronald W. Hepburn, F.A. Taylor, Edmund Hill, Ivo Thomas, Paulin Houtondji, Mary Tiles, Walter Kaufmann, J .O. Urmson, Richard Kearney, Jeremy Waldron, Douglas M. Kellner, James Ward Smith, I.G. Kidd, G.J. Warnock, G.S. Kirk, Alan R. White, Stephen Korner, B.A.O. Williams, David Farrell Krell, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
About the Author :
Jonathan Rée 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 was Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
