A Dictionary of Philosophy
by Antony Flew
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The Dictionary of Philosophy can be used as a guidebook to the history of ideas, an immensely useful handbook for the student of philosophy - or of the many disciplines touching on philosophy - or for the general reader who needs clarification or definition of the many terms and names within its scope. From the classic thinkers, through Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant and hundreds more who lead up to the modern age, this comprehensive dictionary spans the personalities, terminology and show more vocabulary of thousands of years of philosophical thought in addition to the more recent encroachment of social and psychological sciences. show lessTags
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Clear, concise definitions, nearly complete for its size.
It fills in those gaps where I bog down over philosophical terms.
Later, I realize it's mostly about Anglo, analytic philosophy, without much about the rest of the world. But it was very helpful for its discussions of its narrow field.
It fills in those gaps where I bog down over philosophical terms.
Later, I realize it's mostly about Anglo, analytic philosophy, without much about the rest of the world. But it was very helpful for its discussions of its narrow field.
This is far and away the best dictionary of philosophy I've come across so far.
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Antony Flew is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Reading, England.
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- Original publication date
- 1979 (1st edition) (1st edition); 1983 (2nd edition) (2nd edition)
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- 593
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- 49,193
- Reviews
- 3
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- (3.65)
- Languages
- English, Romanian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 2
