Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Abstract

The second edition contains more than 2,100 entries including more than 450 new articles. Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war; social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought; and much more. Additionally features 1,000 biographical entries on major figures in philosophical thought throughout history.