Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy

Product Description "The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy" employs a wide construal of 'philosophy' that was common in former centuries. Its biographical entries include writers on mainstream philosophical topics whose individual contribution was small (for example, writers of textbooks or minor critics of major figures). But the encyclopedia also includes celebrated figures from other intellectual domains (e.g. poets, mathematicians, scientists and clergymen), who had something to say on topics that count as broadly philosophical. This interdisciplinary approach, coupled with sophisticated indexing and cross-referencing, makes "CEBP" easily accessible to students and specialists across a huge range of subjects. It will become a highly important resource to support teaching and research in literature, history, classics, cultural studies, politics, economics, language, aesthetics, psychology and science, as well as in mainstream philosophy itself. Review mention- Library Journal- Reference 2007/ Nov. 15, 2006 "This is an impressive sweep of philosophy as it has taken residence in Britain. The pricing may be prohibitive for smaller colleges, especially those not supporting a philosophy program, but for larger universities that do, especially those offering courses in the history of philosophy or Continental thought, this is indispensable."--Sanford Lakoff "This new encyclopedia takes a very broad view of philosophy. Alongside philosophers, like A.J Ayer, it treats the political thought of the Jacobean divine Lancelot Andrewes, the social concerns of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and 19th-century periodicals. Consequently, it is best understood as a guide to British intellectual history from the Middle ages to the present. Following the preface and the introduction are a section titled "How to Use the Encyclopedia" and a list of contributors, international in scope. Four volumes of A-Z entries, with their bibliographies and cross-references, follow. The fourth volume concludes with an alphabetical index. From Catholicism to the philosophical and mathematical contributions of Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), no topic is ignored. Due attention is given to universities, societies and means of publications. The entries are lucid and well written. All of these features make this encyclopedia very desirable."--Sanford Lakoff About the Author Anthony Grayling is Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London. He has published many books, most recently a biography of Hazlitt and a collection of essays. Andrew Pyle is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bristol.