The ''Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' is an
encyclopedia
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of
philosophy
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edited by
Edward Craig that was first published by
Routledge
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in 1998 (). Originally published in both 10 volumes of print and as a
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, in 2002 it was made available
online
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on a
subscription
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basis. The online version is regularly updated with new articles and revisions to existing articles. It has 1,300 contributors providing over 2,000 scholarly articles.
Background
– Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Single-volume editions
Two single-volume editions of the encyclopedia have been published, ''The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', first published in 1999 (), and ''The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', first published in 2005 (). The ''Concise'' version has the same number of entries as the ten-volume set, each entry in the ''Concise'' version being the summary of the topic that precedes each article in the 10-volume work. The ''Shorter'' version has over 900 articles, each with more in depth coverage than the corresponding entry (if present) in the ''Concise'' encyclopedia.
See also
*'' Encyclopedia of Philosophy''
*''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (''SEP'') combines an online encyclopedia of philosophy with peer-reviewed publication of original papers in philosophy, freely accessible to Internet users. It is maintained by Stanford University. E ...
''
*List of online encyclopedias
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The largest online encyclopedias are general reference works, though there are also many specialized ones. Some online en ...
References
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