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Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (2nd edition)
Edited by Robert Audi Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1999 1001 pp. ISBN 0 521 63136 X; 0 521 63722 8 paperback L52.50 (US$74.95); L19.95 (US$29.95) paperback
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The first edition of this mighty tome, 1995 (RR 96/009), made a strict rule of not having any entries under the proper names of living philosophers. This did sometimes make it difficult to track down concepts that were strongly associated with a single author. The new edition has breached this rule in a number of cases, though not entirely consistently, making the dictionary easier for the non-philosopher to use. Strictly...