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The Encyclopedia of Philosophy is one of the two major English encyclopedia

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s of philosophy

Philosophy

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(the other being the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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).

The first edition

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of the encyclopedia was in eight volume

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s, edited by Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards (philosopher)

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, and published in 1967 by Macmillan

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; it was reprinted in four volumes in 1972.

The second edition was edited by Donald M. Borchert and published in ten volumes in 2006 by Thomson Gale

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. Volumes 1–9 contain alphabet

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ically ordered articles

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. Volume 10 consists of:

Appendix
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(pp. 1–48), containing updates and additions to the articles in the preceding volumes;
Thematic outline
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of content (pp. 49–66);
Bibliographies
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(pp. 67–177);
Index
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(pp. 179–671).

Its ISBNs are 0-02-865780-2 as a hardcover

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set, and 0-02-866072-2 as an e-book

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