Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online

There are two types of article: thematic and biographical. Thematic articles range from the general, such as Knowledge, concept of, to specialized topics such as Virtue epistemology.

Biographical articles are devoted to individuals and emphasize the work rather than the life of the subject and are accompanied by a list of the subject’s major works in the Bibliography view.

All thematic and biographical articles begin with a summary, which provides a concise and accessible overview of the topic or subject. This can be referred to on its own if the reader does not require the depth and the detail of the main part of the article.

Every article page in REP Online comprises two main elements:

Table of Contents - all thematic and biographical articles over 1000 words in length are divided into sections and have a numbered table of contents. This lists the headings of each of the article sections, enabling the reader to see the scope and structure of the article at a glance;
Entry Details - the article text appears in the middle of the screen. The blue navigation bar has links to the Bibliography, Related Articles within REP Online and Links to other philosophy sites on the web.

The article title appears in bold type at the top of the left pane. Click the article title to read the summary. When the article is opened, the summary text will appear in bold. If the article is long, the summary will be followed by a series of section titles. Click a section title and scroll down the article text using the scrollbar on the right. If the article is long, the title of each section will appear in the left pane. Click a section title to move to it. Use the chevrons to view the previous or next section of the article. If you are at the end of the article clicking on the right-hand chevron will take you to the next article listed.

Cross-References

Cross-references to other articles and bibliographic cross-references are displayed in blue in the article text. Click a cross-reference to move to it.

Bibliography

To read the bibliography of an article click Bibliography in the blue navigation bar. Where the article is about a philosophical theme or concept, a set of References and Further Reading will be displayed. Where the article is about a philosopher, a List of Works and a set of References and Further Reading relating to the article will be displayed.

To see a list of related REP articles, click Related Articles in the blue navigation bar. A list of See Also references and a list of Further Discussion references will be displayed. Click the article title to read the full text.

Links

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