THE FOLIO SOCIETY

Whether you want to know about Plato or Popper, Confucius or Circular Arguments, the Achilles Paradox or the Vienna Circle, The Oxford Companion to Philosophy has the answers. Combining authority with readability, it is the finest single-volume reference book in its field and a gold-mine of brain-expanding information. This major new edition boasts 300 extra entries ranging from Cloning to Globalisation, from Corporate Responsibility to Heaven, from Humour to Terrorism. Also included are a detailed timeline setting philosophical developments in historical context and a portrait gallery of 84 leading philosophers.