Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy

the use of Specialist authors;

selected by an Editor or an editorial committee which is competent (though not necessarily a specialist) in the field covered by the encyclopedia; and

the use of Peer Review .

The Encyclopedia was created in 1995 by Edward N. Zalta , with the explicit aim of providing a ''dynamic encyclopedia'' which was updated regularly, and so did not become dated in the manner of print encyclopedias. The charter for the encyclopedia allows for rival articles on a single topic to allow irreconcilable conflicts amongst scholars to be reflected in a scholarly manner.

SEE ALSO

Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy

Routledge Encyclopedia Of Philosophy

EXTERNAL LINKS

Homepage of the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' ;

A Solution to the Problem of Updating Encyclopedias - an article by Hammer and Zalta outlining the scholarly problem the Encyclopedia was created to address.

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