Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy covers all areas of philosophy and contains terms from the related fields of religion, science, and logic. Clear definitions make it an essential resource for students and teachers and an ideal introduction for anyone with an interest in philosophy. Also includes 500 biographies of famous and influential philosophers and covers the most recent terms and concepts from Western philosophical traditions, as well as Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy.

“The most comprehensive dictionary of philosophy in English”–Times Literary Supplement

A search tool

Featuring autocomplete search to help you find words quickly by seeing search predictions that might be similar to the search terms you’re typing. The search also allows various search options as:

• A ‘fuzzy filter’ when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
• A ‘keyword’ search for finding key words within compound words
• A wild card search function (‘*’ or ‘?’) which can replace a letter or entire parts of a word.

A learning tool

The dictionary app includes a number of features which help you to grow your vocabulary further:

• A ‘Favorites’ feature allows you to create your own categories and lists of words from the extensive library, which includes all cross-curriculum words
• History list to help you easily review the last visited words.
• See words in context with example sentences

A mobile dictionary application from MobiSystems with content from Oxford University Press.