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Updates for the Last Three Months Listed in Reverse Chronological Order
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- Metaphysical Explanation (Andrew Brenner, Anna-Sofia Maurin, Alexander Skiles, Robin Stenwall, and Naomi Thompson) [REVISED: October 5, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- Mill’s Moral and Political Philosophy (David Brink) [REVISED: October 4, 2026]Changes to: Main text, notes.html
- Friedrich Engels (Matt Shafer) [NEW: October 3, 2026]
- The Genotype/Phenotype Distinction (Michael Dietrich and Marina DiMarco) [NEW: October 2, 2026]
- Identity (Harold Noonan and Ben Curtis) [REVISED: October 2, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- Proclus (Christoph Helmig and Carlos Steel) [REVISED: October 2, 2026]Changes to: Bibliography
- Dante Alighieri (Jason Aleksander and Winthrop Wetherbee) [REVISED: October 2, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- The Value of Knowledge (Duncan Pritchard, John Turri, and J. Adam Carter) [REVISED: October 1, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- The Equivalence of Mass and Energy (Francisco Fernflores) [REVISED: October 1, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- Leibniz on Causation (Marc Bobro and Tobias Flattery) [REVISED: September 30, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- Many-Valued Logic (João Marcos, Adam Přenosil, and Paul Egré) [REVISED: September 29, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- Fideism (Richard Amesbury) [REVISED: September 24, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html
- Animal Thought (Laura Danón) [NEW: September 24, 2026]
- Moral Phenomenology (John Drummond and Mark Timmons) [REVISED: September 24, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html
- Shaaban Robert’s Virtue Ethics (Dismas Masolo) [NEW: September 24, 2026]
- Karl Leonhard Reinhold (Dan Breazeale and John Walsh) [REVISED: September 23, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- Johann Georg Hamann (Gwen Griffith-Dickson) [REVISED: September 23, 2026]Changes to: Main text, Bibliography
- Aesthetics and Race (Monique Roelofs) [NEW: September 22, 2026]
- Bernard Bosanquet (William Sweet) [REVISED: September 19, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Basil [Cardinal] Bessarion (Eva Del Soldato) [REVISED: September 18, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Self-Defense (Helen Frowe and Jonathan Parry) [REVISED: September 18, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Godfrey of Fontaines (Tobias Hoffmann and John Wippel) [REVISED: September 18, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Impartiality (Troy Jollimore) [REVISED: September 17, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (Anat Biletzki and Anat Matar) [REVISED: September 17, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Metaepistemology (J. Adam Carter and Ernest Sosa) [REVISED: September 17, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Physicalism (Daniel Stoljar) [REVISED: September 16, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Higher-Order Evidence (Sophie Horowitz) [REVISED: September 16, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Ernst Mach (Pietro Gori and Luca Guzzardi) [NEW: September 15, 2026]
- The Kyoto School (Bret W. Davis) [REVISED: September 14, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Natural Properties (Cian Dorr) [REVISED: September 13, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Gabriel (-Honoré) Marcel (Brian Treanor and Brendan Sweetman) [REVISED: September 13, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Moral Learning (Tamar Kushnir and Shaun Nichols) [NEW: September 12, 2026]
- Kūkai (John Krummel) [REVISED: September 10, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Afḍal al-Dīn al-Khūnajī (Behnam Zolghadr) [NEW: September 10, 2026]
- Nicholas of Autrecourt (Hans Thijssen) [REVISED: September 10, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Henri Poincaré (Gerhard Heinzmann and David Stump) [REVISED: September 10, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Quantum Field Theory (Meinard Kuhlmann) [REVISED: September 9, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Quantum-Bayesian and Pragmatist Views of Quantum Theory (Richard Healey) [REVISED: September 8, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Mysticism (Richard Jones and Jerome Gellman) [REVISED: September 4, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Chauncey Wright (Jean De Groot) [REVISED: September 3, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Indexicals (David Braun and Alexandru Radulescu) [REVISED: September 3, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Locke on Real Essence (Jan-Erik Jones) [REVISED: September 1, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Isaac Israeli (Leonard Levin, R. David Walker, and Shalom Sadik) [REVISED: August 31, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Theories of Biological Development (Melinda Bonnie Fagan and Jane Maienschein) [REVISED: August 29, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Process Theism (Donald Viney) [REVISED: August 28, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Philippa Foot (John Hacker-Wright) [REVISED: August 28, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Ratnakīrti (Patrick McAllister) [NEW: August 26, 2026]
- The Concept of the Aesthetic (James Shelley) [REVISED: August 24, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Animal Normativity (Simon Fitzpatrick) [NEW: August 24, 2026]
- Margarete Susman (Willi Goetschel) [REVISED: August 21, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Essential vs. Accidental Properties (Philip Atkins, Fabrice Correia, and Teresa Robertson Ishii) [REVISED: August 21, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf (Michael Seidler) [REVISED: August 21, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, First Publication) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
First published: July 29, 2026 - José Ortega y Gasset (Oliver Holmes) [REVISED: August 19, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Philosophy of International Law (John Tasioulas and Guglielmo Verdirame) [REVISED: August 18, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Plural Quantification (Øystein Linnebo) [REVISED: August 18, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Respect (Robin S. Dillon) [REVISED: August 17, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Sense Data (Gary Hatfield) [REVISED: August 13, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Alexander of Aphrodisias (Dorothea Frede and Marije Martijn) [REVISED: August 13, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Republicanism (Frank Lovett) [REVISED: August 12, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Epistemic Contextualism (Patrick Rysiew) [REVISED: August 12, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- George Berkeley (Lisa Downing and David Hilbert) [REVISED: August 12, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, activism.html, meaning.html, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- John Norris (June Yang) [REVISED: August 11, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Aristotle’s Ethics (Richard Kraut) [REVISED: August 11, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Jane Addams (Maurice Hamington) [REVISED: August 11, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Anaxagoras (John Sisko and Patricia Curd) [REVISED: August 9, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Michel de Montaigne (Marc Foglia and Emiliano Ferrari) [REVISED: August 8, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Scientific Method (Brian Hepburn and Hanne Andersen) [REVISED: August 8, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Wesley Salmon (Maria Carla Galavotti) [REVISED: August 6, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Capitalism (Chiara Cordelli) [NEW: August 5, 2026]
- Gottlob Frege (Edward N. Zalta) [REVISED: August 1, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Peter Abelard (Peter King and Andrew Arlig) [REVISED: July 31, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Karl Popper (Stephen Thornton) [REVISED: July 31, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Moral Realism (Geoff Sayre-McCord) [REVISED: July 31, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Judah Halevi (Ehud Krinis) [NEW: July 30, 2026]
- Logic of Belief Revision (Sven Ove Hansson) [REVISED: July 29, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Political Realism in International Relations (W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz) [REVISED: July 29, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Death (Steven Luper) [REVISED: July 28, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, mortality.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- The Disjunctive Theory of Perception (Matthew Soteriou) [REVISED: July 28, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Recognition (Mattias Iser) [REVISED: July 27, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Intuitionism in Ethics (Matthew S. Bedke) [NEW: July 27, 2026]
- Liar Paradox (Jc Beall, Michael Glanzberg, Ellie Ripley, and Lorenzo Rossi) [REVISED: July 26, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Model Organisms (Michael Dietrich and Nedah Nemati) [NEW: July 24, 2026]
- Susan Stebbing (Michael Beaney and Siobhan Chapman) [REVISED: July 24, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Innateness and Contemporary Theories of Cognition (Mark Cain) [NEW: July 22, 2026]
- Origen (Mark J. Edwards) [REVISED: July 21, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Aesthetics and Cognitive Science (Jon Robson and Gregory Currie) [REVISED: July 17, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Boundary (Achille Varzi) [REVISED: July 17, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Feminist Perspectives on Sex Markets (Lori Watson) [NEW: July 17, 2026]
- Intergenerational Justice (Lukas Meyer) [REVISED: July 17, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Bolzano’s Logic (Paul Rusnock and Jan Šebestik) [REVISED: July 15, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Scottish Philosophy in the 18th Century (Alexander Broadie and Craig Smith) [REVISED: July 14, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Jean-Paul Sartre (Jack Reynolds and Pierre-Jean Renaudie) [REVISED: July 10, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- Philosophy of Technology (Maarten Franssen, Ibo van de Poel, Michael Klenk, and Filippo Santoni de Sio) [REVISED: July 10, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.
- The Definition of Death (Adam Omelianchuk and David DeGrazia) [REVISED: July 10, 2026]Changes are prior to September 21, 2026 (Main text, Bibliography, notes.html) and are available in Fall 2026 Edition.