Policy Last Updated: December 1, 2018 Subject: Philosophy PurposeThe Collection Development policy serves as a guide to shape relevant collections and to ensure consistency in collection development. Decisions to purchase library materials is primarily the responsibility of the Collections Librarian in consultation with faculty in the Department.FocusTo support teaching, study and research up to the Master‟s level. Secondary critical studies will be selected in relation to specific research and teaching needs of the faculty in the department.ScopeLanguage: the collection will contain all works of important philosophers, at least in English translation. Major philosophers will be represented in the best critical standard editions; and, in the case of non-English writers, in the language of origin, as well as in English translation. The exception to this guideline would be for languages not written in the Roman alphabet. Secondary critical studies will be preferably in English. Such non-English works, if unavailable in translation, will be collected in the language of origin, if their importance is commonly acknowledged (e.g., as indicated in book reviews,standard bibliographies, etc).Chronological Period: all periodsGeographical Areas: all areasPublishers: emphasis on academic publishersTypes, formats, and readership of material collectedMaterials aimed at academic-level readership are selectedWeb-based formats for reference sources, journals and indexing sources are preferred. Print and microform are considered for reasons of cost, availability,expected use or long-term access.Single copies of books in print formats are generally selected. Web-based formats are selected on a title-by-title basis, especially if the title is of interest to users at multiple Laurier campuses. Duplication of print across Laurier campuses is generally avoided.Excluded types generally include textbooks, abridgements, study aids, limited editions, works by vanity presses, juvenile literature, audio-visual materials,reprints and partial contents (e.g., single issues of journals, electronic versions of single chapters of books).Subjects collected and collecting prioritiesCollecting priorities are categorized into 3 levels:A - highest emphasisThe collection includes major published materials required to support the core teaching and research at the highest degree level offered by the Department.B - secondary emphasisThe collection includes a selection of materials to complement the discipline as a whole, although it may not be a primary focus for courses.C - selective emphasisMaterials, including reference materials and basic journals and indexes are collected to introduce and define an area.Subjects collectedClassificationCollecting priorityGeneral Areas  Buddhist philosophyB162AEthics, theoretical and appliedBJ1-BJ1725AExistentialismB819AGreek philosophyB165 - B491.W6AIndian philosophyB130 - B133ALanguage, philosophy ofB840; P101 - P120ALogicBC1 - BC199CMedieval philosophyB720-B785BMetaphysics and epistemologyBD95 - BD131; BD143 - BD237AModern philosophyB790 - B5802AModern philosophy, Early (17th - 19th)B790 - B5802AScience, philosophy ofQ174 - Q175.3ASocial, political and legal philosophyB63; B65; H61 - H61.15; HM479.2 - HM499; JM1 - JA84; JC11 -JC273; K230 - K264ASpecial Ares of Concentration  Action, philosophy ofBD450AAdvaita vedantaB132.V3AAutonomyB808.67ACommunitiesB105.C46BConsciousnessB105.C477; B808.9ACritical race theoryKF4755BCritical theoryB809.2; B3183.5BDeathBD443.8 - BD445ADialogue (language and logic)BC57ADuty, obligation, responsibilityBJ1450 - BJ1458AEmotionsB105.E46AEpicureanismB512BFreedom and determinismBJ1461AFriendshipB105.F75; BJ1533.F8AGender, feminist theoryHQ1190AIdentity (Philosophical Concept)BC199.I4; BD236AInformal logicBC60 - BC78AIntercultural political philosophyJA71; JA76BLiterature, philosophy ofPN49BLoveBD436AMind, philosophy ofBD418 - BD418.8AMind-body problemB105.M55; BD418.3; BF161AModal LogicBC199.M6BMulticulturalismBD175.5.M84; HM1271APersonal / self / narrative / identityBD331; BD438.5; BF697AMaterialism / physicalismB825APhenomenologyB829.5APragmatismB832APre-socratics (in particular, Democritus, Parmenides, Heraclitus)B187.5 - B305APyrrhonism (see also skepticism)B525AQualiaBD418.3ARealismB835BRelativismBH301.R43BSelf, philosophy of; self-knowledgeBD450ASex, philosophy of; sexual ethicsBD436; HQ12ASkepticismB1499.S4AStoicismB538ATruthBH301.T77AThe willBF608 - BF635; BJ1460 - BJ1468APhilosophersNote: Main call number is given, although it is recognised that individual works may be classified under specific subjects. AristotleB400-B491ABerkeley, GeorgeB1347-B1349ACarnap, RudolphB945.C16BDavidson, DonaldB945.D384ADescartes, ReneB1830-B1848ADewey, JohnB945.D4AEpicurusB570-B573; PA3970.E2AFoucault, MichelB2430.F722BFrege, GottlobB3245.F2AHabermas, JurgenB3258.H32AHegel, G.W.FB2900 - B2949AHobbes, ThomasB1203 - B1248AHume, DavidB1450 - B1499.5AJames, WilliamB945.J2AKant, ImmanuelB2750-B2799ALeibniz, GottfriedB2550-B2599ALocke, JohnB1250-B1298ANietzche, FriedrichB3310 - B3318AOckham, William ofB765.O3BParfit, DerekB1649.P37ARawls, JohnB945.R28ARussell, BertrandB1649.R9BSartre, Jean PaulB2430.S3ASchmitt, CarlJC263.S34ASocrates / PlatoB310 - B318; B350 - B398ASpinoza, BaruchB3950-B3999ATaylor, CharlesB995.T3AWittgenstein, LudwigB3376.W56AAddendumFaculty in the Department of Philosophy have indicated that the works of the following authors should also be acquired.Alcoff, Linda MartinFrankfurt, HarryNussbaum, MarthaAppiah, AnthonyFraser, NancyPutnam, HilaryBordo, SusanFriedman, MarilynQuine, W. V.Beauvoir, Simone deGoldie, PeterRamsay, FrankButler, JudithHempel, CarlRosenthal, DavidChalmers, DavidHorgan TerenceSeager, WilliamChristman, JohnHuxley, Thomas HenrySearle, JohnChurchland, Paul & PatriciaIrigaray, LuceShankara, AdiDennett, DanielJackson, FrankShelby, TommieDe Sousa, PhilipKim, Jaegwon Dretske, FredLevine, Joseph Dworkin, GeraldMelnyk, Andrew Dworkin, RonaldMeyers, Diana T. Flanagan, OwenMills, Charles Fodor, Jerry  Related programs and supportConsortial purchases with the TriUniversity Group of Libraries (Guelph, Waterloo, Laurier university libraries), with the Ontario Council of University Libraries, and on a national level, are pursued. Attachment(s) Philosophy collection policy 2018 (pdf)