Tuesday, November 22, 2005

The latest Oxford Reference Online update is now live!

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New page at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/whatsnew_oct2005. NEW EDITIONS
Four new editions have been added this month.

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, edited by Ted Honderich, gathers together 249
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