Collections
Collections
FBIB is the call-sign of the Institute's library, and also the designation for items in the HIW's academic collection (publications of the staff members: an archive collection, not accessible to the public).
The collection of monographs are housed in the main building (115.01) and is displayed according to a systematic classification. Each collection is identified by the letter F (for 'Filosofie' in Dutch) and then by three letters identifying a subcollection:
| FHIW |  |
The basic collection of modern and contemporary philosophy |
| FHUA |  |
The Husserl-Archives: Phenomenology |
| FLFW |  |
Logic and Philosophy of Science |
| FDWM |  |
De Wulf-Mansioncentrum: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy |
| FHIW | |
The FHIW collection is divided into the following categories:
| 10 Philosophy: General | 20 Religion |
| 11 Metaphysics | 30 Social sciences |
| 13 Philosophy of Man | 32 Politics |
| 15 Psychology | 33 Economics |
| 16 Epistemology | 34 Law |
| 17 Ethics | 37 Education |
| 19 History of Philosophy 19N modern philosophical authors 19R contemporary philosophical authors |
70 Aesthetics |
| 80 Language | |
| 93 History | |
Each of these categories has further subdivisions. This is not always done in the same way, but some shelf numbers have a uniform meaning across categories:
| 000 Reference Works 100 Historical Surveys 200 Readings 300 Introductions and General Surveys 500 Monographs, Special Surveys 1000 Special Historical Surveys |
The bold number indicate the category, the other numbers are used to assign an order to the books within a givencategory.
In the authors' sections 19N and 19R, the shelf numbers are a bit different:
| 000 Reference Works 050 Collected Works 100 Individual Works 200 Readers and Anthologies 300 Biographies and General Introductions 500 Secondary Literature 1000 Special Secondary Literature |
(In certain cases where secondary literature has become very extensive, further subdivisions of secondary literature have been made according to specific works or subjects, e.g. 19N-KAN 1000: studies on the Critique of Pure Reason, 19N-LEI 1500: studies on Leibniz's logic, mathematics).
The last two numbers refer to the acquisition order (before 1987) or to the last two numbers of the publication year. The supplemental number after the slash refers to the serial number of the copy or to the number of the volume. Since 2000, an X, followed by the last two numbers of the publication year (2000, 2001...), has also been included in the shelf number.
Some examples:
| 11A-544 | a monograph on metaphysics, published before 1987. |
| 19BD-399/2 | an introductory book on German philosophy published in 1999 (the second book of this kind in the library) |
| 19R-SCHO/X202-1 | an anthology of texts by Schopenhauer, published in 2002. |
Attention:
When classification began for publication year 1987, certain divisions had already been exhausted, certainly up to 599 or 699 and sometimes up to 799.
E.g.: 19R-NIE/798-1: a study on Nietzsche published in 1998
Some shelf numbers refer to 2 smaller collections: the dissertations/theses e.g. TS-1997 JANSSENS) and DVDs (e.g. DVD-32B/1992-2). You should request the documents from these special collections at the desk. You can neither borrow nor copy dissertations/theses. Videos can be borrowed overnight. For Videos, a deposit of € 6,00 is required.
| FHUA | |
Here you can find general studies about phenomenology (19PF), followed by separate divisions for the more important phenomenological authors. The organisation of the shelf numbers is the same as in FHIW.
A small part of the collection (FHUS) is housed in the President's Building (115.02).
Husserl-Archives: the private library of Edmund Husserl, museum collection. Borrowing and interlibrary loan requests are not permitted.
| FLFW | |
In this collection you can find L Logic en M philosophy of science, with their 16 subdivisions:
| LA Reference Works | M000 Reference Works |
| LB History and Texts until 1920 | MA Series and General Works |
| LC Foundational Research Logic | MB History of Science |
| LD Handbooks and Systematical Introductions | MC Mathematics and Philosophy of Mathematics |
| LE Argumentation, Dialectic, Rhetoric | MD Natural Sciences |
| LF Modal and Deontic Logic | ME Social Sciences |
| LG Other | MF Information Theory, Automata |
| MG Technology | |
| MH Sociology of Science, Sociology of Knowledge | |
Some examples:
MB-955: a book on the history of science
LD-41: a handbook on logic
This division is gradually refined through subdivisions.
E.g.: MD-BIO: Philosophy of Biology
MAp: Science and Pseudo-Science
| FDWM | |
The shelf codes always start with a capital followed by a lower case letter. The capital indicates the main category, the lower case letter indicates a further subdivision.
Overview of the 12 main categories:
| A-B Reference Works | H Patristics and Gnosticism |
| C Antiquity | I Patristics - Authors |
| D Arabic and (Medieval) Jewish Philosophy | J Byzantine Philosophy |
| E Middle Ages – General | K Renaissance Philosophy – General |
| F Middle Ages – Authors | L Renaissance Philosophy – Authors |
| G Large size (editions of Ancient and Medieval authors) | S Series |
For the most important authors (Plato, Aristoteles, Plotinus, Seneca, Cicero…), there are different shelf numbers for the primary and secondary literature.
For other authors, for whom the primary and secondary literature is less extensive, the same shelf number is used for the primary and the secondary literature. The primary literature is numbered consecutively from 1 to 49, after a dot behind the main number. The secondary literature has a number from 50 onwards, after a dot behind the main number. This system is used for the Arabic, Jewish and medieval authors, except for Thomas Aquinas, for whom the system is more elaborate.
Some examples:
| Cb8160 | Works of Plotinus |
| Cb8200 | Studies on Plotinus |
| Cb8587.1, Cb8587.2... | Works of Simplicius |
| Cb8587.50, Cb8587.51... | Studies on Simplicius |
| De100.1... | Works of Maimonides |
| De100.50... | Studies on Maimonides |
| Fp110.01... | Works of Petrus Abelardus |
| Fp110.50... | Studies on Petrus Abelardus |
Arrangement of collections
General survey of the arrangement of the collections:
|
FDWM H till LPatristics - Renaissance - journals FDWM |
|---|---|
Second Floor |
FDWM A till GAncient and Medieval Philosophy |
First Floor |
FHIW 19RContemporary Philosophy (authors K till Z)FHUAPhenomenology General and Phenomenological authors. FLFWLogic - Philosophy of Science |
Ground Floor |
FHIW 10A tot 19RGeneral - Metaphysics - Philosophy of Man - Psychology |
Basement |
FHIW 20A tot 93BReligion - Social Sciences - Politics - Economics - Law - Education - Aesthetics - Language - History |
