List of basic philosophy topics
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Philosophy is a broad field of knowledge in which the definition of knowledge itself is one of the subjects investigated. It spans the nature of the universe, the mind, and the body; the relationships between all three, and between people. Philosophy is a field of inquiry – the pursuit of wisdom; the predecessor and complement of science, developing the issues which underly science and pondering those questions which are beyond the scope of science. Basic topics in philosophy include:
[edit] Nature of philosophy
- Main article: Philosophy
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[edit] Subdivisions of philosophy
- See also List of philosophy component types
[edit] Branches of philosophy
- Aesthetics - the study of beauty, judgments of sentiment, or taste. Aesthetics is closely associated with the philosophy of art.
- Epistemology - studies the nature and scope of knowledge and belief.
- Ethics - study of the right, the good, and the valuable. Includes study of applied ethics.
- Logic - is the study of good reasoning, by examining the validity of arguments and documenting their fallacies.
- Metaphysics - studies the state of being and the nature of reality.
See also: Axiology
[edit] Subdisciplines of philosophy
[edit] Philosophical movements
[edit] Philosophical movements of the ancient world
[edit] Philosophical movements of the modern world
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[edit] Major doctrines, principles, and theories of philosophy
[edit] Regional philosophy
[edit] History of philosophy
- Main article: History of philosophy
[edit] Fundamental philosophical questions
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See also: Unsolved problems in philosophy
[edit] Basic philosophical concepts
- Below are basic terms of philosophy which are not covered above:
[edit] Western philosophical concepts
[edit] General
deconstruction -- dialectic -- freethought -- know thyself -- life stance -- meaning of life -- perennial philosophy -- philosopher -- philosophy and literature -- pragmatics -- rationality -- reason (practical, speculative, and theoretical) -- semantics -- semiotics -- The Republic (Plato) -- rhetoric -- Thus Spoke Zarathustra -- universals (problem of) -- The Urantia Book -- Vienna Circle -- Weltanschauung -- wisdom -- women in philosophy -- world view -- Young Hegelians -- Zeitgeist --
[edit] Aesthetics
[edit] Epistemology
A priori -- A posteriori -- belief -- certainty -- Five Ws -- hypothesis -- internalism and externalism -- justification -- justified true belief knowledge -- prejudice -- scientific method -- truth -- uncertainty -- verification --
[edit] Ethics
action -- action theory -- bioethics -- business ethics -- eudaimonia -- evil -- descriptive ethics -- freedom of religion -- genethics -- good happiness -- the Happy Human -- environmental ethics -- human flourishing -- euthanasia -- freedom -- human rights -- intolerance -- justice -- justification of human rights -- medical ethics -- morality norm -- normative ethics -- original position personal value -- quality of life -- social contract -- Symposium (by Plato) -- tolerance -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- value theory -- values -- veil of ignorance -- vice -- violence -- virtue -- virtue ethics -- virtue theory -- voluntary euthanasia -- war and philosophy -- weakness of will -- Welfare -- welfare economics -- well-being -- wrong
[edit] Logic
abduction -- ambiguity -- analogy -- argument -- argument, logical -- axiom -- deduction -- fallacy -- induction -- inference -- non-contradiction, law of -- reason -- validity -- Venn diagram -- voting paradox -- well-formed formula --
[edit] Fallacies
[edit] Metaphysics
awareness -- absolute -- being -- categories of the understanding -- causality -- Cogito, ergo sum -- consciousness -- cosmology -- cosmogony -- creation Dasein -- essence -- evolution -- existence -- free will human nature -- irreligion -- I think, therefore I am -- nature -- noumenon -- object-- ontology -- origin beliefs -- perception -- perception, philosophy of -- rational choice theory - reality -- religion -- self -- sense data -- spirituality -- subject-- substance -- tabula rasa -- thing in itself -- understanding, categories of the -- universal -- veil of perception -- volition -- will -- will to power -- Zeno's paradoxes --
[edit] Eastern philosophical concepts
Wheel of life -- yang -- yin -- yin and yang -- Yoga -- zen --
[edit] Philosophers
- List of living philosophers and academics of philosophy
- Timeline of Western philosophers
- Timeline of Eastern philosophers
[edit] Analytics
[edit] Classical philosophers
[edit] Deconstructionists
[edit] Eastern philosophers
[edit] Empiricists
[edit] Existentialists
[edit] German idealists
[edit] Logical positivists
[edit] Pessimists
[edit] Phenomenologists
Joesph Niedymeyer
[edit] Political philosophers
[edit] Pragmatists
[edit] Rationalists
[edit] Structuralists
[edit] Utilitarians
[edit] Philosophy lists
- Main lists: Lists of philosophy topics and List of philosophy topics (index)
[edit] See also
[edit] Books
Following are some introductions to and overviews of philosophy and philosophical issues:
- Blackwell Companion to Philosophy
- The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell (links provided to full text)
- A History of Western Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell
- A History of Philosophy, by Frederick Copleston
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[edit] General online philosophy resources
- Introducing Philosophy Series. By Paul Newall (for beginners)
- EpistemeLinks: Philosophy Resources on the Internet
- Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Ism Book
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
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