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Philosophy, from the Greek words philo (love) and sophia (wisdom), refers to the rational inquiry of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, and conduct. Its traditional main branches are metaphysics, the study of the ultimate nature of reality, epistemology, the investigation of the origins and limits of knowledge, ethics, dealing with morality and justice, and aesthetics, the study of beauty in the arts.
Academic Departments
University and college departments and institutes of philosophy, many of them offering advanced degrees in philosophy.
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Aesthetics
Philosophy of art, or aesthetics, is the branch of philosophy examining the nature of art and of the experience of art.
Academic Programs,
Aestheticians,
Organizations,
Philosophy of Food,
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Analytic Philosophy
A tradition stemming from the early 20th century, placing a strong emphasis on clarity and rigorous debate.
Linguistic Turn,
Philosophers,
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Chats and Forums
The search for wisdom through open debate.
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Continental Philosophy
Existentialism,
Hermeneutics,
Nihilism,
Phenomenology,
Philosophers,
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Directories
Link collections, annotated directories, and search engines for philosophy and related areas.
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Eastern Philosophy
Philosophy done in the traditions of Eastern thought, namely those traditions which have arisen in South and East Asia.
Chinese Philosophy,
Confucianism,
History,
Indian Philosophy,
Japanese Philosophy,
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Education
This category is devoted to the teaching of philosophy. It is supposed to provide resources for philosophy teachers, mostly at the college and university level, including sites on pedagogy in philosophy teaching, the teaching of particular subject areas, syllabi, handouts, etc.
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Writing Guides,
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Employment
Information about the job market in philosophy, job listings.
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Epistemology
Works of philosophers or others dealing with the limits, sources, nature and methods of human knowledge.
Conferences,
Epistemologists,
Naturalized,
Pragmatism,
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Ethics
Ethics is the study of what's right and wrong (the word "morality" has a very similar, if not identical meaning) - as in "Stealing is wrong", not as in "2+2=3 is wrong".
Applied,
Directories,
Education,
Environmental,
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Feminist Philosophy
Philosophers,
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History of Philosophy
Western philosophy has a long and varied history, dating back to the pre-Socratic philosophers of ancient Greece.
19th Century,
20th Century,
Ancient,
Early Modern,
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Journals
Individual academic journals on philosophy, and directories of journal websites.
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Metaphilosophy
Metaphilosophy is the study of the subject, matter, methods and aims of philosophy. It is the philosophy of philosophy.
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Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a primary subject area in philosophy which investigates the nature, constitution, and structure of reality.
Causality,
Free Will and Determinism,
Metaphysicians,
Mind,
Modality,
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Movements
Distinct philosophical schools of thought.
Objectivism,
Platonism,
Postmodernism,
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Online Texts
Resources and archives of academic philosophical writings, both historically and in recent times, including essays and dissertations.
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Organizations
Organizations and associations related to philosophy.
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Personal Pages
This category is for issues that do not fit in any of the other Philosophy categories.
Authors,
Essays,
Inspirational,
Multidisciplinary Issues,
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Philosophers
This category includes sites with philosophers as their subject. Content may include biographical and bibliographical information, articles, interviews, electronic texts, mailing lists, and secondary literature.
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Philosophical Anthropology
Philosophical discipline that seeks to unify the several empirical investigations of human nature in an effort to understand individuals as both creatures of their environment and creators of their own values.
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Philosophy for Children
Philosophy for Children aims to develop and preserve the critical, creative and caring thinking and attitude that is natural to children.
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Philosophy of Culture
Devoted to this branch of philosophy, also called social philosophy.
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Philosophy of Education
Academic Departments,
Course Syllabi,
Philosophers,
Publications,
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Philosophy of History
Journals,
Philosophers,
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Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of language is the study of philosophical issues that arisedue to the language based nature of discourse and argument.
Analysis,
Meaning,
Philosophers,
Research Groups,
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Philosophy of Logic
Conditionals and Entailment,
Contradiction and Inconsistency,
Identity,
Informal Logic,
Logic and Knowledge,
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Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness Studies,
Language of Thought,
Philosophers,
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Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of religion is a branch of metaphysics devoted to the analysis of religious phenomena, beliefs, movements etc.
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Philosophy of Science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the philosophical interpretation and study of the natural sciences, in particular, physics, biology, and mathematics.
Academic Departments,
Biology,
Chemistry,
Mathematics,
Organizations,
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Products and Services
Any sites which predominantly or exclusively provide information on commercial activities related to philosophy will be listed here.
Philosophical Practice,
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Reference
Collections of secondary articles on philosophy, like the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, philosophical dictionaries, and the like.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
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Transdisciplinarity
Pluridisciplinarity concerns studying a research topic not in only one discipline but in several at the same time.
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Weblogs
Weblogs devoted to philosophy from a scholarly approach.
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