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  2. Learn what philosophy is, how philosophers think, and the four main branches of the subject: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and logic. Explore the fundamental questions of existence, knowledge, morality, and language with examples and arguments.

  3. Feb 5, 2024 · Learn about the 7 main branches of Philosophy, such as Metaphysics, Axiology, Epistemology, Ethics, Logic, Political Philosophy and Aesthetics. Also, explore the nature of Philosophy as a scientific discipline that seeks to understand human reality and the world.

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  4. Dec 30, 2023 · 1.1 Epistemology. 1.2 Metaphysics. 1.3 Logic. 1.4 Ethics. 1.5 Aesthetics. 1.6 Other Branches. The Branches of Philosophy. Western philosophy can be divided into six branches that have assumed various importance over time. Traditionally metaphysics sets the questions for philosophy. Epistemology asks how do we know?

    • Examining the Universe: Metaphysics. One of the first questions ever posed, not just in the field of philosophy but also in science in general, is the question about Being, the question about the first principle, the root cause of all of existence.
    • Examining Knowledge: Epistemology. When being faced with the question of what exists in the world, it’s almost inevitable to ask: how do these thinkers know about Being?
    • Examining Reason: Logic. Another branch of philosophy that is closely linked to epistemology is logic. Logic is the study of correct reasoning. The term originates from the Greek word logos, meaning word, reason, thought, or science.
    • Examining Morals: Ethics. Ethics is one of the most central disciplines of philosophy. Ethics can simply be defined as a moral philosophy, as it’s concerned with what is morally good and bad, or morally right and wrong.
  5. Branches of philosophy. The branches of philosophy and their sub-branches that are used in contemporary philosophy are as follows. Aesthetics. Aesthetics is study of the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and the creation of personal kinds of truth. Philosophy of art; Epistemology

  6. Mar 7, 2019 · These include philosophy of science and philosophy of mind, areas where philosophy has shown dramatic recent progress. This text concludes with four chapters on ethics, broadly construed. Traditional theories of right action is covered in a third of these.

  7. Jan 1, 2006 · The Main Branches of Philosophy are divided as to the nature of the questions asked in each area. The integrity of these divisions cannot be rigidly maintained, for one area overlaps into the others. Axiology : the study of value; the investigation of its nature, criteria, and metaphysical status. More often than not, the term "value theory" is ...

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