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A philosophical movement that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and choice. Key figures include Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Albert Camus.
A philosophical approach that focuses on the study of conscious experience and the ways in which we perceive and interpret the world. Key figures include Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger.
A philosophical tradition that emphasizes clarity of language and logical analysis. Key figures include Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Willard Van Orman Quine.
A philosophical school of thought that emphasizes practical consequences and the usefulness of ideas. Key figures include Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey.
A philosophical and cultural movement that rejects grand narratives and emphasizes the relativity of truth and knowledge. Key figures include Jean-François Lyotard, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida.
A branch of philosophy that explores the ways in which gender influences our understanding of the world and seeks to address gender inequalities. Key figures include Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, and bell hooks.
The study of what is morally right and wrong, and how we should act. Key figures include Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
The study of government, politics, and the rights and obligations of individuals within a society. Key figures include John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and John Rawls.
The study of knowledge and belief, and how we can justify our beliefs. Key figures include René Descartes, David Hume, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
The branch of philosophy that explores the nature of reality, existence, and the fundamental principles of being. Key figures include Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant.
The study of the nature of the mind, consciousness, and mental processes. Key figures include René Descartes, John Searle, and Daniel Dennett.
The study of language and its relationship to thought, meaning, and communication. Key figures include Ludwig Wittgenstein, Noam Chomsky, and J.L. Austin.
The study of the nature of scientific knowledge, methodology, and the philosophical foundations of scientific inquiry. Key figures include Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, and Imre Lakatos.
The study of beauty, art, and the nature of aesthetic experiences. Key figures include Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
The study of religious beliefs, experiences, and the nature of God. Key figures include St. Thomas Aquinas, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and William James.
The study of the nature of technology, its impact on society, and ethical considerations related to technological advancements. Key figures include Martin Heidegger, Jacques Ellul, and Don Ihde.
The study of the relationship between humans and the natural environment, and ethical considerations related to environmental issues. Key figures include Aldo Leopold, Arne Naess, and Rachel Carson.
The study of the nature of education, its aims, and the philosophical foundations of educational theories and practices. Key figures include John Dewey, Paulo Freire, and Nel Noddings.
The study of the nature of law, legal systems, and the philosophical foundations of legal theories and practices. Key figures include John Austin, H.L.A. Hart, and Ronald Dworkin.
The study of the nature of history, historical interpretation, and the philosophical foundations of historical theories and practices. Key figures include Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, and Hayden White.
A philosophical movement that emphasizes the importance of empirical evidence and logical analysis in the verification of knowledge claims. Key figures include Rudolf Carnap, Moritz Schlick, and Otto Neurath.
A philosophical approach that seeks to expose and undermine the assumptions and binary oppositions that underlie language, texts, and concepts. Key figures include Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
A philosophical and intellectual movement that analyzes human culture, language, and experience as systems of underlying structures. Key figures include Ferdinand de Saussure, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and Roland Barthes.
A philosophical and critical approach that builds upon and challenges the ideas of structuralism, emphasizing the instability and plurality of meaning. Key figures include Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Gilles Deleuze.
A philosophical and sociological approach that seeks to analyze and critique society and culture, with a focus on power relations and social inequalities. Key figures include Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, and Jürgen Habermas.
A philosophical approach that emphasizes the dynamic and interconnected nature of reality, focusing on processes and becoming rather than fixed entities. Key figures include Alfred North Whitehead, Charles Hartshorne, and Nicholas Rescher.
A branch of feminist philosophy that explores the ways in which gender influences knowledge and the production of knowledge. Key figures include Sandra Harding, Helen Longino, and Elizabeth Anderson.
A contemporary philosophical movement that combines elements of pragmatism, postmodernism, and analytic philosophy. Key figures include Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, and Robert Brandom.
A theoretical framework that examines the ways in which race and racism intersect with other forms of social inequality and oppression. Key figures include Kimberlé Crenshaw, Derrick Bell, and Patricia Williams.
A tradition of philosophy that emerged in continental Europe, characterized by a focus on existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and critical theory. Key figures include Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Jacques Derrida.
A theory of truth that emphasizes the practical consequences and usefulness of beliefs, rather than their correspondence to reality. Key figures include Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey.
A philosophical movement that combines logical analysis with empiricism, emphasizing the importance of empirical evidence in the verification of knowledge claims. Key figures include Rudolf Carnap, Moritz Schlick, and Otto Neurath.
An ethical approach that rejects universal moral principles and emphasizes the relativity and plurality of ethical perspectives. Key figures include Jean-François Lyotard, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida.
A branch of aesthetics that focuses on the analysis and evaluation of art and aesthetic experiences using logical and linguistic tools. Key figures include Arthur Danto, Nelson Goodman, and Kendall Walton.
The study of the nature of mathematics, mathematical objects, and the philosophical foundations of mathematical theories and practices. Key figures include Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Kurt Gödel.
The study of the nature of life, biological processes, and the philosophical foundations of biological theories and practices. Key figures include Ernst Mayr, Richard Lewontin, and David Hull.
The study of the nature of physical reality, the laws of physics, and the philosophical foundations of physical theories and practices. Key figures include Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and Richard Feynman.
The study of the nature of the mind, mental processes, and the philosophical foundations of psychological theories and practices. Key figures include William James, Sigmund Freud, and Daniel Dennett.
The study of the nature of economic systems, economic theories, and the philosophical foundations of economic theories and practices. Key figures include Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.