Branches of Philosophy

Social Philosophy- is the study of questions about social behavior and interpretations of society and

social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations.

Logic Philosophy- is the area of philosophy devoted to examining the scope and nature of logic is
the branch of study that concerns questions
about reference, predication, identity, truth, quantification, existence, entailment, modality,
and necessity.

Cosmology Philosophy- is a discipline directed to the philosophical contemplation of the universe

as a totality, and to its conceptual foundations.

Psychology- the study of the human mind and behavior.

Ethics- is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and
recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior

General Metaphysics- is the study of being or existence

Theodicy- attempted to defend the existence of God, who was assumed to be good, despite the
existence of evil in the world.

Epistemology- is the study of knowledge.  This is a matter of understanding what knowledge is, and
how to distinguish between cases in which someone knows something and cases in which someone
does not know something

Axiology- the philosophical study of goodness, or value, in the widest sense of these terms.
Hermeneutics- is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical
texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts.
 Theories of Philosophy

Idealism- is a diverse group of metaphysical views which all assert that "reality" is in some way
indistinguishable or inseparable from human perception and/or understanding, that it is in some
sense mentally constituted, or that it is otherwise closely connected to ideas

Realism- is about a given object is the view that this object exists in reality independently of
our conceptual scheme. In philosophical terms, these objects are ontologically independent of
someone's conceptual scheme, perceptions, linguistic practices, beliefs, etc.

Pragmatism- is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments
for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to
describe, represent, or mirror reality. 

Existentialism- is a form of philosophical enquiry that explores the nature of existence by

emphasizing experience of the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling,
living human individual.

Postmodernism- is generally defined by an attitude of skepticism, irony, or rejection toward what it

describes as the grand narratives and ideologies associated with modernism, often
criticizing Enlightenment rationality and focusing on the role of ideology in maintaining political or
economic power.