Major Fields of Philosophy
Other than the core areas, there are several fields of study formally within philosophy. They are:
- Philosophy of language
- Philosophy of law
- Philosophy of mind
- Philosophy of religion
- Philosophy of science
- Applied Ethics
- Bioethics
- Environmental ethics
- Mathematical logic
- Philosophical logic
- Meta-ethics
- Applied philosophy
- Meta-philosophy
- Philosophy of artificial intelligence
- Philosophy of biology
- Philosophy of chemistry
- Philosophy of education
- Philosophy of engineering
- Philosophy of history
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Philosophy of music
- Philosophy of perception
- Philosophy of physics
- Philosophy of psychology
- Philosophy of social science
- Philosophy of space and time
- Teleology
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