Branches of Philosophy
Explore links to each branch by clicking on the dropdown menu to the left or above. The following is a list of the tabs. None are exhaustive and all are pages in progress.
- Logic
- Epistemology
- Science and Pseudoscience: The Demarcation Problem
- Metaphysics
- Existence
- Philosophy of Mind
- Identity
- God and Religion
- Free Will and Determinism
- Something Completely Different …
- Axiology
- Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art and Film
- Ethics
- “Meaning of Life”
- Business Ethics
- Political and Social Philosophy
- Civil Rights
- 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
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Various Topics on Philosophy in General as a Study
Why Study Philosophy?
- http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/index.cfm?postid=5112019841346388353
- http://www.effectivethinking.org/2013/01/employers-demand-for-critical-thinking-skills-triples/
- https://bigthink.com/videos/the-value-of-philosophy-in-our-daily-lives
- http://www.clas.wayne.edu/multimedia/videos/CLAS-Tube/corvino.html
Critical Thinking and Maturity
- http://www.edinformatics.com/news/teenage_brains.htm
- https://www.insightassessment.com/Resources/Measuring-Reasoning-Skills-and-Mindset/Measuring-Mindset-Attributes/Maturity-of-Judgment/(language)/eng-US
What do philosophers do?
What is Philosophy?
- http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/intro/philosophy-what.html; http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/intro/
- http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/What%20Philosophy%20Is.htm
- http://www.philosopher.org/Home.html
Philosophy Timelines
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Western_philosophers
- http://www.wadsworth.com/philosophy_d/special_features/timeline/ptimeline.html
- http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/zt.htm
- https://www.rit.edu/cla/philosophy/Timeline.html
- http://www.philosophybasics.com/general_timeline.html
- http://historyofphilosophy.net/timeline-1-classical
- https://cas.umkc.edu/philosophy/vade-mecum/map.htm
- http://www.erraticimpact.com/philosophy/history/timeline.cfm
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher_list_all.shtml
- http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191737107.timeline.0001
- http://www.uh.edu/~cfreelan/courses/Stoics/Timeline.html
- http://www.iub.edu/~p374/Time.html
- http://roebuckclasses.com/time/philosophytime.htm
- http://teachhigh-phi.org/timeline/
- http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/History%20Of%20Philosophy.htm
History of Philosophy
- Ancient
- Late Antiquity
- Medieval
- Renaissance
- Modern
- Enlightenment/Age of Reason
- Contemporary
- http://historyofphilosophy.net/
- http://www.history-of-philosophy.com/philosophy.htm
- http://philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/History%20Of%20Philosophy.htm
- https://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Adventure-Transmitted-Aristotles-Renaissance/dp/0964471493
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Research, and Papers
- http://plato.stanford.edu/
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/
- http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/ctlessons.html
- http://philpapers.org/
- http://www.philosphypages.com
- http://philosophy.eserver.org/default.htm
- http://www.ipl.org/div/special/
Professional Philosophical Organizations
- http://www.apaonline.org/
- http://aesthetics-online.org/?
- http://spscva.org/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Philosophical_societies
- http://philosophy.unc.edu/graduate/philosophy-links/
Therapeutic Philosophy
Thought Experiments
- https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/10/19/open-university-thought-experiments/
- http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/
Experimental Philosophy
Philosophy in the Schools
- http://p4c.com/
- http://www.bostonreview.net/carlos-fraenkel-brazil-teaching-philosophy
- http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/Main/HomePage
- http://precollegephilosophy.blogspot.com/
- http://squirefoundation.org/
- http://www.techinsider.io/the-case-for-teaching-philosophy-in-schools-2016-3
- http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/01/what-classrooms-can-learn-from-magic/425100/
Philosophy Community
Los Angeles
Meetups
Books and Publications
- LAPL Social Science, Philosophy & Religion: https://www.lapl.org/branches/central-library/departments/social-science-philosophy-religion; https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/web-resources/philosophy-religion
- LA Review of Books Philosophy & Critical Theory Section: https://lareviewofbooks.org/sections/philosophy-critical-theory/#!
- LA Review of Books Philosophy Section: http://thephilosophicalsalon.com/about/
- Hoose Library of Philosophy at USC: https://www.librarything.com/venue/93666/Hoose-Library-of-Philosophy-University-of-Southern-California
- LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/topic/religion-belief/philosophy/12008000-topic.html
Societies
- Philosophical Research Society: http://new.prs.org/
- University of Philosophical Research: http://www.uprs.edu/
College and University Philosophy Departments
- Cal State LA: http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/phil
- UCLA: http://philosophy.ucla.edu/
- MSMU: https://www.msmu.edu/undergraduate-bachelor-programs/philosophy/
- LACC: https://www.lacitycollege.edu/Academic-Departments/Philosophy/Department-Home
- WLAC: http://www.wlac.edu/Humanities/Philosophy.aspx
- LMU: http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/philosophy/
- Occidental: https://www.oxy.edu/philosophy
- ELAC: https://www.elac.edu/academics/departments/philosophy/
- USC: https://dornsife.usc.edu/phil
- LAVC: https://www.lavc.edu/Philosophy/index.html
High School Philosophy Departments
- Delphi Academy of Los Angeles: http://www.delphila.org/applied-philosophy-logic/
Nights of Philosophy and Ideas
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