Appendix:Glossary of philosophy

This is a glossary of philosophy. See also Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms.

A

 * analytic philosophy : A style of philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking countries in the 20th century.

C

 * continental philosophy : A collective term for various philosophical traditions strongly influenced by certain 19th and 20th century philosophers from mainland Europe, such as Hegel.

E

 * epistemology : The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge.
 * ethics : The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.

L

 * logic : The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.

M

 * metaphysics : The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens).

O

 * ontology : The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.

P

 * particular : A particular thing.
 * philosophy of science : The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science.

U

 * universal : A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.