modern philosophy
Recent intellectual tradition
Modern philosophy refers to Western philosophical thought from roughly the 17th century through the early 20th century, beginning with Descartes and running through figures like Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.
The period is marked by emphasis on reason, individual consciousness, and systematic approaches to knowledge and existence.
In casual use, modern philosophy sometimes means simply contemporary philosophical thinking, though academics distinguish this as contemporary or postmodern philosophy.
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- tabula rasaUnmarked mental starting point
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
existentialism · rationalism · cogito ergo sum · ethics · Sartre · death of God · empiricism · hermeneutics · pragmatism · Heidegger · deconstruction · critical theory · Nietzsche · skepticism · Rousseau · Kant · categorical imperative · Marxism
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- philosophy topicsSocratic method, ethics, dialectic, logic, Socratic dialogue
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Early Western thought systems
classical philosophy · medieval philosophy · Scholasticism · Greek philosophy · Neoplatonism
modern philosophymysticism
Pursuit of divine union
theology · religious philosophy · traditionalism · perennial philosophy · esotericism
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Asian intellectual traditions
Chinese philosophy · Indian philosophy · Buddhist philosophy · Confucianism · Taoism
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