Theoretical philosophy
- Theoretical philosophy is the philosophical disciplines that study the being.
- Ontology is the science of being (the science of being), a philosophical theory of reality. Ontology asks: “What is reality?”, “What exists?”, “Do things exist independently of our perception?”
- Metaphysics has no generally accepted definition. Sometimes it is identified with ontology, sometimes it is considered as a more general discipline, sometimes as a more particular one — the science of the principles of being.
- Philosophical anthropology
- Naturphilosophy (philosophy of nature)
- Philosophical theology (natural theology, natural theology, natural theology)
- Philosophy of spirit
Practical philosophy
- Practical philosophy — philosophical disciplines about human activity. Sometimes all practical philosophy is defined as an axiology
- Axiology (theory of values).
- Ethics is the philosophy of morality. Ethics asks: “Is there a difference between morally right and wrong actions, values, laws?”, “Are all values absolute or relative?”, “How is it better to live?”, “Is there a single normative value, from on which all core values depend? (See also Norma (sciences and humanities), “Are values material (like a table or a chair) and, if not, how should we understand their ontological status?”
- Metaethics
- Ethics of action
- Social ethics
- medical ethics
- Bioethics
- Economic ethics
- Environmental ethics
- Aesthetics is a philosophical discipline about the beautiful, the ugly, etc. In aesthetics, questions are asked: “What is beauty?”, “How do we comprehend beauty?”
- Philosophy of art
- Praxeology (pragmatics, philosophy of activity)
- Social philosophy
- philosophy of religion
- Philosophy of law
- Philosophy of Education
- Philosophy of History
- Political philosophy (philosophy of politics)
- Philosophy of Economics
- Philosophy of culture
- Philosophy of ecology