Philosophy | Branches of philosophy

According to WINDELBAND, Philosophy is "the critical science of universal values." and according to John Dewey, "whenever philosophy has been taken seriously, it has always been assumed that it signified achieving a wisdom that would influence the conduct of life." Edgar S. Brightman Philosophy is "a critical method of approaching experience rather a body of conclusion about experience." According to Herbert Spencer, philosophy is concerned with everything as a universal science. According to Roy Wood Sellars, Our subject is the collection of science, such as theory of knowledge, logic, cosmology, ethics and aesthetics as well as unified survey. 

Branches of philosophy:

There are of various branches of philosophy

Epistemology:- 

It is the most fundamental branch of philosophy. It also discusses philosophical truth, falsehood, validity of knowledge, limits of knowledge and nature of knowledge, known and unknown etc.

Philosophy of science:-

This is also the branch of philosophy which is concerned with philosophical examination of postulate and conclusion of different sciences. 

Semantics:-

This is the most important branch of philosophy. According to Shivendra (2006) "It is concerned with determination of meanings of different words used in different languages."

Metaphysics:-

It is the study of existence, reality or essence.

Branches of metaphysics: 

There are following branches of metaphysics. 

Cosmogony, cosmology, ontology, philosophy of self, Eschatology

Cosmogony:-

It is the study of creation.

Cosmology:-

The main problem of cosmology are: Is the world one or it many, or is it both one and many?

Ontology:-

It is the study of ultimate reality.

Philosophy of self:-

It is the study of philosophical analysis of self.

Eschatology:-

It is the discussion of the condition of soul after death. 

Axiology:-

It is the branch of philosophy which concerns with philosophiclly studies value. 

Branches of Axiology:

There are following branches of Axiology.

Ethics:-

It involves in the discussion of the criteria of write and wrong. 

Aesthetic:-

This discuss the nature and criteria of beauty. 

Logic studies truth:

It includes the discussion of methods of judgement, types of proposition, hypothesis, defination, comparision, division, classification and fundamental laws of thoughts, etc. 

Philosophies of social science:-

This give birth to different branches of philosophy

The branches are as follows:

Philosophies of education:-

• Aim of education
  
• Basic philosophical problems
  

Social philosophy:-

Philosophical examination of postulates and conclusion of different sciences.

Political philosophy:

• forms of government
• forms of state
• basic problems arising in the political field
  

Philosophy of History:-

This philosophy is nature of  historical process. Its purpose and relation with cosmic process. 

Philosophy of economics:-

Aim of man economic activities and fundamental problems arising in the economic field

These are the main branches of philosophy