Philosophy:Theoretical philosophy
The modern division of philosophy into theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy[1][2] has its origin in Aristotle's categories of natural philosophy and moral philosophy.[3] The one has theory for its object, and the other practice.[1]
Overview
In Denmark ,[4] Finland ,[5] Germany ,[6] Netherlands,[7] Sweden,[8] and United States [9] courses in theoretical and practical philosophy are taught separately, and are separate degrees. Other countries may use a similar scheme—some Scottish universities, for example, divide philosophy into logic, metaphysics, and ethics—but in most universities around the world philosophy is taught as a single subject. There is also a unified philosophy subject in some Swedish universities, such as Södertörns Högskola.
Theoretical philosophy is sometimes confused with analytic philosophy, but the latter is a philosophical movement, embracing certain ideas and methods but dealing with all philosophical subject matters, while the former is a way of sorting philosophical questions into two different categories in the context of a curriculum.
Subjects of theoretical philosophy
- Epistemology
- Logic
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Philosophy of science
- Philosophy of language
- Philosophy of mind
- Metaphysics
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 41 ("On Universal Practical Philosophy"). Original text: Immanuel Kant, Kant’s Gesammelte Schriften, Band XXVII – Moralphilosophie, 1. Hälfte, 1974, p. 243.
- ↑ Albert Schwegler, A History of Philosophy in Epitome, D. Appleton, 1877, p. 312.
- ↑ Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1.
- ↑ Solvang, Lin (3 June 2015). "Theoretical Philosophy" (in en). http://mcc.ku.dk/research/focus-areas/theoreticalphilosophy/.
- ↑ "Theoretical Philosophy - University of Helsinki". http://www.helsinki.fi/theoreticalphilosophy/.
- ↑ "Theoretical Philosophy | Philosophisches Seminar - English" (in de). http://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb05philosophieengl/institutes/theoretical-philosophy/.
- ↑ "Theoretical Philosophy" (in en). 5 December 2014. https://www.uu.nl/en/research/philosophy/theoretical-philosophy.
- ↑ "Theoretical Philosophy | Department of Philosophy, Lund University" (in en). http://www.fil.lu.se/en/research/teoretisk-filosofi/.
- ↑ "Theoretical Philosophy | Philosophy". http://uwm.edu/philosophy/theoretical-philosophy/.
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