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Philosophy Map

This "map" of Western Philosophy attempts to trace the influences and development of philosophical thought, from the Pre-Socratics through to the Modern era. Most of the names are clickable links. For more details on dates and historical eras and periods, see the section By Historical Period.

Philosophy Map: influences and development of Western philosophySophismSocratesPlatoAristotleHeraclitusPre-Socratic PhilosophersPhiloPlotinusSt. AugustineScholasticismScholasticismSt. Thomas AquinasAvicennaAverroësEpicurusStoicismSkepticismJohn LockeGeorge BerkeleyDavid HumeRené DescartesBaruch SpinozaGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizImmanuel KantGottlob FregeCharles Sanders PeirceTranscendentalismG. W. F. HegelArthur SchopenhauerFriedrich NietzscheSøren KierkegaardMartin HeideggerKarl MarxWilliam JamesBertrand RussellLudwig WittgensteinW. V. O. QuinePhenomenologyStructuralismPost-StructuralismExistentialismOrdinary Language PhilosophyLogical PositivismFeminismIndian PhilosophyJewish Philosophy
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