Major Branches of Philosophy

Metaphysics

The study of the nature of reality (what there is and what it is like)

Epistemology

The study of the nature of knowledge (what we can know and how we can know it)

Axiology

The study of the nature of value (what is good and what goodness is)

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Richard Lee, rlee@comp.uark.edu, last modified: 10 March 1999