Theoretical philosophy

Theoretical philosophy includes the portion of the philosophy, which is composed of the disciplines of epistemology, metaphysics, ontology, logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of nature, philosophy of science and philosophy of mathematics. The theoretical philosophy contrasts with the practical philosophy, which includes the disciplines of ethics, political philosophy, social philosophy, philosophy of law and theory of action. There is disagreement, for example, the classification of the aesthetic.

The disciplines of theoretical philosophy unites the fundamental question of the world and its recognizability. In the area of theoretical philosophy thus includes amongst others: the following questions:

• What is it? (Ontology )
• How is the world organized? ( Metaphysics )
• Can I see something? What can I gain knowledge? ( Epistemology, philosophy of science )
• What relationship exists between language and reality? ( Philosophy of Language )
• As the mental fits into the world? ( Philosophy of mind, mind-body problem)
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Origin

The distinction between theoretical and practical philosophy goes back to Aristotle. He faced the theoretical philosophy, which depends on disinterested knowledge necessary reasons, practical philosophy, which refers to the assigned practical and political activity of man - namely in the area of what also can behave differently. This distinction was in the 17th and 18th centuries - such as Christian Wolff - taken up. Interdisciplinary areas of contemporary philosophy oppose partially this dichotomy.

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