Branches of Philosophy

 

The Map of Philosophy - by Carneades.org

What are the branches of Philosophy?

The above Map of Philosophy picture is a screenshot of the YouTube video The Map of Philosophy - by Carneades.org: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBShJU_CKs&list=PPSV

The Carneades.org YouTube channel has playlists of videos covering particular topics of philosophy:
https://www.youtube.com/@CarneadesOfCyrene/playlists

Philosophy page on Wikipedia

Let's have a look at the following Wikipedia pages:

Portal: Philosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Philosophy

Outline of Philosophy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_philosophy

Discussion topics - 2025

 

Term 1 discussion topics
Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	5/2/2025	Introduction, Etiquete, political vs philosophical discussion
2	12/2/2025	Political discussion and philosophical discussion, Penrose's three worlds
3	19/2/2025	Introduction to philosophy - PPPD blog post
4	26/2/2025	Logical reasoning - arguments
5	5/3/2025	Logical reasoning - arguments
6	12/3/2025	Logical reasoning - hidden assumptions, analogical arguments, components for strong arguments
7	19/3/2025	Critical thinking - valid patterns, fallacies
8	26/3/2025	Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis
9	2/4/2025	Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis

Term 2 discussion topics
Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	23/4/2025	Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis
2	30/4/2025	Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis
3	7/5/2025	Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis
4	14/5/2025	Meaning of life
5	21/5/2025	Meaning of life
6	28/5/2025	Meaning of life
7	4/6/2025	Meaning of life - Explore possible answers
8	11/6/2025	Meaning of life - Explore possible answers
9	18/6/2025	Confucianism - the great learning
10	25/6/2025	Lunch at Blackburn Hotel

Term 3 discussion topics
Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	23/7/2025	Confucianism - the great learning
2	30/7/2025	Confucianism - the great learning
3	6/8/2025	Confucianism - the great learning
4	13/8/2025	Confucianism / Monty Hall paradox & other puzzles
5	20/8/2025	Monty Hall paradox & other puzzles
6	27/8/2025	Monty Hall paradox & other puzzles / Philosophy of politics and power
7	3/9/2025	Philosophy of politics and power
8	10/9/2025	Philosophy of politics and power
9	17/9/2025	Philosophy of politics and power

Term 4 discussion topics
Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	8/10/2025	Philosophy of politics and power - Machiavelli
2	15/10/2025	Philosophy of politics and power - Machiavelli
3	22/10/2025	Philosophy of politics and power - Machiavelli / Foucault
4	29/10/2025	Philosophy of politics and power - Foucault
5	5/11/2025	Philosophy of politics and power - Foucault
6	12/11/2025	Philosophy of politics and power - Foucault
7	19/11/2025	Philosophy of politics and power quiz, review of some 2025 topics

First class of 2026

Welcome all to the 

Philosophy Phor Phun Discussion class

of 2026 

1. Welcome

2. Emergency evacuation procedure

3. Medical emergency procedure

4. Get to know each other

5. The PPPD blog

6. Planned topics for term 1

7. What is Philosophy?

What is Philosophy? - First Lecture of the Semester - Prof. Jeffrey Kaplan

Some questions?

1. Prof. Kaplan (PK) claims in the video above (at 5:40) that the question "Does God exist?" is not a subjective question.  However, one can subjectively believe whether God exists or not.  Is PK correct?  Please see a possible answer here.