BISAC Subject Headings List
Philosophy
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PHILOSOPHY
PHI000000 |
PHILOSOPHY / General |
PHI001000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics |
PHI047000 |
PHILOSOPHY / African * |
PHI028000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist |
PHI026000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Criticism |
PHI003000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Eastern |
PHI048000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Environmental * |
PHI004000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology |
PHI035000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Essays |
PHI005000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
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PHILOSOPHY / Ethnophilosophy see headings under SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies |
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PHILOSOPHY / Feminism see SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory |
PHI007000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Free Will & Determinism |
PHI008000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil |
PHI036000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Hermeneutics |
PHI033000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Hindu |
PHI009000 |
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General |
PHI002000 |
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical |
PHI012000 |
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval |
PHI037000 |
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Renaissance |
PHI016000 |
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern |
PHI046000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers |
PHI038000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Language |
PHI011000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Logic |
PHI013000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics |
PHI014000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Methodology |
PHI015000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body |
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PHILOSOPHY / Moral Philosophy see Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
PHI031000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General |
PHI039000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic |
PHI040000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory |
PHI027000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction |
PHI041000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Empiricism |
PHI006000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism |
PHI010000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism |
PHI042000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism |
PHI018000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology |
PHI043000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism |
PHI020000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism |
PHI032000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Rationalism |
PHI044000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Realism |
PHI029000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Structuralism |
PHI045000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Transcendentalism |
PHI030000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Utilitarianism |
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PHILOSOPHY / Mysticism see BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mysticism or RELIGION / Mysticism |
PHI049000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Nature * |
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PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Education see EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
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PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Language see Language |
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PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Religion see RELIGION / Philosophy |
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PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Science see SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
PHI019000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Political |
PHI021000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Reference |
PHI022000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Religious |
PHI034000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Social |
PHI023000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Taoist |
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PHILOSOPHY / Utopian see POLITICAL SCIENCE / Utopias |
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PHILOSOPHY / Western see specific headings in this section |
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PHILOSOPHY / Yoga see Hindu or HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga |
PHI025000 |
PHILOSOPHY / Zen |
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