BISAC Subject Headings List

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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

 

PHILOSOPHY / Ethnophilosophy see headings under SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies

 

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

 

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

 

PHILOSOPHY / Mysticism see BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mysticism or RELIGION / Mysticism

PHI049000

PHILOSOPHY / Nature *

 

PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Education see EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

 

PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Language see Language

 

PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Religion see RELIGION / Philosophy

 

PHILOSOPHY / Philosophy of Science see SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects

PHI019000

PHILOSOPHY / Political

PHI021000

PHILOSOPHY / Reference

PHI022000

PHILOSOPHY / Religious

PHI034000

PHILOSOPHY / Social

PHI023000

PHILOSOPHY / Taoist

 

PHILOSOPHY / Utopian see POLITICAL SCIENCE / Utopias

 

PHILOSOPHY / Western see specific headings in this section

 

PHILOSOPHY / Yoga see Hindu or HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga

PHI025000

PHILOSOPHY / Zen

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