StoicismAncient philosophy · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism–——
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StoicismAncient philosophy · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism–——
EpicureanismPhilosophical system · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism–——
ExistentialismPhilosophy dealing with absurdity of existence · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sartre_and_de_Beauvoir_at_Balzac_Memorial.jpg–——
AbsurdismTheory that life is meaningless · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism–——
HumanismPhilosophical school of thought · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Happyman.svg–——
RationalismEpistemological view centered on reason · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Hals_-_Portret_van_Ren%C3%A9_Descartes.jpg–——
EmpiricismIdea that knowledge comes only/mainly from sensory experience · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism–——
IdealismMetaphysical position that reality is fundamentally mental · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project_(cropped).jpg–——
MaterialismPhilosophical view that matter is the fundamental substance of nature · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucretius_pointing_to_the_casus.jpg–——
SkepticismPhilosophical views that question the possibility of knowledge or certainty · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_de_Montaigne.jpg–——
NihilismRejection of certain ideas about reality · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism–——
PragmatismPhilosophical tradition · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism–——
UtilitarianismEthical theory based on maximizing well-being · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeremy_Bentham_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg–——
DeontologyClass of ethical theories · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Immanuel_Kant_portrait_c1790.jpg–——
Virtue ethicsNormative ethical theories · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg–——
PhenomenologyPhilosophical method and schools of philosophy · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenology_(philosophy)–——
ConfucianismChinese ethical and philosophical system · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism–——
TaoismTraditionally Chinese religious and philosophical tradition · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism–——
PlatonismPhilosophical system · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonism–——
AristotelianismPhilosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotelianism–——Showing 10 of 20