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The links above connect to a few introductions. Keep in mind that "Philosophy of.." or branch philosophy, though specific to a particular topic, does synthesize thinking from the core areas. So without some training in or familiarity with the core areas of philosophy, the likelihood that one will do branch philosophy well is very slim. What's more, new contributions are, in fact, getting harder and harder because some branch areas have had scholars making contributions for over a thousand years.
See below the list of areas published by the APA.
Something I appreciated hearing from one of my philosophy professors was that one's politics is the cashing out of one's ethics. Since then, I've come to believe that when one takes all the core areas of philosophy (not just ethics and politics) and fits them together the way one thinks they should fit, one gets something like a manifesto.
The U.S. constitution, declaration of independence and bill of rights, as well as the writings of Marx each constitute the culmination of philosophical thinking which nits together the core areas of philosophy. Even the scriptures of religions constitute a weaving together of these areas. A revealed religion would thus be a revealed philosophy. The U.N. charter is another document synthesizing a great deal of philosophy--particularly relating to human rights and politics.
Branch areas of philosophy thus are just clarifications about what one thinks is already implied by one's manifesto. If your epistemology and ontology, ethics and politics are such and such, then what does that mean for education, art, law, religion, science and so on. Why are those things the way they are? What should they be like?
There is no clear starting point. One just has to start asking and answering questions and go from there. Is there a God? How should 'God' be understood? What difference to one's thinking and life would theism or atheism make? Can we know? How can we know? What is knowledge? And on and on and on.
The links above connect to a few introductions. Keep in mind that "Philosophy of.." or branch philosophy, though specific to a particular topic, does synthesize thinking from the core areas. So without some training in or familiarity with the core areas of philosophy, the likelihood that one will do branch philosophy well is very slim. What's more, new contributions are, in fact, getting harder and harder because some branch areas have had scholars making contributions for over a thousand years.
See below the list of areas published by the APA.
The U.S. constitution, declaration of independence and bill of rights, as well as the writings of Marx each constitute the culmination of philosophical thinking which nits together the core areas of philosophy. Even the scriptures of religions constitute a weaving together of these areas. A revealed religion would thus be a revealed philosophy. The U.N. charter is another document synthesizing a great deal of philosophy--particularly relating to human rights and politics.
Branch areas of philosophy thus are just clarifications about what one thinks is already implied by one's manifesto. If your epistemology and ontology, ethics and politics are such and such, then what does that mean for education, art, law, religion, science and so on. Why are those things the way they are? What should they be like?
There is no clear starting point. One just has to start asking and answering questions and go from there. Is there a God? How should 'God' be understood? What difference to one's thinking and life would theism or atheism make? Can we know? How can we know? What is knowledge? And on and on and on.
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