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History
History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the human past, with special attention to the written record. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of...
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Political philosophy
Political philosophy is the study of city, government, politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why (or even if) they are needed, what makes a government legitimate, what...
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- A Theory of Justice ,
- Two Treatises of Government ,
- Political Liberalism ,
- Power: A New Social Analysis
Science
Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is, in its broadest sense, any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a prediction or predictable type of outcome. In this sense, science may refer to...
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science. The field is defined by an interest in one of a set of "traditional" problems or an interest in central or foundational concerns in science. In...
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- The Logic of Scientific Discovery ,
- Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature ,
- Chaos: Making a New Science ,
- Politics of Nature
Logic
Logic, from the Greek λογικός (logikos) is the study of reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activity, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. Logic examines general forms which...
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- Port-Royal Logic ,
- Axiomatic Analysis: An Introduction to Logic and the Real System ,
- The nature of rationality ,
- Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for analytic philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language...
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- Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius ,
- The Language Instinct ,
- Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language ,
- The Stuff of Thought
