Philosophy

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Use subject headings to find books

The Subject Heading index contains standardized subject headings (i.e., terms and phrases) from the Library of Congress Subject Headings assigned to library materials during the cataloguing process that represent major topics covered in those materials. Subject headings covering some broad Philosophy topics you can search in the Library's catalogue include:

Aesthetics 

Ethics

Existentialism

Feminism -- Philosophy

Knowledge, Theory of

Logic

Metaphysics

Phenomenology

Philosophy, Ancient

Philosophy, Medieval

Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century

Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century

Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century

Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century

To locate information about a particular philosopher, search the Subject Heading index using the philosopher's name (LastName, FirstName). For example:

Aristotle

Descartes, Rene

Epicurus

Hegel, Georg

Hume, David

Kant, Immanuel

Kierkegaard, Soren

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Russell, Bertrand

Thomas Aquinas

Wittgenstein, Ludwig