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An overview of contemporary philosophy
Philosophy today is a research discipline with specialists, journals and debates, and it reaches well beyond universities into hospitals, law, technology and public life. This topic maps the field, its main traditions and what studying it can do for you.
In this topic
- From sages to specialists
- How academic philosophy works
- The main areas of specialisation
- Analytic, continental and pragmatist traditions
- A widening field
- Philosophy outside the university
- Why study philosophy?
- Worked example: is there progress in philosophy?
- Worked example: one question, many specialists
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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