philosophical movement
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concept
A philosophical movement is a historically and intellectually coherent trend in philosophy, characterized by shared themes, methods, and assumptions among a group of thinkers over a particular period or context.
All labels observed (79)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| philosophical movement canonical | 74 |
| philosophical tradition | 40 |
| philosophical school | 31 |
| philosophical doctrine | 22 |
| political philosophy | 22 |
| philosophical theory | 20 |
| epistemological theory | 14 |
| ethical theory | 14 |
| epistemological doctrine | 10 |
| philosophical system | 10 |
| transcendentalist | 10 |
| branch of philosophy | 8 |
| Hindu philosophical school | 7 |
| metaphysical system | 7 |
| philosophical position | 7 |
| Hellenistic philosophy | 5 |
| Vedanta school | 5 |
| philosophical circle | 5 |
| 19th-century philosophy | 4 |
| Indian philosophical school | 4 |
| ancient Greek philosophy | 4 |
| philosophical period | 4 |
| 20th-century philosophy | 3 |
| Chinese philosophy | 3 |
| Hindu philosophical system | 3 |
| astika school of Indian philosophy | 3 |
| historical religious movement | 3 |
| logical positivist | 3 |
| metaphysical position | 3 |
| philosophy of nonviolence | 3 |
| school of Hindu philosophy | 3 |
| approach in political philosophy | 2 |
| concept in German idealism | 2 |
| dualistic philosophy | 2 |
| idealist philosopher | 2 |
| jurisprudential movement | 2 |
| philosophical worldview | 2 |
| philosophy of history | 2 |
| rationalist philosophy | 2 |
| school of Indian philosophy | 2 |
| transcendental idealism | 2 |
| 18th‑century philosophical current | 1 |
| 19th-century philosophical doctrine | 1 |
| 20th-century philosophical movement | 1 |
| 20th-century philosophy movement | 1 |
| American philosophical movement | 1 |
| Catholic philosophical movement | 1 |
| German idealism | 1 |
| Neo-Kantian movement | 1 |
| Roman philosophy | 1 |
| approach in metaphysics | 1 |
| astika school of Hindu philosophy | 1 |
| atomistic philosophy | 1 |
| branch of philosophical thought | 1 |
| contemporary Stoic movement | 1 |
| early modern philosophical movement | 1 |
| early modern philosophy movement | 1 |
| epistemological stance | 1 |
| existentialist philosophy | 1 |
| form of empiricism | 1 |
| hedonistic school of philosophy | 1 |
| idealist philosophy | 1 |
| informal school of philosophy | 1 |
| late antique philosophical movement | 1 |
| materialist philosophy | 1 |
| movement in analytic philosophy | 1 |
| orthodox school of Indian philosophy | 1 |
| phase of Platonic philosophy | 1 |
| philosophical brotherhood | 1 |
| philosophical movement in aesthetics | 1 |
| philosophical path | 1 |
| philosophical tradition category | 1 |
| psychological paradigm | 1 |
| radical philosophy | 1 |
| religious philosophical movement | 1 |
| religious-philosophical current | 1 |
| teleological view of history | 1 |
| turn in modern philosophy | 1 |
| variant of Marxism | 1 |
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Class: philosophical movement
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A philosophical movement is a historically and intellectually coherent trend in philosophy, characterized by shared themes, methods, and assumptions among a group of thinkers over a particular period or context.
Instances (317)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Henry David Thoreau | transcendentalist |
| Wollstonecraft–Shelley circle | philosophical circle |
| Lebensphilosophie | — |
| Humanism | — |
| Madhva Sampradaya | Vedanta school |
| Ikhwan al-Safa | philosophical brotherhood |
|
pragmatism
surface form:
Pragmatism
|
philosophical tradition |
| transhumanism | — |
|
Tipler
surface form:
Omega Point theory
|
philosophical theory |
| Hundred Schools of Thought | — |
| Vedanta | school of Indian philosophy |
| Nyaya | orthodox school of Indian philosophy |
| Tolstoyanism | religious philosophical movement |
| Christian anarchism | political philosophy |
| Postmodernism | — |
| Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy | philosophical system |
| existentialism | — |
| phenomenology | — |
| Church Fathers | historical religious movement |
|
late Plato
surface form:
Late Plato
|
philosophical period |
| Western esotericism | religious-philosophical current |
| Christian philosophy | philosophical tradition |
| Hellenistic philosophy | — |
| Reformed epistemology | epistemological theory |
| Vishishtadvaita | Vedanta school |
| Dvaita | school of Hindu philosophy |
| Samkhya | Indian philosophical school |
| Vaisheshika | Hindu philosophical school |
| Three People’s Principles | political philosophy |
| Mimamsa | Hindu philosophical school |
| radical behaviorism | psychological paradigm |
| Spiritualism | — |
| Sentimentalism | — |
| Confucianism | philosophical tradition |
| Great Law of Peace | political philosophy |
| Scottish Common Sense Realism | — |
| Young Hegelians | — |
| Naturphilosophie | — |
| functionalism | philosophical theory |
| the Way | philosophical path |
| Henry Hedge | transcendentalist |
| Annicerian school | philosophical school |
| Taoism | philosophical tradition |
| Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) | philosophical tradition |
| Nguzo Saba | philosophical system |
| Cārvāka | philosophical school |
| Madhyamaka | philosophical tradition |
| pramāṇa theory | epistemological theory |
|
anekantavada (doctrine of non-one-sidedness)
surface form:
anekantavada
|
epistemological doctrine |
|
syadvada (doctrine of conditioned predication)
surface form:
Syadvada
|
epistemological doctrine |