philosophical movement

C534
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

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: philosophical movement
Generated description
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