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Philosophy
This section contains 224 articles.
- See also: Philosophers
Basics
This section contains 4 articles.
Philosophy by region and period
This section contains 16 articles.
- Western philosophy (Level 3)
- Eastern philosophy (Level 3)
Philosophical schools and traditions
This section contains 30 articles.
- Absurdism
- Analytic philosophy (Level 4)
- Aristotelianism
- Charvaka
- Confucianism (Level 3)
- Continental philosophy
- Existentialism
- Kantianism
- Legalism (Chinese philosophy) (Level 4)
- Logical positivism
- Objectivism
- Phenomenology (philosophy) (Level 4)
- Positivism (Level 4)
- Posthumanism
- Post-structuralism
- Pragmatism (Level 4)
- Scholasticism
- Skepticism (Level 4)
- Sophist (Level 4)
- Stoicism (Level 4)
- Structuralism
- Taoist philosophy
- Theory of forms (Level 4)
- Thomism (Level 4)
- Transhumanism
Religious philosophy
This section contains 6 articles.
Philosophical branches, approaches and concepts
This section contains 168 articles.
Ethics
This section contains 42 articles.
Concepts
This section contains 21 articles.
- Conscience (Level 4)
- Duty
- Free will (Level 3)
- Golden Rule (Level 4)
- Good and evil (Level 3)
- Is–ought problem (Level 4)
- Morality (Level 4)
- Norm (philosophy)
- Plagiarism (Level 4)
- Principle
- Sanctity of life
- Value (ethics) (Level 4)
- Vice
- Virtue (Level 4)
- Wisdom (Level 4)
Approaches
This section contains 20 articles.
Logic
This section contains 22 articles.
- Logic (Level 2)
- Argument (Level 4)
- A priori and a posteriori (Level 4)
- Choice
- Logical consequence
- Contingency (philosophy)
- Deductive reasoning (Level 4)
- Fallacy (Level 4)
- Inductive reasoning (Level 4)
- Inference (Level 4)
- Dialectic (Level 4)
- Paradox (Level 4)
- Philosophical logic
- Preference
- Syllogism
Epistemology
This section contains 31 articles.
Concepts
This section contains 24 articles.
- Belief (Level 3)
- Common sense (Level 4)
- Concept (Level 4)
- Criticism
- Evidence
- Experience (Level 4)
- Idea
- Ineffability
- Inquiry
- Knowledge (Level 2)
- Luck
- Opinion (Level 4)
- Paradigm (Level 4)
- Proposition
- Rationality
- Reason (Level 3)
- Simulation hypothesis
- Thought experiment (Level 4)
- Truth (Level 3)
- Worldview (Level 4)
- Uncertainty
Approaches
This section contains 6 articles.
- Empiricism (Level 4)
- Holism
- Naturalism (philosophy) (Level 4)
- Occam's razor (Level 4)
- Rationalism (Level 4)
- Reductionism (Level 4)
Metaphysics
This section contains 30 articles.
Concepts
This section contains 20 articles.
- Abstraction (Level 4)
- Allegory of the cave
- Atomism
- Causality
- Cosmos
- Damage
- Existence (Level 4)
- Liminality
- Mental representation (Level 4)
- Nondualism
- Nothing
- Ontology (Level 3)
- Other (philosophy)
- Problem of universals
- Quality (philosophy)
- Reality (Level 4)
- Self
- Theory of mind
Approaches
This section contains 9 articles.
- Determinism (Level 4)
- Idealism (Level 4)
- Materialism (Level 4)
- Dialectical materialism
- Metaphysical naturalism
- Monism (Level 4)
- Mind–body dualism (Level 4)
- Relativism (Level 4)
Aesthetics
This section contains 8 articles.
- Aesthetics (Level 3)
- Beauty (Level 4)
- Essentially contested concept
- Mimesis
- Perfection
- Picturesque
- Sublime (philosophy)
- Uncanny valley
Philosophy of language
This section contains 3 articles.
Philosophy of science
This section contains 15 articles.
- Deductive-nomological model
- Demarcation problem
- Fact (Level 4)
- Fallibilism
- Falsifiability
- Hypothesis (Level 4)
- Inductivism
- Natural philosophy (Level 4)
- Prediction
- Pseudoscience (Level 4)
- Scientific skepticism
- Theory (Level 4)
Post-modern theory
This section contains 1 article.
Philosophy of religion
This section contains 7 articles.
Other branches of philosophy
This section contains 9 articles.
Religion and spirituality
This section contains 168 articles.
- See also: Philosophers and Religious figures
Basics
This section contains 19 articles.
- Religion (Level 2)
- Comparative religion (Level 4)
- Ethnic religion
- Evolutionary origin of religion
- Faith and rationality
- Folk religion (Level 4)
- Morality and religion
- Mysticism (Level 4)
- Occult
- Relationship between religion and science
- Religious studies
- Religious violence
- Secularization
- Theology (Level 4)
- Theories about religion
Deity
This section contains 11 articles.
Practices
This section contains 41 articles.
- Adoration
- Asceticism
- Cult (religious practice)
- Fasting (Level 4)
- Celibacy (Level 4)
- Speaking in tongues
- Heresy (Level 4)
- Hermit
- Icon (Level 4)
- Iconoclasm (Level 4)
- Idolatry (Level 4)
- Liturgy (Level 4)
- Martyr
- Meditation (Level 3)
- Monk
- Pilgrimage (Level 4)
- Prayer (Level 3)
- Prophecy (Level 4)
- Proselytism
- Relic (Level 4)
- Religious conversion (Level 4)
- Religious ecstasy
- Revelation
- Ritual (Level 3)
- Saint (Level 4)
- Faith healing
- Spiritual practice
- Tithe
- Trance
- Veneration
- Vision (spirituality)
- Worship (Level 4)
- Retreat (spiritual)
Beliefs
This section contains 31 articles.
- Animism (Level 4)
- Apologetics (Level 4)
- Apostasy (Level 4)
- Astrology (Level 4)
- Blessing
- Creationism
- Creation myth (Level 4)
- Doctrine
- Curse (Level 4)
- Divination (Level 4)
- Eschatology (Level 4)
- Faith (Level 4)
- Magic (supernatural) (Level 4)
- Origin myth (Level 4)
- Religious experience (Level 4)
- Sacredness (Level 4)
- Spirituality (Level 3)
- Supernatural (Level 4)
- Superstition (Level 4)
- Theophany
- Totem (Level 4)
Death
This section contains 10 articles.
- Burial (Level 4)
- Cemetery (Level 4)
- Columbarium
- Cremation (Level 4)
- Crypt
- Funeral (Level 4)
- Funeral home
- Mausoleum
- Morgue
- Mummy (Level 4)
Afterlife
This section contains 8 articles.
- Afterlife (Level 3)
- Heaven (Level 4)
- Hell (Level 4)
- Reincarnation (Level 4)
- Resurrection (Level 4)
- Soul (Level 3)
- Spirit (animating force)
- Underworld
Institutions
This section contains 16 articles.
- Altar (Level 4)
- Anti-clericalism (Level 4)
- Bishop
- Blasphemy
- Creed (Level 4)
- Cult (Level 4)
- Missionary
- Monastery (Level 4)
- Priest (Level 4)
- Religious denomination
- Schism (Level 4)
- Sect (Level 4)
- Shrine
- State religion (Level 4)
- Temple (Level 4)
Theistic philosophies
This section contains 11 articles.
- Theism (Level 4)
- Deism (Level 4)
- Fundamentalism (Level 4)
- Monotheism (Level 4)
- Orthodoxy (Level 4)
- Paganism (Level 4)
- Panentheism (Level 4)
- Polytheism (Level 4)
- Syncretism (Level 4)
Pantheism and nontheistic religions
This section contains 2 articles.
Non-theistic philosophies
This section contains 19 articles.
Abrahamic religions
This section contains 375 articles.
Basics
This section contains 20 articles.
Main branches
This section contains 8 articles.
Common concepts
This section contains 12 articles.
Books of the Bible
This section contains 69 articles.
- Biblical canon
- Old Testament (Level 4)
- Book of Genesis
- Book of Exodus
- Book of Leviticus
- Book of Numbers
- Book of Deuteronomy
- Book of Joshua
- Book of Judges
- Book of Ruth
- Books of Samuel
- Books of Kings
- Books of Chronicles
- Book of Ezra
- Book of Nehemiah
- Book of Esther
- Book of Job
- Psalms
- Book of Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs
- Book of Isaiah
- Book of Jeremiah
- Book of Lamentations
- Book of Ezekiel
- Book of Daniel
- Twelve Minor Prophets
- Deuterocanonical books
- Biblical apocrypha
- New Testament (Level 4)
- Gospel of Matthew
- Gospel of Mark
- Gospel of Luke
- Gospel of John
- Acts of the Apostles
- Epistle to the Romans
- First Epistle to the Corinthians
- Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- Epistle to the Galatians
- Epistle to the Ephesians
- Epistle to the Philippians
- Epistle to the Colossians
- First Epistle to the Thessalonians
- Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
- First Epistle to Timothy
- Second Epistle to Timothy
- Epistle to Titus
- Epistle to Philemon
- Epistle to the Hebrews
- Epistle of James
- First Epistle of Peter
- Second Epistle of Peter
- First Epistle of John
- Second Epistle of John
- Third Epistle of John
- Epistle of Jude
- Book of Revelation
- New Testament apocrypha
Christianity
This section contains 159 articles.
Basics
This section contains 5 articles.
Theology
This section contains 53 articles.
- Biblical hermeneutics
- Born again
- Catholicity (Level 4)
- Christian eschatology
- Christian mission
- Fall of man
- Christian ethics
- Evangelism
- Five solae
- The gospel
- Grace in Christianity (Level 4)
- Justification (theology)
- Kingdom of God (Christianity)
- Life of Jesus
- Restorationism
- Sacred tradition
- Spiritual gift
- Trinity (Level 4)
Denominations
This section contains 57 articles.
- Christian denomination
- Catholic Church (Level 3)
- Eastern Christianity (Level 4)
- Protestantism (Level 3)
- Anabaptism
- Anglicanism (Level 4)
- Arminianism (Level 4)
- Baptists (Level 4)
- Black church
- Charismatic Christianity
- Evangelicalism (Level 4)
- Lutheranism (Level 4)
- Mainline Protestant
- Methodism (Level 4)
- Moravian Church
- Reformed Christianity (Level 4)
- Quakers (Level 4)
- Seventh-day Adventist Church (Level 4)
- Nontrinitarianism (Level 4)
Practices
This section contains 44 articles.
Judaism
This section contains 37 articles.
Islam
This section contains 90 articles.
Basics
This section contains 11 articles.
Texts
This section contains 13 articles.
Schools
This section contains 29 articles.
- Islamic schools and branches (Level 4)
- Sunni Islam (Level 3)
- Shia Islam (Level 3)
- Sufism (Level 4)
- Kharijites
- Mu'tazilism
Terms
This section contains 18 articles.
Beliefs
This section contains 9 articles.
Practices
This section contains 10 articles.
Eastern religions
This section contains 183 articles.
Basics
This section contains 29 articles.
Major religions
This section contains 8 articles.
Common concepts
This section contains 16 articles.
- Ahimsa
- Dharma (Level 4)
- Guru
- Karma (Level 4)
- Mandala
- Moksha
- Om (Level 4)
- Qi (Level 4)
- Saṃsāra
- Śramaṇa
- Swastika (Level 4)
- Yin and yang (Level 4)
- Impermanence
- Anattā
- Śūnyatā
- Svabhava
Common practices
This section contains 5 articles.
Hinduism
This section contains 32 articles.
Concepts
This section contains 7 articles.
Schools
This section contains 10 articles.
- Ayyavazhi
- Bhakti yoga
- Brahmo Samaj
- Ganapatya
- Shaivism (Level 4)
- Shaktism (Level 4)
- Smarta tradition
- Vaishnavism (Level 4)
- Vedanta (Level 4)
Texts
This section contains 11 articles.
- Vedas (Level 3)
- Vedic chant
- Bhagavata Purana
- Brahmana
- Aranyaka
- Puranas
- Upanishads (Level 4)
- Bhagavad Gita (Level 3)
- Ramayana (Level 4)
Practices
This section contains 4 articles.
Buddhism
This section contains 98 articles.
Traditions
This section contains 23 articles.
- Mahayana (Level 3)
- Theravada (Level 3)
- Vajrayana (Level 4)
- Chinese Buddhism
- Hinayana
- Buddhism in the West
- Dzogchen
- Mahamudra
Concepts
This section contains 38 articles.
- Bodhisattva
- Four Noble Truths (Level 4)
- Nirvana (Level 4)
- Rebirth (Buddhism)
- Skandha
- Yana (Buddhism)
- Refuge in Buddhism
- Tathātā
- Buddha-nature
- Brahmavihara
- Middle Way
- Three marks of existence
- Trikaya
- Enlightenment in Buddhism
- Yab-Yum
- Tertön
- Terma (religion)
- Bodhicitta
- Rigpa
- Svasaṃvedana
- Rainbow body
- Sangha
Texts
This section contains 12 articles.
- Bardo Thodol
- Diamond Sutra (Level 4)
- Jataka tales
- Lotus Sutra
- Pali Canon (Level 4)
- Prajnaparamita
- Buddhist canons
- Longchen Nyingthig
- Seventeen tantras
Practices
This section contains 25 articles.
Jainism
This section contains 5 articles.
Other
This section contains 19 articles.
Sikhism
This section contains 4 articles.
Taoism
This section contains 7 articles.
Books
This section contains 3 articles.
Shinto
This section contains 7 articles.
Bon
This section contains 1 article.
Other religions
This section contains 79 articles.
Other religions: General
This section contains 24 articles.
Ancient religions
This section contains 24 articles.
- Prehistoric religion (Level 4)
- Ancient Egyptian religion (Level 4)
- Ancient Greek religion (Level 4)
- Ancient Mesopotamian religion (Level 4)
- Ancient Semitic religion
- Aztec religion (Level 4)
- Ancient Celtic religion (Level 4)
- Germanic paganism (Level 4)
- Gothic paganism
- Historical Vedic religion
- Maya religion (Level 4)
- Mithraism
- Mohism
- Old Norse religion (Level 4)
- Proto-Indo-European mythology
- Religion in ancient Rome (Level 4)
- Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia (Level 4)
- Slavic paganism (Level 4)
- Tengrism
Western esotericism
This section contains 13 articles.
New religious movements
This section contains 18 articles.
Mythology
This section contains 408 articles.
Mythology: General
This section contains 15 articles.
By culture and religion
This section contains 18 articles.
- Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology (Level 4)
- Chinese mythology (Level 4)
- Christian mythology
- Egyptian mythology (Level 4)
- Greek mythology (Level 3)
- Hindu mythology
- Irish mythology
- Islamic mythology
- Japanese mythology (Level 4)
- Jewish mythology
- Korean mythology (Level 4)
- Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas (Level 4)
- Norse mythology (Level 4)
- Persian mythology (Level 4)
- Polynesian mythology
- Roman mythology (Level 4)
Mythological figures
This section contains 241 articles.
Abrahamic and Judaic mythology
This section contains 49 articles.
- Abraham (Level 3)
- Adam and Eve (Level 4)
- Amos (prophet)
- Antichrist
- Daniel (biblical figure) (Level 4)
- David (Level 4)
- Demiurge
- Elijah (Level 4)
- Esther
- Ezekiel
- Ezra (Level 4)
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Isaac (Level 4)
- Isaiah (Level 4)
- Ishmael (Level 4)
- Jacob (Level 4)
- Jeremiah
- Job (biblical figure)
- Jonah
- Joseph (Genesis) (Level 4)
- Melchizedek
- Methuselah
- Moses (Level 3)
- Nehemiah
- Noah (Level 4)
- Ruth (biblical figure)
- Samson
- Samuel
- Saul
- Solomon (Level 4)
- Yahweh (Level 4)
African mythology
This section contains 5 articles.
Australian aborigine mythology
This section contains 1 article.
Buddhist mythology
This section contains 6 articles.
Canaanite mythology
This section contains 3 articles.
Carthaginian mythology
This section contains 1 article.
Celtic mythology
This section contains 6 articles.
Central Asian mythology
This section contains 3 articles.
Chinese mythology
This section contains 10 articles.
Egyptian mythology
This section contains 22 articles.
Germanic mythology
This section contains 2 articles.
Greek and Roman mythology
This section contains 51 articles.
Greek mythological people
This section contains 21 articles.
- Achilles (Level 4)
- Aeneas (Level 4)
- Agamemnon
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Argonauts
- Castor and Pollux
- Daedalus
- Electra
- Europa (consort of Zeus)
- Ganymede (mythology)
- Helen of Troy
- Heracles (Level 4)
- Icarus
- Jason
- Medea
- Midas
- Narcissus (mythology)
- Odysseus (Level 4)
- Oedipus
- Perseus (Level 4)
- Sisyphus
Greek deities
This section contains 22 articles.
Roman deities and mythological people
This section contains 8 articles.
Hindu mythology
This section contains 25 articles.
Islamic mythology
This section contains 1 article.
Jainist mythology
This section contains 2 articles.
Indo-Iranian mythology
This section contains 1 article.
Korean mythology
This section contains 1 article.
Mesopotamian mythology
This section contains 11 articles.
Native American mythology
This section contains 15 articles.
Norse mythology
This section contains 16 articles.
Polynesian mythology
This section contains 2 articles.
Shinto mythology
This section contains 6 articles.
Zoroastrian mythology
This section contains 2 articles.
Mythological creatures
This section contains 100 articles.
Legendary creatures
This section contains 93 articles.
- Angel (Level 4)
- Basilisk
- The Beast (Revelation)
- Behemoth
- Bogeyman
- Bunyip
- Centaur (Level 4)
- Cerberus
- Chimera (mythology)
- Personifications of death (Level 4)
- Demon (Level 4)
- Devil (Level 4)
- Dragon (Level 4)
- Dwarf (folklore)
- Fairy (Level 4)
- Fenrir
- Garuda
- Ghost (Level 4)
- Giant (Level 4)
- Gnome
- Golem
- Gorgons
- Griffin
- Jackalope
- Jinn (Level 4)
- Kraken
- Manticore
- Mermaid (Level 4)
- Minotaur (Level 4)
- Nāga
- Pegasus (Level 4)
- Phoenix (mythology) (Level 4)
- Siren (mythology) (Level 4)
- Sleipnir
- Sphinx (Level 4)
- Thunderbird (mythology)
- Troll
- Unicorn (Level 4)
- Vampire (Level 4)
- Wendigo
- Werewolf (Level 4)
- Wild man
- Yōkai
- Zombie (Level 4)
Cryptids
This section contains 7 articles.
Mythological places
This section contains 23 articles.
Mythological objects
This section contains 11 articles.