Western philosophy

Western philosophy refers to the philosophical thought and work of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the pre-Socratics. The word philosophy itself originated from the Ancient Greek philosophía (φιλοσοφία), literally, "the love of wisdom" Ancient Greek: φιλεῖν phileîn, "to love" and σοφία sophía, "wisdom").

"History of Western philosophy" redirects here. For the 1945 book, see A History of Western Philosophy.

and Henry Sidgwick, whose work in logic and ethics, respectively, provided the tools for early analytic philosophy.

Gottlob Frege

and William James, who founded pragmatism.

Charles Sanders Peirce

and Friedrich Nietzsche, who laid the groundwork for existentialism and post-structuralism.

Søren Kierkegaard

Glossary of philosophy

History of philosophy

Index of philosophy

List of philosophers

List of philosophical theories

List of philosophies

Pseudophilosophy

(1995), The Morality of Happiness, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-509652-5

Annas, Julia

Reale, Giovanni; Catan, John R. (1986), A History of Ancient Philosophy: From the Origins to Socrates, SUNY Press, 0-88706-290-3

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(1946–1975). A History of Philosophy, 11 vols. Continuum.

Copleston, Frederick

(1996) [1892 Kegan Paul]. Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, ed. Vorlesungen über die Geschichte der Philosophie [Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy, 3 vols.]. Humanities Press International.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

(2010). A New History of Western Philosophy. Oxford University Press.

Kenny, Anthony

(1945). A History of Western Philosophy. Simon & Schuster.

Russell, Bertrand

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

at the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project

Western philosophy

at PhilPapers