
We hope you enjoy exploring our comprehensive history of philosophy infographic. There are a thousand stories intertwined in the lives of those on our graphic, many of which are worth any scholar or inquisitive soul’s time to study. Or in ancient Sumer, where priestesses held some of the most important positions in government and learning. At other points it was not, such as in ancient India, where–before European influence–women were afforded access to the same religious training and learning opportunities as men. While it wasn’t easy for many to be philosophers in the ancient world, at many points it was even harder for women to obtain learning and be allowed entry into the realm of public intellectual discourse. This most recent graphic on the history of philosophy also attempts to remedy the lack of representation of women philosophers in previous graphics. The philosophy of science, a sub-branch of epistemology, is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including the natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, and biology, the social sciences such as psychology, history, and sociology, and sometimesespecially beginning about. Before 2000 BC, Sumerians and those living in what is now India were already laying the groundwork for modern science, weaving wisdom texts into ethical systems, and above all being lovers of knowledge. We next looked to eastern philosophy, which has roots set much earlier than philosophy in the west. The term encompasses both general philosophy of science, which deals with the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of the empirical sciences, and philosophical study of particular sciences, such as philosophy of physics, philosophy of biology, and philosophy of. What started out as a look at the traditional western trajectory of philosophy, starting with the pre-socratics and ending with current western philosophical traditions ended up needing some augmentation. Philosophy of science is concerned with philosophical questions that arise from reflection upon the scientific enterprise. The Translation of Sport Science Research to the Field: A Current Opinion and. We’ve learned a lot through out three-part history of philosophy graphic series. Read more about the article Philosophy in Strength and Conditioning.
