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Positional Types: By:Ryan Espadinado

Positional types refer to philosophical schools of thought or positions within branches of philosophy. There are typically competing positions for each branch, such as materialism versus dualism in metaphysics, or rationalism versus empiricism in epistemology. The document lists some examples of positional types like materialism and dualism, and notes that they are often named after influential philosophers like Plato, Confucius, or Thomas Aquinas who advanced those views. It also provides a brief overview of some of the major positional debates within several branches of philosophy such as metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of mind.

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Positional Types: By:Ryan Espadinado

Positional types refer to philosophical schools of thought or positions within branches of philosophy. There are typically competing positions for each branch, such as materialism versus dualism in metaphysics, or rationalism versus empiricism in epistemology. The document lists some examples of positional types like materialism and dualism, and notes that they are often named after influential philosophers like Plato, Confucius, or Thomas Aquinas who advanced those views. It also provides a brief overview of some of the major positional debates within several branches of philosophy such as metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of mind.

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Positional types

By:Ryan Espadinado
Positional types-correspond to what are
called philosophical schools of thought or
philosophical views. For every branch of
philosophy, there are competing
philosophical views or positions.
Examples of Names of Positional Types

 Materialism- which claims that reality


consists only of material objects.
 Dualism-which claims that reality has
a dual nature, consisting of both
material and non-material objects.
The Philosophers Who Advance the
Philosophical Views
 Epicureanism(named after Epicurus)
 Platonism (named after Plato)
 Confucianism (named after Confucius)
 Thomism (name after St. Thomas Aquinas)
 Cartesianism (named after Rene Descartes)
Branch of Philosophy Some Philosophical Views

Metaphysics Materialism, Idealism, Dualism,


Monism, Pluralism

Rationalism, Empiricism, Critical


Epistemology
Philosophy Pragmatism

Ethics (Normative) Consequentialism, Deontology, Virtue


Ethics

Social and Political Philosophy Socialism, Liberalism, Capitalism, Social


Contractarianism

Logic Intensional Logic, Extensional Logic,


Aristotelian Logic , Mathematical Logic
Philosophy of Religion Atheism, Theism , Religious
Pluralism

Aesthetics: Platonic Aesthetics, Humean


Aesthetics,

Ideal-language Philosophy,
Ordinary-language Philosophy,
Philosophy of Language Referential Theory of Meaning,
Speech Act Theory
Dualism, Materialism,
Epiphenomenalism, Physicalism,
Philosophy of Mind Functionalism, Computationalism
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