"the tendency of philosophy students to concoct extravagant layers of extrapolations in an attempt to prove that philosophy owns everything (so there)".
The bastards.
Science owns everything!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy#Branches_of_philosophyMy pwnage is in bold. Wiki is in non-bold.
Metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and body, substance and accident, events and causation. Traditional branches are cosmology and ontology.
When neuroscience tells us how our mind is constructed, more about cosmology, metaphysics dies.Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge, and whether knowledge is possible. Among its central concerns has been the challenge posed by skepticism and the relationships between truth, belief, and justification.
Pointless until we discover other beings that are doing the same and how it differs, otherwise we'll never know.Ethics, or "moral philosophy", is concerned primarily with the question of the best way to live, (
not being a cunt) and secondarily, concerning the question of whether this question can be answered.
(Just did, not being a cunt!) The main branches of ethics are meta-ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Meta-ethics concerns the nature of ethical thought, such as the origins of the words good and bad
(good comes from God, ideal, proper, perfect, bad comes from proto-IndoEuropean word for defiling, ruining something), and origins of other comparative words of various ethical systems, whether there are absolute ethical truths
no, only consensus, and how such truths could be known.
Voting Normative ethics are more concerned with the questions of how one ought to act (
avoid being a cunt, and what the right course of action is
Could be more than one. This is where most ethical theories are generated.[8] Lastly, applied ethics go beyond theory and step into real world ethical practice, such as questions of whether or not abortion is correct.
Being born or not born is neither correct or incorrect[9] Ethics is also associated with the idea of morality, and the two are often interchangeable.
Logic is the study of valid argument forms. Beginning in the late 19th century, mathematicians such as Gottlob Frege focused on a mathematical treatment of logic, and today the subject of logic has two broad divisions: mathematical logic (formal symbolic logic) and what is now called philosophical logic.
Chocolate salty ballsPhilosophy includes specialized branches of thought:
Philosophy of language explores the nature, the origins, and the use of language.
Linguistics deals with the facts.Philosophy of law (more commonly called jurisprudence) explores the varying theories explaining the nature and the interpretations of the law in society.
I thought Law did that.Philosophy of mind explores the nature of the mind, and its relationship to the body, and is typified by disputes between dualism and materialism. In recent years there has been increasing similarity between this branch of philosophy and cognitive science.
No, neuroscience, neuropsychology etc. is replacing it, because we have answers now to some of the questions.Philosophy of religion
Religion of philosophyPhilosophy of science
Science of philosophyPolitical philosophy is the study of government and the relationship of individuals (or families and clans) to communities including the state. It includes questions about justice, law, property, and the rights and obligations of the citizen. Politics and ethics are traditionally inter-linked subjects, as both discuss the question of what is good and how people should live.
The art of convincing people to like you done badly = politicsAesthetics deals with beauty, art, enjoyment, sensory-emotional values, perception, and matters of taste and sentiment.
Poking around the brain of a conscious patient gives more answers in 5 minutes than 5 thousand years of philosophyLove from, Posthuman.
Topic: Objective morality