Home›Metaphysics›School of PhilosophyBrowse BySchool of PhilosophySchool of philosophy names the specific doctrine a philosopher is identified with. Wikipedia notes Kant "argues for transcendental idealism, the doctrine that space and time are mere forms of intuition that structure all experience." This dimension gathers philosophers who share the same named school of thought.FactsSchool of PhilosophySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested6 BCE 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Greek 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Indian 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Chinese 1School of PhilosophyFilter Results13 entriesBranch of PhilosophyAllEpistemology (4)Ethics (6)Logic (5)Metaphilosophy (2)Metaphysics (12)Philosophy of Education (1)Philosophy of Psychology (2)Philosophy of Religion (2)EraAll204 (1)234 (1)354 (1)788 (1)980 (1)1017 (1)1225 (2)1238 (1)1632 (1)1646 (1)1762 (1)1770 (1)1775 (1)1799 (1)1803 (1)1810 (1)1817 (1)1870 (1)1889 (2)1905 (3)NationalityAllAncient Greece (1)France (3)Germany (4)India (1)Italy (2)Japan (1)Portugal (1)Roman Empire (1)United States (1)Birthplace / RegionAllAlgeria (1)Egypt (1)France (3)Germany (4)India (1)Iran (1)Italy (2)Japan (1)Portugal (1)Stuttgart (1)Tyre, Lebanon (1)United States (1)Influenced ByAllAl-Farabi (1)Averroes (2)Badarayana (1)Emanuel Swedenborg (1)Immanuel Kant (2)Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1)Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1)Plato (1)Plotinus (2)Rene Descartes (1)Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1)Thomas Carlyle (1)MovementAll19th Century Philosophy (1)Ancient Greek And Roman (2)Classical Indian Philosophy (1)Contemporary Continental Philosophy (4)German Idealism And Romanticism (2)Islamic Golden Age Philosophy (1)Medieval Scholastic Philosophy (3)Renaissance And Early Modern (1)In GroupAll19th Century Philosophy (1)Ancient Greek And Roman (2)Classical Indian Philosophy (1)Contemporary Continental Philosophy (4)German Idealism And Romanticism (2)Islamic Golden Age Philosophy (1)Medieval Scholastic Philosophy (3)Renaissance And Early Modern (1)TraditionAllAristotelianism (1)Continental Philosophy (3)Existentialism (3)Idealism (3)Kyoto School (1)Neoplatonism (2)Phenomenology (2)Platonism (2)Rationalism (1)Scholasticism (2)Transcendentalism (1)Vedanta (1)End YearAll83 BCE (1)529 (1)1198 (1)1700 (1)1831 (1)1860 (1)Start YearAll387 BCE (1)350 BCE (1)100 BCE (1)244 (1)870 (1)1100 (1)1641 (1)1781 (2)1836 (1)1900 (1)1911 (1)1943 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareContinental PhilosophySchool of Philosophy3 entriesExistentialismSchool of Philosophy1 entryGerman IdealismSchool of Philosophy2 entriesIslamic PeripateticismSchool of Philosophy1 entryKyoto SchoolSchool of Philosophy1 entryNatural Law TheorySchool of Philosophy1 entryNeoplatonismSchool of Philosophy1 entryPhenomenologySchool of Philosophy2 entriesPlatonismSchool of Philosophy2 entriesRationalismSchool of Philosophy2 entriesScholasticismSchool of Philosophy1 entryTranscendentalismSchool of Philosophy5 entriesVedantaSchool of Philosophy3 entriesSources1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaMetaphysics, lead section, Greek emergence sentenceIn ancient Greece, metaphysics emerged in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratic philosophers, who gave rational explanations of the cosmos as a whole.Metaphysics, lead section, Indian origin sentenceIn ancient India, starting in the 7th century BCE, the Upanishads were written as religious and philosophical texts that examine how ultimate reality constitutes the ground of all being.Metaphysics, lead section, Chinese origin sentenceAt about the same time in ancient China, the school of Taoism was formed and explored the natural order of the universe.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.